Tag: seattle neighborhood greenways

November 15, 2016

Tuttle: ‘Our duty is to protect the vulnerable’

With Trump headed to the White House, people and groups working for safe streets cannot simply go on with business as usual. “Business as usual” is an option available only to the privileged. “Business as usual” normalizes life under sexist, racist and xenophobic leadership. So what does this mean for the popular movement for safer…
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tagged: cathy tuttle, seattle neighborhood greenways
October 7, 2016

Sunday: Join a memorial for recent victims of traffic violence, rally for safer streets

Seattle Neighborhood Greenways groups are organizing their second memorial event in as many weeks, this time in Northgate. Meet noon Sunday at Northgate Community Center to join. It’s been an awful couple weeks of traffic violence in the area. Last week, Central Seattle Greenways hosted a memorial walk on Capitol Hill for Max Richards, who…
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tagged: memorial walks, northgate, seattle neighborhood greenways
July 22, 2016

Bike and transit advocacy should work together, meetup Saturday

Washington State’s downtown Seattle highway tunnel is at least $223 million over budget and 2 and a half years behind schedule. All for one highway tunnel expected to carry 40,000 motor vehicles per day once it opens with no transit and no walking or biking access. When thinking about urban transportation in terms of mega-projects…
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tagged: cascade bicycle club, feet first, seattle neighborhood greenways, seattle transit blog, transit and bicycles, transportation choices coalition
May 13, 2016

Guest post part II: How Seattle can rescue residents stranded by an incomplete bike network

EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the second of two guest posts by Seattle Neighborhood Greenways this week. Their map conceptualizing the connectivity potential in the city’s bike planning is brilliant. If you like this vision or are frustrated by the city’s recent bike plan cuts, be sure to check out the calls to action at the…
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tagged: bicycle master plan implementation plan, cathy tuttle, center city bike network, gordon padelford, seattle neighborhood greenways
May 11, 2016

Guest post: Seattle’s stranded biking families

EDITOR’S NOTE: This guest post from Seattle Neighborhood Greenways was a collaboration by several biking parents with the help of SNG staff. It may be inconvenient for city leaders to hear, but disconnected safe bike route islands do not make Seattle a great bike city. If you are not willing or able to bike in…
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tagged: gordon padelford, seattle neighborhood greenways, shirley savel, tim fliss
February 22, 2016

Seattle Neighborhood Greenways gets Federal award for safe streets work

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) will recognize Seattle Neighborhood Greenways Director Cathy Tuttle with a Lifesavers Public Service Award. Yep, the Feds have noticed the work of this humble grassroots safe streets organization, organizing neighborhood-by-neighborhood to develop bike routes and safe streets that everyone can feel safe using regardless of age or ability.…
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tagged: cathy tuttle, lifesavers public service award, nhtsa, seattle neighborhood greenways