Tag: king county council

June 12, 2024

People riding e-bikes and scooters on King County trails are no longer unknowingly breaking the rules

Here’s some good news you didn’t know you needed: The King County Council has legalized riding Class 1 and 2 e-bikes as well as electric scooters on the county’s trails. I’m guessing most of you out there had no idea this was not already legal, and e-bike riders have been happily and safely riding there…
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tagged: e-bikes, king county council, king county parks
February 14, 2017

King County Council approves the Eastside Trail Master Plan 9-0

The King County Council approved a master plan for a trail along the Eastside Rail Corridor Monday by a unanimous vote of 9–0. The vote is a key step towards creating the region’s most significant new trail since the Burke-Gilman opened in 1978. Connecting through or near the hearts of major Eastside communities from Renton…
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tagged: bellevue, claudia balducci, cross kirkland corridor, dow constantine, eastside rail corridor, eastside trail, king county council, kirkland, renton, woodinville
November 16, 2015

King County will remove old rails on the Eastside Trail + Kirkland plans rapid bus along the trail

King County will remove the rails on the Eastside Trail, a vital step toward creating a walkable and bikeable trail from Woodinville to Renton. The work was proposed by King County Executive Dow Constantine and approved by the King County Council. The rails are defunct and abandoned, and the scrap value of the rails should…
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tagged: cross kirkland corridor, dow constantine, eastside rail corridor, eastside trail, king county, king county council, kirkland
August 12, 2011

Letter to the King County Council: Save Metro buses for the sake of bicycling

UPDATE: It would appear this letter was soooo persuasive, the King County Council announced they would pass the $20 charge within an hour and a half of this post…. Good work everyone who battled to get this done without going to the ballot. Now, let’s concentrate on getting Seattle’s Transportation Benefits Fee passed. Buses. They…
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tagged: buses, king county council, king county metro