Tag: jenny durkan

August 22, 2018

Mayor Durkan moves quickly to improve Rainier/Henderson intersection after someone seriously injured 2 kids

Just 12 days after someone driving struck and seriously injured two kids crossing the street at Rainier Ave and Henderson St, SDOT crews were out making significant temporary safety improvements to the wide intersection. The sense of urgency follows a weekend talk and rally for safe streets organized by Seattle Neighborhood Greenways and Mayor Jenny…
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tagged: jenny durkan, mike lindblom, rainier ave, rainier beach, s henderson st, seattle times
July 16, 2018

Help push to get the downtown bike network back on track in 2019

The downtown bike network has been significantly delayed so far under Mayor Jenny Durkan’s administration, but there is hope to turn things around and get major pieces of the network constructed in 2019. Seattle Neighborhood Greenways and Cascade Bicycle Club are gathering support for a City Council action to require SDOT to complete bike lanes…
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tagged: basic bike network, city council, downtown, jenny durkan, sdot, transportation committee
June 29, 2018

35th Ave NE safety changes still on track + How can the city avoid such divisive neighborhood fights?

While I was on family leave this winter, a seemingly routine repaving project in Northeast Seattle somehow became a flashpoint that has divided neighbors, spilling gallons of red and green sign-making ink and even drawing competing streetside protests. It has been frustrating to watch this debate unfold, especially since paving projects like 35th Ave NE…
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tagged: 35th Ave NE, amy stephson, jenny durkan, rob johnson
June 14, 2018

Biking on 2nd Ave downtown is up 37% as bike share and bike lanes expand

The number of people biking on 2nd Ave in downtown Seattle is up an average of 19 percent year-over-year since the July 2017 launch of private bike share services. And the trend appears to have accelerated as SDOT opened a vital extension of the 2nd Ave bike lane through Belltown in January and companies added…
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tagged: 2nd ave, basic bike network, bike counter, downtown, fremont bridge, jenny durkan
May 24, 2018

What Seattle needs from the next SDOT Director + Take the mayor’s survey

As we work towards a future in Seattle where it is easier and safer for residents to get around on foot, by bike and via mass transit, we need your help. Visit the online community survey to share your priorities for the next SDOT director. https://t.co/t5EwFRox6u — Jenny Durkan (@MayorJenny) May 21, 2018 Mayor Jenny…
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tagged: jenny durkan, sdot, sdot director search 2018
April 16, 2018

Mayor Durkan is right, we do need a ‘reset’ on Move Seattle

As regular readers of Seattle Bike Blog know, I have been on family leave since late January following the early birth of my daughter. So unlike the daily news regimen I have reported since 2010, I have not had the bandwidth to post about some major local transportation stories as they have happened. It’s been…
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tagged: goran sparrman, jenny durkan, move seattle, sdot