Tag: jay inslee

December 21, 2012

Dear Governor Inslee: WSDOT should excel at biking and walking projects

There are two interesting nuggets in this recent Cascade Bicycle Club campaign: 1. You should contact the Seattle Council and mayor to solidify their support for a resolution to support improved biking and walking in the 520 Bridge replacement project, and 2. WSDOT admitted at a Council briefing that biking and walking is not its…
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tagged: cascade bicycle club, jay inslee, transportation for washington, wsdot
November 7, 2012

Election 2012: What might Inslee and Obama mean for transportation?

Democrat Jay Inslee is ahead in the state governor’s race, which is very likely a good thing for biking, walking and transit funds in Washington compared to his opponent Rob McKenna. Senate Transportation Committee Chair and constant roadblock to bike and transit bills Mary Margaret Haugen (a Democrat) appears to be losing her race against…
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tagged: barack obama, election 2012, jay inslee
October 8, 2012

Tell the WA Gov candidates, City Council to support bike investments

Do you have petition fatigue yet? I hope not, because I have a few more for you. First of all, Transportation for Washington wants you to write to both gubernatorial candidates — Rob McKenna and Jay Inslee — asking them to support biking, walking and transit as part of their campaigns. McKenna has been an…
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tagged: 2012 bicycle master plan update, cascade bicycle club, jay inslee, rob mckenna
March 21, 2012

Jay Inslee visits Bike Works, discusses the benefits of bicycle education

Democratic Gubernatorial Candidate Jay Inslee visited Columbia City today, kicking off the walking tour with a stop at Bike Works. The neighborhood tour comes as the candidate kicks into full campaign mode (and, as Eli Sanders at the Stranger writes, the governor hopeful needs to make an impression even in the democratic stronghold of Seattle,…
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tagged: bike works, columbia city, deb salls, jay inslee, mike mcginn