Tag: scott kubly

March 25, 2015

If a truck filled with salmon can bring the city to a crawl, we need more transportation choices

Seattle’s transportation system is fragile. Decades of focusing nearly all major transportation investments on a few highways has not prepared the city to handle unexpected blockages. A single truck full of salmon overturned at the start of Tuesday’s evening rush hour, and the whole system collapsed. And this is not the first time. When SDOT…
(read more…)

tagged: danny westneat, ed murray, move seattle, scott kubly
March 20, 2015

SDOT Director pens must-read Vision Zero op-ed for Seattle Times

Seattle’s Transportation Director penned a powerful op-ed about Vision Zero in the Seattle Times this week. I would paraphrase and analyze it, but reading it really just makes me want to stand up and applaud. Read it all here. Here’s an excerpt: A LEADING cause of death for Seattle residents ages 5 through 24 is…
(read more…)

tagged: scott kubly, seattle times, vision zero
February 17, 2015

Can Seattle end traffic violence by 2030?

Sandhya Khadka dreamed big. She believed in equality, especially equality for women, and she was dedicated to do something about it. “There are people you remember for long after they are gone. Sandhya was one of those,” said family friend Writu Kakshapati. Kakshapati was speaking to a crowd gathered last week to hear about the…
(read more…)

tagged: ed murray, road safety action plan, sandhya khadka, scott kubly, vision zero, writu kakshapati
January 16, 2015

Memorial walk Saturday for Leo Almanzor, killed walking to work downtown

Leo Almanzor worked as a janitor at Washington Athletic Club in downtown Seattle for 17 years. But his walk from the bus to his job took a tragic turn November 22 when someone driving a Honda sedan fled a Seattle Police traffic stop and drove into Leo, killing him. He was 68. “The family is…
(read more…)

tagged: leo almanzor, memorial walks, sally bagshaw, scott kubly, seattle neighborhood greenways
December 18, 2014

If Holman Road is a ‘complete street,’ then that term has lost all meaning

I received a troubling press release today from SDOT. In announcing the completion of the 1.4-mile, $3.8 million Holman Road repaving project, the department and Director Scott Kubly repeatedly refer to the street as a “complete street.” If Holman Road is a complete street, then that term means nothing. Holman Road is a busy, mean,…
(read more…)

tagged: complete streets, holman rd, scott kubly, sdot
November 4, 2014

UW accepts bike-friendly campus award, leaders talk about how to expand biking even further

EDITOR’S NOTE: This story is by Jack Truitt, a UW News Lab student. It is published here as part of a partnership between Seattle Bike Blog and News Lab. Biking needs to become an issue of climate change and personal health in order to escape the category of fitness hobby, according to the president of…
(read more…)

tagged: andy clarke, bicycle friendly university, Charles Kennedy, elizabeth kiker, holly houser, jack truitt, league of american bicyclists, Nancy Rottle, news lab, scott kubly, uw