Tag: seattle neighborhood greenways
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How Seattle can build more and better bike parking
Bike parking is not the sexiest bike issue, but it’s important. As biking increases, the city must keep up by installing more bike racks. And with public sidewalk space at a premium in many areas, that means getting creative with where bike parking should go. At the same time, private developers and property managers have…
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Two chances this week to weigh in on school road safety investments
One of Seattle’s smartest road safety strategies in recent years has been its school road safety efforts, funded in large part by school zone speeding cameras. You have two chances this week to weigh in on the efforts and help guide investments: Tuesday (today), 6 p.m. at Northeast Branch Library (NE 68th St and 35th…
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Vigil tonight for 17-year-old killed walking to bus on her way to class
Sandhya Khadka was walking to the bus she takes to class at North Seattle Community College Monday morning when a person driving a pickup truck struck and killed her. She was 17. Khadka, a native of Nepal, was in Seattle to study. She wanted to be an accountant, the Seattle PI reports. Her father lives…
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Padelford: Let’s invest in neighborhood access to parks
This op-ed is by Gordon Padelford. He is the Neighborhood Support Coordinator with Seattle Neighborhood Greenways, lives on Capitol Hill, and loves parks. Have you heard there is a new parks levy in the works? Seattle Neighborhood Greenways has been participating in the parks levy discussion as a safer streets coalition because people throughout Seattle…
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Walk signals are shorter in Rainier Valley, but the city will improve them this year
If you live in the Rainier Valley, many traffic signals in your neighborhood force you to walk faster than if you live in Ballard. Sometimes, you have to walk twice as fast to get across the street before traffic gets a green light. A 2013 study by Seattle Neighborhood Greenways and the UW School of…
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City building and planning neighborhood greenways in all corners of the city this year
The city is catching its groove on neighborhood greenways this year, setting a pace for installing and planning them in all corners of the city simultaneously. While neighborhood greenways so far have been somewhat experimental and one-off projects, 2014 is set to be the year where — with the help of SDOT Community Liaisons Dawn…
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