Tag: downtown
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Mayor’s budget includes downtown bike facility plan, boosts Safe Routes to School, neighborhood greenways
Mayor McGinn announced details of his 2013-14 transportation budget today, which includes funds for a “Center City Mobility Plan,” which includes planning for a downtown bicycle network (read: protected cycle tracks). The $325,000 plan “will review how all modes of transportation interconnect downtown.” We have written several times that safe bike facilities downtown have the…
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Sunday Theater: We are ready to do this in Seattle
From Spacing Vancouver: Paint, Planters, People from Brian Gould and Kathleen Corey on Vimeo.
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Seattle Transit Blog: Downtown needs cycle tracks before Bike Share arrives
Following up on our recent post on the founding of Puget Sound Bike Share, Zach Shaner at the Seattle Transit Blog argues that the system should not launch downtown unless there are safe and inviting cycle tracks: Simply put, cycling throughout downtown Seattle is unwelcoming for all but the boldest, most athletic cyclists, and arguably…
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Cascade: Seattle is falling behind in bicycle infrastructure
The days of sitting comfortably as the second most bikeable big city in the country are over. With San Francisco, Minneapolis and now Washington DC and Tucson nipping at our heels, it’s clear that Seattle needs to make some bold decisions if we don’t want to fall back into the mediocre middle of the pack.…
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Weekend Guide: Kids bike parade in Wallingford + World Naked Bike Ride
Kids biking down the center of the typically car-filled N 45th Street through Wallingford? Sounds like a good time to me. Details from Family Ride: Kids on kid bikes (with parents riding or walking along separately) Kids on balance bikes (with parents riding or walking along separately) Kids in on-bike kid seats Kids in bike…
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Big plans (and small immediate changes) planned for 7th Ave + An Amazon.com cycle track?
Remember when 7th Ave between Westlake and Denny looked like the photo to the right? That was fun. Unfortunately, the striping is almost entirely rubbed off in many places. And compliance by car and bus drivers has never been very good. Well, SDOT and King County Metro are splitting the cost of a new bus…
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