Tag: king county

September 25, 2013

Not just Seattle: King County is also driving less + A look at biking rates around Puget Sound

Get ready for a little data overload. I’ve been swimming through Census data ever since the 2012 American Communities Survey data came out and showed that biking, walking and transit use in Seattle is way up. But what about the rest of the region? As several readers have pointed out, Seattle’s plummeting rate of driving…
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tagged: american communities survey 2012, census, king county, port townsend, vashon
November 15, 2012

Grant will fund vision for a safer Vashon Island

After a successful fight against bike-route-ruining rumble strips prompted a group of Vashon-Murray Island residents to organize and take action, the group is running with the momentum to take biking and walking safety on their island to the next level. Bike Vashon received a $3,000 grant from King County for community outreach to develop the…
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tagged: bike vashon, king county, vashon
November 6, 2012

Sightline talks bikes and social justice with Major Taylor Project director

Ed Ewing is the Director of Cascade Bicycle Club’s Major Taylor Project (or, as the students call it, “Bike Club”). Bike Club aims to bring safe cycling and bike mechanic skills to youth in low-income communities in King County. Ewing recently spoke with Anna Fahey at Sightline about the young people he works with and…
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tagged: bike club, cascade bicycle club, ed ewing, king county, major taylor project, sightline
September 20, 2012

County removing Green River Trail sandbags

The sandbags that have closed the Green River in Kent since 2009 are finally being removed. The trail should be fully open by the end of September, King County said. From King County: “Removal of the sandbags means life is moving forward in the Valley,” said King County Flood Control District Chair Julia Patterson, who…
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tagged: green river trail, kent, king county, sandbags
August 15, 2012

Tantrum ends: Port approves Eastside Rail Corridor sale

Over a month after the Port of Seattle Commissioners voted to throw a childish tantrum and withhold sale of the Eastside Rail Corridor because they were upset about the plans to build a completely unrelated arena in Seattle, the Commissioners have now approved the sale. This brings the Eastside Rail-Trail project through Kirkland (and beyond)…
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tagged: eastside rail corridor, king county, kirkland, port of seattle
May 18, 2012

County could remove Green River Trail sandbags

The Green River Trail from Tukwila to Kent has been closed to bicycling since 2009, when miles of three-foot-tall sandbags were installed in the center of the trail. The sandbags were in response to flooding fears, but they closed a scenic biking and walking route and are an eyesore on the riverfront. This 2009 post…
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tagged: green river trail, kent, king county, tukwila