Tag: scott kubly

August 28, 2014

Where should Seattle create a pedestrian plaza next?

Mayor Ed Murray and new SDOT Director Scott Kubly have their eyes out for bold pedestrian plaza opportunities in the city’s right-of-way, Publicola reports. With New York’s extremely successful Times Square plaza project as their inspiration, Murray and Kubly would love to create a powerful Seattle public space: We definitely LIKE the story we heard…
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tagged: ed murray, pedestrian plazas, public plazas, scott kubly, streetfilms
August 26, 2014

SDOT Director calls BS on the “war on cars,” has ideas for more resilient transportation system

Incoming SDOT Director Scott Kubly continues to make a strong introduction to Seattle, and he recently dove deeper into his views on Seattle’s transportation challenges with Ansel Herz at the Stranger. Kubly explains why a growing city needs more transportation choices and pretty much puts to shame the entire idea that making streets work better…
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tagged: ansel herz, scott kubly, sdot, the stranger
August 21, 2014

New SDOT Director wisely adds bike signals to 2nd Ave bike lane design, could open by Sept. 8

The 2nd Ave protected bike lane project appears to be ahead of its original ambitious schedule, and Publicola reports that the lane could open as early as Labor Day weekend (UPDATE: SDOT’s Dawn Schellenberg says their current goal date is September 8, not Labor Day weekend). But that’s not even today’s best news about downtown…
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tagged: 2nd ave, downtown, protected bike lanes, publicola, scott kubly
August 13, 2014

SDOT fails to bike and chew gum at the same time, hasn’t started bike plan due last month

Tuesday’s City Council Transportation Committee chat with incoming SDOT Director Scott Kubly got off to a strange start as committee chair Tom Rasmussen and Councilmember Mike O’Brien laid into Deputy Mayor Kate Joncas (and to a much lesser extent Kubly himself) for completely dropping the ball on developing an implementation plan for the Bike Master…
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tagged: 2015 budget, bicycle master plan, bicycle master plan implementation plan, bicycle program, kate joncas, mike o’brien, scott kubly, sdot, tom rasmussen
July 2, 2014

Pick for Transportation Director was bike-friendly leader in Chicago, DC

Seattle’s pick for Department of Transportation Director is Scott Kubly, who worked in Chicago and Washington DC during some very bike-friendly years for those cities. He has also been closely involved with bike share system in those cities, which could be great experience to have as Pronto Cycle Share launches here. He is currently acting…
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tagged: ed murray, scott kubly, sdot