Tag: mike mcginn

October 7, 2013

Ed Murray does not want to complete the Burke-Gilman Missing Link – UPDATED

“There goes my bike support,” Seattle mayoral candidate joked to the Seattle Times’ Jonathan Martin after coming out against completing the Ballard Missing Link of the Burke-Gilman Trail. I’m guessing that the hundreds — maybe thousands — of Seattle residents and visitors who have crashed and injured themselves on this stretch of notoriously dangerous road…
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tagged: 2013 mayoral race, ballard, burke-gilman trail, ed murray, mike mcginn, missing link
October 2, 2013

Ahead of fundraiser by group opposing a Westlake cycle track, Murray says ‘I support cycle tracks’

I received an email about a fundraiser for mayoral candidate Ed Murray recently from a group opposed to the idea of a safe bikeway connecting the Fremont Bridge and South Lake Union along Westlake Ave. That project, which has received grant funding, is still early in the design process. But a group of people concerned…
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tagged: 2013 mayoral race, ed murray, mike mcginn, westlake, westlake cycle track
September 13, 2013

Mayor announces $14M in neighborhood transportation, sidewalks and neighborhood greenways could get boost

Mayor McGinn announced Wednesday nearly $14 million in additional neighborhood transportation investments as part of his proposed 2014 budget. The bulk of of the funds go toward what McGinn’s office calls “basics,” which means bridge rehab planning, new sidewalks, repaving of both arterial and residential streets and some added funds for biking and walking enhancements…
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tagged: 2014 budget, mike mcginn, neighborhood street fund
September 5, 2013

City will invest $14.8M from school zone speed cameras into Safe Routes to School

The city will invest $14.8 million in road safety projects near schools by the end of 2014, all funded by new school zone speed cameras. This means safer crosswalks, traffic calming and new sidewalks near 20 schools. And the best part is that the bill will be paid by people caught speeding near schools. Seriously,…
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tagged: mike mcginn, safe routes to school, school road safety initiative
August 29, 2013

Comparing bike commute rates to the mayoral primary results

The Seattle Times released an interactive map this week visualizing Seattle’s mayoral primary election precinct-by-precinct. So I thought, How do the results compare to bike commute rates? As you can see above, there is a correlation between neighborhoods with high bike commute rates (the darkest green sections are nine percent or higher) and votes for…
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tagged: 2013 general election, ed murray, mike mcginn
August 9, 2013

Mayor McGinn will hold Monday town hall to discuss NE 65th Street

In the whole Bicycle Master Plan update, the idea of a protected bike lane of some kind on NE 65th Street has proven to be the most controversial. But it also one of the projects with the most promise, both as a way to increase access to the future light rail and the commercial center…
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tagged: 2013 bike master plan update, mike mcginn, ne 65th, ravenna blog