Tag: mike mcginn

September 23, 2010

City announces 11 neighborhood street projects, bikes to get help on S Othello and Fairview

View Neighborhood Street Fund 2010-2012 in a larger map Of the 11 streets projects the city announced yesterday evening, most will add sidewalks and/or crossing improvements for pedestrians around the city. Mayor Mike McGinn and Councilmember Tom Rasmussen attended the press conference in to announce the projects, outlined below, which vary in cost and ambition.…
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tagged: mike mcginn, neighborhood street fund, walk bike ride
September 23, 2010

Lake City town hall digest (a little late)

You’ll have to forgive me for my late digest of last week’s Lake City town hall with the mayor. There are some good moments, though you will have to get used to the poor audio and choppy video.
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tagged: mike mcginn, ne 125th, road diets, sdot, town hall
September 16, 2010

No, SDOT does not need more 125th studies

Let’s make this clear, yet again. NE 125th carries a little over 16,000 cars per day. SDOT’s experience and research clearly shows that the proposed three-lane configuration can carry up to 25,000 vehicles per day. They have done similar projects on similar streets a couple dozen times in recent decades. No further study is necessary.…
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tagged: complete streets, mike mcginn, ne 125th, road diets, town hall
July 19, 2010

Times editorial board, this is no time to be stuck in the past

The Seattle Times published an editorial yesterday complaining about the Mayor McGinn’s recent proposal to increase the commercial parking tax and vehicle registration fees to pay for necessary street repairs, like filling potholes. This is a typical car-centric knee-jerk reaction to a plan that is less like a tax increase and more like a decrease…
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tagged: donald shoup, mike mcginn, parking, potholes, seattle times, tunnel
July 13, 2010

Bike commute meeting at City Hall tomorrow

Commute Seattle is hosting a lunchtime meeting with the mayor, Tom Rasmussen, and leaders of SDOT, King County Metro and Cascade. The discussion will be about bike infrastructure focussing on downtown bike commuting. RSVP by e-mail if you’re interested. The meeting will likely discuss things like the new buffered bike lanes on 7th, which are…
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tagged: cascade bicycle club, king county metro, mike mcginn, press releases, sdot, tom rasmussen