Tag: sara nelson

November 14, 2024

Seattle prepares to pass budget with huge increases for safe streets + What CM Saka should do about Delridge

Thanks to Seattle voters, in 2025 the city is poised to invest $21 million in new sidewalks, $4.2 million in sidewalk repairs, $8.6 million in Vision Zero, $1.6 million in Safe Routes to School, $9.8 million in new protected bike lanes, and $1 million to upgrade existing bike lane barriers. To deliver all this, they…
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tagged: 2024 budget, Delridge Way SW, rob saka, sara nelson, sdot, seattle neighborhood greenways
August 7, 2024

Seattle City Council, time to wake up: An open letter to our first-year councilmembers

Yesterday needs to be this City Council’s worst day if 8 out of 9 of them want a chance at another term. They pulled one of the most chickenshit moves I’ve ever witnessed from my years covering city politics when they decided to hold an expensive special election for the voters’ initiative 137 rather than…
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tagged: bob kettle, cathy moore, city council, dan strauss, house our neighbors, I-137, joy hollingsworth, maritza rivera, rob saka, sara nelson, tammy morales, tanya woo
July 25, 2023

Eastlake group is trying to kill RapidRide J (which includes bike lanes)

I’m traveling home today after a week in St. Louis and Las Vegas visiting family, but I wanted to put out this notice since it is a top priority bike network improvement. The Eastlake Community Council is hosting a meeting at 6 p.m. tonight (July 25) at the Agora Conference Center (1551 Eastlake Ave E)…
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tagged: eastlake, rapidride j, sara nelson
September 28, 2022

Park District Board approves Lake Washington Blvd. path funding 7–1

The Seattle Park District Board approved funding a path on Lake Washington Boulevard, voting 7–1 to include $404,000 to the 2023-24 budget plan. The historic boulevard is one of the city’s original Olmsted Boulevards, which were constructed in the early 1900s as Parks projects. Even though it looks like a regular street, the boulevard is…
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tagged: city council district 2, debora juarez, lake washington blvd, sara nelson, seattle parks district, tammy morales
July 11, 2017

Replay and recap: City Council Position 8 transportation and housing forum

Your ballot will arrive in your mailbox within a week or so, and you only have until August 1 to figure out who you’re going to vote for. Online registration and address changing already ended, but you have until July 24 to register in person at the downtown King County Administration building. For those already…
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tagged: 2017 city council position 8 race, 2017 primary, hisam goueli, jon grant, mac mcgregor, sara nelson, sheley secrest, teresa mosqueda