Tag: move seattle

November 17, 2015

Move Seattle saves the transpo budget + Pronto gets oversight + Red light cameras will fund school safety

When Mayor Ed Murray presented his proposed 2016 budget, he had to assume there would be no replacement for Bridging the Gap, and it was pretty devastating. There was an exciting $5 million one-time expenditure for expanding Pronto Cycle Share, but the budget for biking, walking and safe streets was dismal. The sidewalk maintenance budget…
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tagged: 2016 budget, cathy tuttle, city council, ed murray, move seattle, move seattle levy, nick licata, pronto emerald city cycle share, red light cameras, sally bagshaw, school zone speed cameras
November 5, 2015

Seattle just elected a bike-friendly Council and invested $400M into safe streets

In an odd-year election, Seattle invested at least $400 million into safe streets, and every City Council candidate endorsed by Seattle Bike Blog, Seattle Transit Blog, Seattle Subway or Cascade Bicycle Club appears on the verge of winning. Urban cycling’s long existential crisis in Seattle is over. Bike lanes and safe streets are a core…
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tagged: davey oil, move seattle, move seattle levy
November 4, 2015

The true cost of Move Seattle

Mike Wang was biking home to his family one evening in July 2011 when a man driving an SUV made a quick left turn and killed him on Dexter Ave. It’s impossible to fill a hole in the world the size of Mike Wang, but through all the tears and pain and anger that followed,…
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tagged: brian fairbrother, caleb shoop, judy and dennis schulte, mike wang, move seattle, move seattle levy, sher kung
November 2, 2015

#BikeTheVote: A cycling procrastinator’s guide to Tuesday’s election

Our Halloween Kidical Mass ride was also a #bikethevote ride. Thanks Princess Leia and blue Care Bear! pic.twitter.com/bwgR8Bm6mv — Madi Carlson (@familyride) November 1, 2015 Did you know there are six ballot drop boxes with easy access to the Burke-Gilman and Sammamish River Trails? But while a handful of ballot drop boxes in Seattle and…
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tagged: 2015 general election, move seattle, move seattle levy
October 28, 2015

What a “no” vote on Move Seattle actually means

In the lead up to next week’s vote, the Let’s Move Seattle campaign has been focused on the exciting and new elements of the nine-year transportation levy proposal: Seven new rapid bus lines to all parts of town, Safe Routes to School projects at every single public school, up to 250 blocks of new sidewalks…
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tagged: move seattle, move seattle levy, tim eyman
October 27, 2015

Today: Join a community walk in Greenwood for Move Seattle

Did you know the Move Seattle levy will build a road safety project at every single public school in the city? It’s true! And that’s just one example of a community-generated idea in the nine-year transportation levy. But boosting Safe Routes to School funds in the levy plan is only effective if we then go…
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tagged: cascade bicycle club, feet first, greenwood, move seattle, move seattle levy, safe routes to school, seattle neighborhood greenways