Tag: publicola

January 5, 2015

Seattle Met names me a 2014 ‘Game Changer’

My mother wants me to send her “at least three copies” of the January 2015 issue of Seattle Met. That’s because the magazine and its political news arm Publicola named me one of 15 “game changers who will spend 2015 addressing the biggest challenges facing Seattle.” Yikes! No pressure. :-) I’m honored to be included…
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tagged: publicola, seattle met
August 21, 2014

New SDOT Director wisely adds bike signals to 2nd Ave bike lane design, could open by Sept. 8

The 2nd Ave protected bike lane project appears to be ahead of its original ambitious schedule, and Publicola reports that the lane could open as early as Labor Day weekend (UPDATE: SDOT’s Dawn Schellenberg says their current goal date is September 8, not Labor Day weekend). But that’s not even today’s best news about downtown…
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tagged: 2nd ave, downtown, protected bike lanes, publicola, scott kubly
August 30, 2013

Interim Director: Cascade is not moving away from advocacy

Last week, Publicola included this interesting note in a local news roundup: The Cascade Bicycle Club, whose longtime executive director Chuck Ayers announced he was leaving the group back in March, is still looking for a new leader, and six of its 14 board seats are up for reelection, sparking speculation that the group, may…
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tagged: cascade bicycle club, joe platzner, publicola
October 4, 2011

Person shot with pellet gun while biking in Bellevue + Bike thief arrested at UW

A man was shot in the leg with a pellet gun while biking to work on SE 36th in Bellevue last week, King 5 reports. There was no altercation leading up to the incident, and he did not even realize he had been shot until he was at the hospital. From King 5: In other…
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tagged: bike thefts, crime, publicola
August 9, 2011

Why an $80 vehicle license fee makes sense

The city is considering an increase in the Vehicle License Fee (car tabs) to help pay for the massive backlog in road maintenance. But the proposal recommended by the citizen’s committee tasked with putting the funds to use also saw it as an opportunity to add more to the underfunded pedestrian and bicycle master plans.…
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tagged: city council, ctac III, jean godden, mike o’brien, neighborhood greenways, publicola, sally bagshaw, vehicle lisense fee
April 29, 2011

Cascade was not included in cutback to Bicycle Sundays

Cascade Bicycle Club’s David Hiller told Publicola the club was not included in the Parks Department’s decision to cut the number of Bicycle Sundays from 18 to 12 this year: David Hiller, policy director for the Cascade Bicycle Club, says the organization, which sponsors and helps pay for the popular Bicycle Sundays program (which closes…
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tagged: bicycle sundays, cascade bicycle club, clarence eckerson jr, david hiller, events, publicola, streetfilms