Tag: rainier valley greenways

December 5, 2024

Alert: It is once again time to voice overwhelming support for a safer Lake Washington Blvd

Even the dramatically watered-down and insufficient traffic calming improvements planned for Lake Washington Boulevard are now apparently at risk after pushback from “people who enjoy driving as fast as they want along the boulevard,” as Seattle Neighborhood Greenways put it. Neighbors have campaigned for years about the need for safer walking and biking space on…
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tagged: lake washington blvd, parks and recreation, rainier valley greenways, sdot, seattle neighborhood greenways
September 25, 2023

Join a celebration for the new Rainier Valley Greenway connector path

Rainier Valley Greenways-Safe Streets and SDOT are hosting a community celebration of the long-awaited pathway connecting the I-90 Trail in Sam Smith Park to the start of the Rainier Valley Neighborhood Greenway at 28th Ave S. There will be a community walk at 4:15 p.m. Tuesday (September 26) starting at College Street Park followed by…
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tagged: I-90 trail, rainier valley greenways, sam smith park, sdot
April 11, 2023

Rainier Valley Greenways: How to make ‘Bicycle Weekends’ on Lake Washington Blvd better

Since 1968, Seattle Parks has been hosting car-free days on Lake Washington Boulevard during the spring and summer. It’s one of the longest-running open streets events in the world, and the department partnered with SDOT in recent years to expand it to last full weekends. As planning gets underway for the 2023 season, Rainier Valley…
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tagged: bicycle sunday, bicycle weekends, lake washington blvd, parks and recreation, rainier valley greenways, sdot
November 21, 2022

Remembering the victims of traffic violence across our region – UPDATED

People held a series of actions and press conferences across the Puget Sound region to remember the victims of traffic violence and call for action to prevent more of them. A Rainier Valley Greenways action at Seattle City Hall set out 189 pairs of shoes to represent the people killed on Seattle streets since announcing…
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tagged: rainier valley greenways, wa bikes, world day of remembrance
April 5, 2021

Lake Washington Blvd ‘Keep Moving Street’ returns Friday + Campaign seeks permanent design

Lake Washington Blvd is reopening to people walking and biking Friday as the city’s Keep Moving Street program returns. The street will remain mostly car-free between Mount Baker Beach and Genesee Park from April 9 through 18. Seattle has experimented with various versions of this Keep Moving Street for the past nine months, and they…
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tagged: keep moving streets, lake washington blvd, rainier valley greenways
August 17, 2018

After 2 kids were struck and badly injured, Rainier Valley Greenways calls Saturday safe streets rally

Details from Rainier Valley Greenways: We have had enough of kids and people of all ages being injured at the intersection of Rainier Ave S and S Henderson St. Just this year, three children have been hit at this intersection. Join us to talk with Mayor Durkan about what can be done to fix this…
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tagged: rainier ave, rainier valley greenways, s henderson st