Tag: mike mcginn

March 16, 2011

Viaduct shutdown idea gaining momentum

The same morning we wrote about the economics of highway removal and suggested we try closing the viaduct, Mayor McGinn was saying something similar on KUOW. So is Michael van Baker at the SunBreak (which has a wonderful new site design, by the way). So is Danny Westneat at Seattle Times. In fact, as Westneat…
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tagged: alaskan way viaduct, deep bore tunnel, earthquakes, japan, mike mcginn, seattle times, sunbreak, tom rasmussen
March 8, 2011

The Mayor’s New Ride

Editor’s Note: This is the first ever guest post on Seattle Bike Blog. If you’re interested in writing, email Tom and pitch your idea. Last month, Seattle’s bike-riding Mayor became a victim of bicycle theft. After donating his beloved Trek 700 commuter to charity, he borrowed his wife’s bike until he found a new bike.…
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tagged: bike thefts, mike mcginn, raleigh, the biking reporter
February 23, 2011

Seattle First Lady’s bicycle stolen

(Editor’s note: I do not yet know where it was stolen from, that is was stolen tonight, or even really that it was stolen. All I know is what’s in those two tweets. The unlocked bike was stolen from a city hall garage after the mayor rode it to work. The First Lady is “pissed.”…
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tagged: bike thefts, mike mcginn
January 25, 2011

Town hall with the mayor in U Dist tonight

Cascade points out that there are two good opportunities in the U District this week to speak up in support of biking. Considering how full UW’s bike parking is, it should be easy for some of you to bike over to the University Heights Center for one or both of these: U-District Mayor’s Town Hall…
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tagged: brooklyn station, cascade bicycle club, mike mcginn, north link, sound transit, university district, uw
January 5, 2011

Armistice Declared, Seattle’s ‘War on Cars’ Meme Ends

Last year, you probably had the unfortunate experience of hearing or reading about this new “war on cars” raging all over the streets of Seattle. Mayor McGinn was running around slashing tires on his lunch break, Cascade was using their Big Bicycle money to push through legislation making it illegal to sell Turtle Wax, and…
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tagged: cars vs bikes, mike mcginn, sightline, war on cars
November 29, 2010

Reflections on snow, bikes and Seattle

Interlaken Drive, Thanksgiving Day: 36 hours later:Now that we’re coming down from our week of gorging ourselves with food and playing in the snow, our city’s retail front has transitioned into Christmas “buy everything!” mode, and man was killed with a hatchet a few blocks from my home. Here are a few scattered thoughts on…
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tagged: mike mcginn, snomg, snow