Tag: jenny durkan

December 16, 2020

Seattleites Driving Fewer Miles Than Ever, City Report Suggests

The city of Seattle just released a new report on our citywide carbon footprint. The info in the report is slightly out-of-date, as it’s a snapshot of how we did in 2018, but is the most comprehensive picture we have of how the city is meeting, or rather failing to meet, its carbon reduction goals.…
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tagged: climate action plan, climate change, jenny durkan, vancouver
November 10, 2020

Yeah, there was no need to be worried about Seattle voting for transit

Transit is extremely popular in Seattle. More than 80 percent of voters approved Prop 1, which would expand the sales tax to fund bus transit service hours, infrastructure improvements and access programs in Seattle. And considering 9 in 10 registered voters weighed in on this election, that’s a pretty epic mandate from the people of…
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tagged: 2020 general election, 2021 primary, jenny durkan, joe biden, transportation benefits district, transportation choices coalition, yes for transit
September 10, 2020

Seattle knew 5 years ago that a Rainier Ave safety project would save lives, but is just now starting work

Rainier Ave S has long held a terrible title: The most dangerous street in Seattle. It saw more crashes per mile than the city’s other deadly streets, including Lake City Way and Aurora, despite carrying far fewer trips. “During a 6-month study in 2015, on average, there was 1 crash per day that took 45…
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tagged: jenny durkan, rainier ave, sdot, vision zero
August 26, 2020

Seattle’s proposed scooter rules set riders up for failure

Banning electric scooters on sidewalks seems to make sense at first. Sidewalks are for walking, right? That seemed to be the guiding principle behind Seattle’s decision to mostly leave the existing ban on riding electric scooters on sidewalks in place while launching a permit scheme to allow large numbers of shared scooters to start operating…
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tagged: jenny durkan, lorena gonzález, scooter share, tammy morales
July 27, 2020

City will (finally) start accepting street closure permits for businesses

We have known for a while that the coronavirus doesn’t spread as easily outside as inside, yet so many Seattle businesses are obviously based inside storefronts. What if businesses could move more of their operations outside? Cities all over the world have been allowing just that. Streets in major businesses districts have closed to traffic…
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tagged: covid-19, jenny durkan, open streets
July 13, 2020

Effort to recall Mayor Durkan passes court hurdle, needs more than 55K Seattle voter signatures

Mayor Jenny Durkan has failed in her basic duty to protest the people of Seattle from a police force under her control. She has lost the confidence of the people, and continues to demonstrate that she is not the leader the city needs right now. A veto-proof majority of City Councilmembers (7 out of 9)…
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tagged: black lives matter, jenny durkan, recall mayor durkan