Tag: sally bagshaw

July 31, 2014

It’s time to give Summer Streets and Bicycle Sunday an energizing makeover

People love Summer Streets, Seattle’s summertime open streets events on neighborhood commercial streets in Greenwood, Alki, Ballard and Rainier Valley. They also love Bicycle Sunday, Seattle’s innovative open streets event that has been making sections of Lake Washington Boulevard car-free for a handful of Sundays every summer for decades. Now, imagine if next year Seattle…
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tagged: bicycle sunday, open streets, portland, sally bagshaw, summer parkways, summer streets
April 8, 2014

Council Transportation Committee approves Bike Master Plan – UPDATED

I know it’s hard to believe, but the Bike Master Plan update that began in early 2012 is still working its way through the bowels of the Seattle Process™. But it may finally be approaching the finish line. The City Council Transportation Committee unanimously approved the Bike Master Plan update Tuesday, sending it to the…
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tagged: 2013 bike master plan update, city council, jean godden, rahm emanuel, sally bagshaw, tom rasmussen
November 6, 2013

Congratulations to Ed Murray, Mike O’Brien and other election winners

Ed Murray has been elected as the next Mayor of Seattle. We look forward to covering transportation issues under his leadership. He has campaigned on the claim that he can forge the partnerships needed to get things done, including safe streets. Now we’ll get a chance to see if he was right. Seattle Bike Blog…
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tagged: 2013 mayoral race, dow constantine, ed murray, kshama sawant, mike mcginn, mike o’brien, nick licata, richard conlin, sally bagshaw
October 25, 2013

You’ve voted by now, right? If not, here’s a mini-guide

If you haven’t voted, do it now. I mean it. Go get your ballot. I’ll wait… … … OK, good. I say to vote now because mail-in voting allows procrastinators to, well, procrastinate. Then it’s the day of the election and you have that thing you forgot about but, “Oh crap, it doesn’t get out…
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tagged: 2013 general election, 2013 mayoral race, kshama sawant, mike mcginn, mike o’brien, nick licata, richard conlin, sally bagshaw
May 9, 2013

This is what Seattle’s bike to school revolution looks like (VIDEO)

Hundreds of Bryant Elementary students filled the streets Wednesday for what had to be the biggest bike to school ride in Seattle history. Seattle School District Superintendent José Banda rode with students and parents from Top Pot Doughnuts to Bryant. He told the crowd gathered for a rally at the end that the district aims…
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tagged: bike to school day 2013, bryant elementary, car free days, jose banda, sally bagshaw
October 5, 2012

More 2013-14 budget details + Bagshaw supports bike/walk improvements

Mayor McGinn’s proposed 2013-14 budget includes some strong support for biking and walking improvements, including a big boost to the city’s Safe Routes to School and neighborhood greenway efforts. We reported on these proposals previously. SDOT Director Peter Hahn recently presented about the transportation portion of the budget to the City Council (see below), outlining…
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tagged: 2013 budget, city council, mike mcginn, peter hahn, sally bagshaw, sdot