Tag: jay inslee

March 23, 2020

Bike repair deemed an ‘essential service’ during statewide stay-home order

Most people are required to stay inside under Washington State’s just-announced “stay home, stay healthy” order. Similar to the “shelter in place” orders in other cities and states, Jay Inslee announced further restrictions on activities and businesses that are allowed right now in an effort to further slow the spread of the virus that causes…
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tagged: alex kostelnik, bike shops, covid-19, jay inslee
May 17, 2017

Governor vetoes delayed rollout of distracted driving law: ‘We can’t wait that long’

In three months, it will finally be illegal to flip through Facebook or watch Netflix on your phone while driving a car in Washington State. Though Washington was among the first state’s to ban texting while driving, the state has been slow to update it’s laws to outlaw other mobile device uses as the technology…
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tagged: 2017 legislature, ann rivers, bob hasegawa, distracted driving, jay inslee, jessyn farrell
October 19, 2016

$10M committed to rehab historic trestle. Can the Eastside Trail open by 2020?

King County Executive Dow Constantine and Governor Jay Inslee shared the podium Tuesday to announce $10 million dollars in funding commitments from local, regional, state and private partners to rehab the most difficult and stunning parts of the planned Eastside Trail: The Wilburton Trestle. The historic trestle towers above local streets and I-405 with sweeping…
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tagged: bellevue, dow constantine, eastside rail corridor, eastside trail, jay inslee, king county parks
October 10, 2016

Last day to register to vote online! Regional transit needs you

Don’t be one of those people who thinks their vote doesn’t matter because they are not in a Presidential swing state. Today is the last day to register to vote online in WA if you want your ballot mailed to your home. Due to Indigenous People’s Day, you should also be able to mail in…
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tagged: 2016 general election, bill bryant, jay inslee, mass transit now, st3
April 4, 2016

For a few hours, two Seattle freeways were bike-only (Photos)

For a few short hours just after sunrise Sunday, two major Seattle freeways were beautiful places filled with smiling people. There were no honking horns and no road rage even as a rush hour’s worth of people traveled some of the most traffic-clogged freeways in the nation. That is, of course, because the 7,000 people…
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tagged: cascade bicycle club, emerald city bike ride, i-5, jay inslee, lynn peterson, sr 520
January 26, 2016

Rethinking Seattle’s Freeways: Mr. Inslee, tear down this Aurora wall

What if Bertha never finishes the SR 99 highway tunnel? What if SR 99 doesn’t need to be a freeway-style highway through downtown at all? And what if that’s true for the whole city, too? In other words, what if we tear down that awful Aurora Ave median wall once and for all? I’m talking…
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tagged: aurora, deep bore tunnel, fremont, green lake, jay inslee, phinney ridge, queen anne, rethinking seattle’s freeways, sr 99, wallingford