Tag: ed murray

January 25, 2016

What does HALA have to do with biking? Everything.

There are basically two ways to increase the number of homes in bikeable and walkable neighborhoods. 1: Improve bikeability and walkability in more neighborhoods, or 2: Increase the number of homes in neighborhoods that are already bikeable and walkable. Most talk about bike infrastructure focuses on the first way, and of course that’s very important.…
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tagged: affordable housing, alan durning, ed murray, hala, kshama sawant, move seattle, move seattle levy
November 23, 2015

Westlake lawsuit is over, bikeway set to open in the summer

The Westlake bikeway lawsuit is over, and construction will begin soon on a two-way protected bike lane from the Fremont Bridge to Lake Union Park. If all goes according to schedule, the bikeway will open in the summer. Mayor Ed Murray has once again brokered a deal to keep the project moving forward and out…
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tagged: cascade bicycle club, ed murray, gordy ruh, jeff aken, nautical landing, scott kubly, westlake, westlake lawsuit
November 17, 2015

Move Seattle saves the transpo budget + Pronto gets oversight + Red light cameras will fund school safety

When Mayor Ed Murray presented his proposed 2016 budget, he had to assume there would be no replacement for Bridging the Gap, and it was pretty devastating. There was an exciting $5 million one-time expenditure for expanding Pronto Cycle Share, but the budget for biking, walking and safe streets was dismal. The sidewalk maintenance budget…
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tagged: 2016 budget, cathy tuttle, city council, ed murray, move seattle, move seattle levy, nick licata, pronto emerald city cycle share, red light cameras, sally bagshaw, school zone speed cameras
October 27, 2015

No Federal money for Northgate bike/walk bridge, Pronto expansion

Well, it was worth a shot. The Feds did not pick Seattle’s TIGER grant proposal for funding the Northgate bike/walk bridge and a “massive” Pronto Cycle Share expansion, SDOT confirmed today. The news comes one day after Senator Patty Murray announced a $15 million TIGER grant for Tacoma LINK and $10 million to construct a…
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tagged: ed murray, patty murray, pronto emerald city cycle share, scott kubly, TIGER, tom rasmussen
October 8, 2015

How Seattle plans to fuel its grassroots walk-and-bike-to-school revolution

With parents and students leading the way, supported by city staff, elected officials and safe streets organizations, Seattle just dropped an astounding plan to take the city’s walk-and-bike-to-school revolution to the next level. The plan has been a long time in the making and includes extensive research into best practices for cities, parents, students, schools…
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tagged: clint loper, ed murray, safe routes to school, safe routes to school action plan, scott kubly
October 2, 2015

Seattle begins bike share takeover, budgets for system expansion

With a big plan for expanding Pronto Cycle Share, including a one-time budget expense to make it happen, the city has begun taking a more central role in the bike share system. “Bike share really expands the reach of the transit system, particularly when you add e-bikes in there,” said SDOT Director Scott Kubly. And…
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tagged: 2016 budget, ed murray, nicole freedman, pronto emerald city cycle share, puget sound bike share, scott kubly, sdot