Tag: safe routes to school

December 9, 2022

Mayor Harrell order calls for ‘low-pollution neighborhoods,’ sets up pieces for a future transportation levy

Mayor Bruce Harrell signed an executive order this week with a list of climate actions and plans, including an expansion of Healthy Streets, Safe Routes to School, bicycle freight and green neighborhood efforts. “We put together 23 bold actions that we think are not only achievable but essential to our fight against climate change,” said…
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tagged: bruce harrell, executive order 2022-07, healthy streets, safe routes to school, school streets, super blocks
November 9, 2018

Tell the City Council to protect red light camera funds for safe streets near schools

In an attempt to balance the City Council’s 2019-20 budget, Councilmember Sally Bagshaw has eyed nearly $2.7 million in red light camera funds that currently go to the School Safety Traffic and Pedestrian Improvement Fund (see the budget green sheet PDF). The city has the goal of making street safety improvements at every public school…
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tagged: 2018 budget, city council, safe routes to school, sally bagshaw
September 6, 2017

Seattle Children’s study: School bike trains increase physical activity (of course)

Organizing a bike train to school is an effective way to significantly increase the amount of daily physical activity every child needs to be healthy, a study out of Seattle Children’s found. OK, I know that sounds like a no-brainer. And it is. But it’s cool to see that actual figures. The bike train activity…
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tagged: bike trains, bike works, jason mendoza, safe routes to school, seattle children’s
April 6, 2016

Beacon Hill trail is a big neighborhood greenway improvement

The Beacon Hill Neighborhood Greenway was one of the city’s first attempts at creating a great community-led neighborhood greenway, and it just got a lot better. This route was already one of my favorite neighborhood greenways in the city, connecting from the I-90 Trail to Georgetown via Beacon Hill Station and Jefferson Park. But as…
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tagged: beacon hill, jefferson park, neighborhood greenways, safe routes to school
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
October 26, 2015

Seattle releases unique walking and biking maps for each public school

Earlier this month, we reported on the city’s fantastic School Road Safety Plan, designed to help schools, parents, students and the city all work together to end traffic deaths and injuries near schools. Well, one cool part of that plan was to improve the existing walking maps for each school and add information to help…
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tagged: rainier beach, rainier beach high school, safe routes to school, sdot, seattle public schools, transit riders union