Tag: kirkland greenways

September 18, 2014

Kenmore residents call for an end to traffic deaths, remember Caleb Shoop

Carrying signs that say “Safe Streets Now” and “All Our Kids Are So Precious, Please Drive With Care” and wearing shirts that say “Caleb’s Got My Back,” friends, family and concerned community members gathered Wednesday to remember Caleb Shoop and call for safer streets in Kenmore. Shoop was killed in March while biking in a…
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tagged: ben shoop, caleb shoop, connect kenmore for safety, kenmore, kirkland greenways, tammy shoop
September 10, 2014

Mother of Caleb Shoop: ‘Our son’s death warrants a just outcome’

Tammy Shoop and her husband Ben have had to go through the worst that parents can experience: Their son Caleb was killed while biking in a Kenmore crosswalk in March. He was only 19. There will be a memorial walk for Caleb September 17, planned in part by Kirkland Greenways and Lake City Greenways. Meet…
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tagged: ben shoop, caleb shoop, kenmore, kirkland greenways, lake city greenways, memorial rides, tammy shoop
February 27, 2014

Join neighbors and Kirkland government leaders for a Friday ‘policy ride’

Kirkland could be on the verge of a walking and biking revolution, and its up to the people who live, work and play there to get behind it. And you have a great chance to do just that tomorrow (Friday) as elected officials, Kirkland Greenways and Cascade Bicycle Club hit the streets for a “policy…
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tagged: amy walen, cascade bicycle club, kirkland, kirkland city council, kirkland greenways
July 3, 2013

BikeWA: Stella and Caron search for meaning and solutions after witnessing a horrifying collision in Kirkland

Caron Lemay and her daughter Stella bike to school in Kirkland together regularly. But they are both haunted by what they saw, heard and felt one day on the way to school, when a person driving failed to see a man walking in the crosswalk and hit him hard. Caron and Stella’s story is jarring…
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tagged: 2013 legislature, bicycle alliance of washington, kirkland greenways
March 19, 2013

Kirkland Greenways featured on Kirkland TV, meeting Wednesday

Kirkland Greenways is off to a running start, growing the call for a network of safe neighborhood streets where people of all ages and abilities in the Eastside city can walk or bike comfortably and safely. The group was recently featured on the city’s Currently Kirkland show (see below), and they are gearing up to…
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tagged: currently kirkland, kirkland, kirkland greenways
February 18, 2013

Neighborhood greenways take root on the Eastside

Imagine a network of calm, mostly residential streets near your home, neighborhood school and local business district optimized for safe travel on foot and by bike for people of all ages. Interested? Of course you are! It’s an idea that has appeal extending far beyond the flimsy Seattle border, where groups in nearly all corners…
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tagged: kirkland, kirkland greenways, neighborhood greenways