Tag: ed murray
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Mayor updates Move Seattle levy, could put Bike Master Plan on track for first time ever
When Seattle created the 2007 Bicycle Master Plan, it was clear that the $365 million Bridging the Gap levy did not include enough funding to keep the plan on track. In fact, the city never even got close to funding that plan at the rate required to reach its goals. By some measures, the city…
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If a truck filled with salmon can bring the city to a crawl, we need more transportation choices
Seattle’s transportation system is fragile. Decades of focusing nearly all major transportation investments on a few highways has not prepared the city to handle unexpected blockages. A single truck full of salmon overturned at the start of Tuesday’s evening rush hour, and the whole system collapsed. And this is not the first time. When SDOT…
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Move Seattle transportation levy could build half of city’s Bike Plan
Mayor Ed Murray announced a $900 million transportation levy today, two and a half times as big as the Bridging the Gap levy passed in 2006. The mayor’s initial draft (PDF) of Move Seattle will now go through a public feedback phase through April. The mayor will then submit his final version to the City…
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Move Seattle: One plan to rule them all
Mayor Ed Murray’s Move Seattle plan is a “holistic transportation approach” that “includes a 10-year project list and maintenance and operations priorities.” If you were engaged in shaping the recent update to the Bicycle Master Plan — which took two years and included lots of multimodal analysis — I know what you’re thinking: Another transportation…
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What can bike advocates learn from the Youth Bike Summit?
Thanks to a lot of hard work by the folks from Bike Works, Seattle hosted the Youth Bike Summit this month. An annual gathering of youth-focused bike organizers, the fifth summit was the first one outside of New York. I had planned to have lots of live coverage, but I woke up the summit morning…
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Can Seattle end traffic violence by 2030?
Sandhya Khadka dreamed big. She believed in equality, especially equality for women, and she was dedicated to do something about it. “There are people you remember for long after they are gone. Sandhya was one of those,” said family friend Writu Kakshapati. Kakshapati was speaking to a crowd gathered last week to hear about the…
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