Tag: mike mcginn

October 31, 2012

Broadway cycle track could be ready next year + Could it extend to Volunteer Park (or 520)?

City officials Tuesday announced funds to extend the First Hill Streetcar north from its terminus at Denny Way to Roy St or even all the way to Volunteer Park. Though the design process will work out the details, it’s pretty likely this also means an extension for the cycle track. The extension project still needs…
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tagged: broadway bikeway, capitol hill, capitol hill seattle, first hill streetcar, mike mcginn
October 5, 2012

More 2013-14 budget details + Bagshaw supports bike/walk improvements

Mayor McGinn’s proposed 2013-14 budget includes some strong support for biking and walking improvements, including a big boost to the city’s Safe Routes to School and neighborhood greenway efforts. We reported on these proposals previously. SDOT Director Peter Hahn recently presented about the transportation portion of the budget to the City Council (see below), outlining…
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tagged: 2013 budget, city council, mike mcginn, peter hahn, sally bagshaw, sdot
September 27, 2012

Mayor announces 3 Safe Routes to School projects as part of 2013-14 budget

Mayor McGinn announced three significant Safe Routes to School projects during a press event Wednesday as part of his ongoing 2013-14 city budget proposal roll-out. In doing so, he also stressed the importance not only of road safety, but the effect a safe route to school can have on the health of Seattle’s young people.…
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tagged: 2013 budget, beacon hill, mike mcginn, safe routes to school
September 24, 2012

Mayor’s budget includes downtown bike facility plan, boosts Safe Routes to School, neighborhood greenways

Mayor McGinn announced details of his 2013-14 transportation budget today, which includes funds for a “Center City Mobility Plan,” which includes planning for a downtown bicycle network (read: protected cycle tracks). The $325,000 plan “will review how all modes of transportation interconnect downtown.” We have written several times that safe bike facilities downtown have the…
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tagged: 2013 budget, cycle tracks, downtown, mike mcginn
September 13, 2012

Is safety really Seattle’s #1 transportation priority?

Just about all the transportation news since the city announced the Road Safety Action Plan has made me question whether safety really is the city’s top transportation priority. Here’s what happened: The city held a press conference in South Lake Union announcing the plan and declaring the goal of zero traffic deaths by 2030. Less…
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tagged: mike mcginn, road safety action plan
August 31, 2012

City releases plan for zero traffic deaths

Traffic deaths are preventable. We have the tools and resources to make them stop. All we need is the will to make it happen. The city concluded nearly a year of outreach and work to create its first Road Safety Action Plan, which outlines the tools and necessary culture shifts we need in order reach…
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tagged: mike mcginn, road safety action plan, road safety summit