Tag: patty murray

June 25, 2024

$25M federal grant will help cross final major Eastrail hurdle: I-90

King County has secured a $25 million federal RAISE grant to rehab an old railroad bridge over I-90 that had been one of the few major pieces still missing from the Eastrail route. The funds will also build and pave 1.7 miles of the trail in the I-90 area and “create safe connections” to the…
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tagged: adam smith, bellevue, claudia balducci, dow constantine, eastrail, king county parks, maria cantwell, patty murray, raise grants, renton, sarah perry, suzan delbene, woodinville
March 1, 2024

After 39 years, Mt Rainier National Park shuts out iconic RAMROD bike event

It’s one of the most difficult and beautiful one-day bike rides you’ll find anywhere on earth, and hundreds of people have been taking on the challenge every summer (except 2020) since 1984. The Ride Around Mount Rainier in One Day (“RAMROD”) is 150 miles long and includes 10,000 feet of climbing, but that grueling physical…
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tagged: kim schrier, mount rainier, national parks, patty murray, ramrod, redmond cycling club
January 30, 2024

Mayor, Sen. Murray celebrate full funding for RapidRide J and Eastlake bike lanes

If there were any concerns that a controversial push to kill the planned protected bike lanes on Eastlake Ave might succeed, Senator Patty Murray and Mayor Bruce Harrell just put that idea to bed for good. “When we’re done here, we will new and upgraded stations, miles of new transit-only lanes, as well as new…
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tagged: bruce harrell, move seattle levy, patty murray, rapidride j, roosevelt to downtown hct, sdot
June 28, 2023

Federal grants will fund Seattle ‘low-emission neighborhoods,’ Sound-to-Pacific Trail planning, Shoreline light rail connections + more

Newly-announced Federal RAISE (“Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity”) grants will help fund several interesting walking and biking projects around the region, including planning work for an ambitious trail from the Bainbridge Island Ferry Terminal to La Push on the Pacific Coast. The City of Port Angeles led a successful grant application for the…
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tagged: bruce harrell, low-emission neighborhoods, N 148th Street Bridge, Olympic Discovery Trail, patty murray, port angeles, Puget Sound to Pacific Trail, rebuilding american infrastructure with sustainability and equity, shoreline, Sound to Olympics Trail
February 20, 2018

Cascade calls Trump’s infrastructure plan a ‘bad deal for biking in Washington’

In an insult I doubt Donald Trump will take too hard, Cascade Bicycle Club said that his infrastructure plan is a “bad deal for biking in Washington.” At a time when the region is investing so much local funding in its own streets and mass transit service, a plan that cuts Federal support for local…
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tagged: cascade bicycle club, Donald Trump, maria cantwell, patty murray
October 27, 2015

No Federal money for Northgate bike/walk bridge, Pronto expansion

Well, it was worth a shot. The Feds did not pick Seattle’s TIGER grant proposal for funding the Northgate bike/walk bridge and a “massive” Pronto Cycle Share expansion, SDOT confirmed today. The news comes one day after Senator Patty Murray announced a $15 million TIGER grant for Tacoma LINK and $10 million to construct a…
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tagged: ed murray, patty murray, pronto emerald city cycle share, scott kubly, TIGER, tom rasmussen