Tag: seattle neighborhood greenways

March 20, 2018

Don’t delay the downtown bike network

Downtown Seattle is facing a massive transportation challenge when buses are kicked out the transit tunnel in 2019. That is not long from now, and the City of Seattle and our region’s transportation agencies need to be taking action right now to keep everyone moving. Light rail service to Northgate begins in 2021, which will…
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tagged: basic bike network, cascade bicycle club, downtown, one center city, seattle neighborhood greenways
November 14, 2017

Vigil for World Day of Remembrance is Sunday, street safety panel Friday

A year ago, hundreds of silhouettes of people started showing up along Seattle streets. Each of the 212 figures represented a devastating truth: A person died in traffic here. The demonstration — organized by Seattle Neighborhood Greenways in partnership with Cascade Bicycle Club, SDOT, Washington Bike Law and more — was a local effort as…
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tagged: seattle neighborhood greenways, world day of remembrance
November 1, 2017

Support budgets for a Georgetown/South Park trail, SDOT Equity Program, Summer Parkways + more

It is long past time to build a comfortable and safe biking and walking connection between Georgetown and South Park. These communities are so close, yet the most direct way to walk between them involves a dirt path running behind an active rail line. Biking between the communities requires biking on skinny paint-only bike lanes…
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tagged: 2018 budget, bruce harrell, cascade bicycle club, georgetown, mike o’brien, sdot, seattle neighborhood greenways, south park
August 11, 2017

Party to celebrate outgoing and incoming Seattle Neighborhood Greenways leaders Sunday

Cathy Tuttle founded something very special when she started Seattle Neighborhood Greenways, the volunteer-empowering, community-centered safe streets organization she has led as Executive Director since its beginning in 2011. Tuttle is retiring, and the organization is hiring multiple staffers to try to fill her shoes under the leadership of new ED Gordon Padelford (as Padelford…
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tagged: cathy tuttle, gordon padelford, seattle neighborhood greenways
June 19, 2017

Thursday forum will test mayor/Council hopefuls on transportation and housing in a growing Seattle

Though transportation is always an important issue in local elections, Seattle has passed a lot of major funding initiatives on the city, regional and statewide levels in recent years. With such major votes finally in the rearview mirror, other issues are likely to get more attention this time around. But while it’s unlikely the next…
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tagged: 2017 city council position 8 race, 2017 mayoral race, 2017 primary, erica barnett, seattle neighborhood greenways
June 8, 2017

Seattle Neighborhood Greenways letter opposes deportations due to traffic violations

Traffic enforcement is often cited as one of a community’s strategies for achieving Vision Zero. But a traffic violation should not lead to someone being deported. That’s the message of a letter signed by a coalition of groups working with Seattle Neighborhood Greenways. This doesn’t mean the city should give up on Vision Zero, of course. It…
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tagged: Donald Trump, seattle neighborhood greenways, vision zero