Tag: mike mcginn

April 2, 2013

After big community walk, McGinn announces NE 75th St safety improvements

Hundreds of family, friends, city officials and community members took to the streets Monday, just a week since a devastating collision at 33rd Ave NE and NE 75th St took the lives of Judy and Dennis Schulte and sent Karina and Elias Ulriksen-Schulte to the hospital in critical condition. People were there to memorialize those…
(read more…)

tagged: eckstein middle school, mike mcginn, ne 75th st, ne seattle greenways
March 20, 2013

Spokane St Viaduct completed under budget, mayor invests savings in road safety and repairs

The $163 million Spokane Street Viaduct widening project has been completed under-budget, and Mayor McGinn announced today that the city will invest the $11.75 million savings in road safety, freight and road maintenance projects. On the list of projects to get a boost: Work to complete the Burke-Gilman Trail Missing Link and investments in Bike…
(read more…)

tagged: mike mcginn, sdot, spokane street viaduct
March 13, 2013

Looking to stand out from the mayoral pack? Challenge McGinn with a bike-friendly vision

Are you running for Mayor of Seattle, but don’t know how to stand out among a packed crowd of challengers to incumbent Mike McGinn? Stop reading Internet comments and come out with an inspiring vision for a biking and walking-friendly Seattle. Talk about making bold choices to create truly efficient transit. Paint a picture of…
(read more…)

tagged: 2013 mayoral race, bruce harrell, ed murray, kate martin, mike mcginn, peter steinbrueck, tim burgess
February 20, 2013

Mayor McGinn to Rahm Emanuel: Seattle will keep its bikers, thank you

In his State of the City address Tuesday, Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn responded to Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s threat to lure Seattle’s tech jobs to his city by creating a world-class bike lane network. We’re going to build world-class, safe bike lanes, too, the mayor said. And we’re going to keep those jobs here. From…
(read more…)

tagged: chicago, cycle tracks, mike mcginn, rahm emanuel
February 13, 2013

Mayor presents 2013 transportation Action Agenda progress report

Touting the city’s downtown cycle track plan, Bicycle Master Plan update and neighborhood greenways progress, Mayor Mike McGinn presented the city’s transportation Action Agenda progress report to the City Council today. The mayor is again pushing hard for an expedited plan for high capacity transit to Ballard and a streetcar extension through Eastlake to the…
(read more…)

tagged: mike mcginn, sdot
December 27, 2012

Today: City will announce Missing Link safety improvements – UPDATED

Mayor McGinn and Councilmember Tom Rasmussen will announce safety improvements to the Burke-Gilman Missing Link in Ballard this afternoon, according to Cascade Bicycle Club. They will be underneath the Ballard Bridge on Shilshole at 2:30 p.m. For a brief recap: The Missing Link has been planned, designed, approved and funded. However, a group of supposed…
(read more…)

tagged: ballard, burke-gilman trail, cascade bicycle club, mike mcginn, missing link, tom rasmussen