Tag: jean godden

March 23, 2015

Seattle Children’s one of few workplaces in nation with on-site bike shop

You’re on your way to work when your bike starts go get harder and harder to pedal. You try to ignore it, as though that might make the problem go away. But of course it doesn’t. You pull over and confirm: You have a flat. Now image this: Instead of fixing the flat right there…
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tagged: jean godden, laurelhurst, sally bagshaw, seattle children’s
December 8, 2014

Why Seattle should stop waiting for the tunnel and tear down the viaduct now

The megaproject to repair the delayed downtown highway megaproject has been delayed. Again. The tunnel project team had their shot to build the tunnel before the viaduct was torn down. They blew it, and now the viaduct is sinking beyond previously-stated safe limits. We can no longer wait for the tunnel. State and city leaders…
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tagged: alaskan way viaduct, deep bore tunnel, jean godden, rebertha, wsdot
April 8, 2014

Council Transportation Committee approves Bike Master Plan – UPDATED

I know it’s hard to believe, but the Bike Master Plan update that began in early 2012 is still working its way through the bowels of the Seattle Process™. But it may finally be approaching the finish line. The City Council Transportation Committee unanimously approved the Bike Master Plan update Tuesday, sending it to the…
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tagged: 2013 bike master plan update, city council, jean godden, rahm emanuel, sally bagshaw, tom rasmussen
August 9, 2011

Why an $80 vehicle license fee makes sense

The city is considering an increase in the Vehicle License Fee (car tabs) to help pay for the massive backlog in road maintenance. But the proposal recommended by the citizen’s committee tasked with putting the funds to use also saw it as an opportunity to add more to the underfunded pedestrian and bicycle master plans.…
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tagged: city council, ctac III, jean godden, mike o’brien, neighborhood greenways, publicola, sally bagshaw, vehicle lisense fee
August 3, 2011

2011 primary election bike-friendly voter’s guide

It’s voting time again. Odds are, your ballot is sitting in a pile of mail somewhere. Go dig it out. It’s time to vote with your spokes. Seattle Bike Blog is hardly prepared to provide a comprehensive voter’s guide, but here are a few ideas and links to help make sure our policies and elected…
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tagged: 2011 primary, aurora, bobby forch, deep bore tunnel, endorsements, jean godden, referendum 1, sally clark, voting