Tag: phyllis porter

August 19, 2020

Tonight: Phyllis Porter talks biking and activism

Tonight (August 19) at 6 p.m., log in to hear Phyllis Porter talk about “her adventures and growth as a bicycle rider and activist including her passion for safe streets for all.” Porter has been a strong advocate and friend of Seattle Bike Blog for years. She ran for City Council in District 2 last…
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tagged: bike works, phyllis porter
July 18, 2019

Who’s the best District 2 candidate for biking and safe streets?

District: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 As I wrote in our District 1 post, Seattle Bike Blog is not doing official endorsements for the primary. Instead, I’ll be going district-by-district, posting videos from the MASS Coalition’s transportation forums along with a roundup of transportation-related endorsements and other notable news items…
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tagged: 2019 primary, christopher peguero, city council district 2, phyllis porter, tammy morales
August 9, 2016

Summer Parkways kicks off with huge Rainier Valley event Saturday

Summer Parkways 2016 kicks off with what is shaping up to be one of the biggest open streets events in recent Seattle history. Head down to Rainier Valley from 12:30 to 4:30 Saturday afternoon for car-free community fun. Teaming up with the long-running Rainier Valley Heritage Parade in Columbia City and the Big Day of…
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tagged: phyllis porter, rainier ave, rainier valley, summer parkways
May 31, 2016

Watch: City Inside/Out takes on Seattle’s slashed bike plans

Seattle Channel’s City Inside/Out produced a quality segment on the city’s recent bike plan cuts and the public protest against them. The episode begins with a five-minute intro report outlining how the cuts came about and what people protesting the changes think about them (Spoiler: They don’t like ’em). The intro features interviews with Davey…
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tagged: bicycle master plan implementation plan, cathy tuttle, city inside/out, darby watson, davey oil, kelli refer, mike o’brien, phyllis porter, sally bagshaw, seattle channel, shirley savel
February 18, 2016

A sober look at Pronto’s finances ahead of Council meeting

The City of Seattle already cut checks in December and early 2016 totaling $305,000 to keep Pronto Cycle Share operational, Josh Feit at Publicola reports. This revelation will certainly be a topic of conversation during tomorrow’s 2 p.m. Transportation Committee meeting about the system. These payments were included in a slide we published in late…
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tagged: barbara gray, city council, josh feit, nicole freedman, phyllis porter, pronto emerald city cycle share, publicola, scott kubly, sdot, transportation committee
November 18, 2014

Listen: KUOW on Rainier Ave’s speeding problem + Meeting tonight

Rainier Ave has a serious speeding problem. But, of course, that speeding problem is actually a symptom caused by the street’s dangerous, highway-style design problem. Four lanes of traffic splitting through bustling neighborhood centers and business districts is inherently dangerous. In fact, it’s the most dangerous city-owned street in Seattle. You can help change that…
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tagged: bike works, columbia city, kuow, meetings, phyllis porter, rainier ave, rainier valley, rainier valley greenways, sdot