Tag: seattle neighborhood greenways
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Council seeks project list to determine if a $100 million bond is necessary
A majority of the City Council, led by Councilmember Dan Strauss, voted Wednesday to defer their decision on issuing a large bond until they have more details on what it would fund and when the money would be needed. As we reported last week, the City Council is considering a 20-year, $100 million bond on…
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Thursday: Join Seattle Neighborhood Greenways’ Streets For People celebration and fundraiser
Our city is very lucky to have Seattle Neighborhood Greenways working to promote equitable, safe and fun streets. The organization’s paid staff and its many volunteers do an enormous amount of work, much of which the general public never sees. They are always going around town planting seeds and forming partnerships that turn into innovative…
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Support the MASS Coalition’s efforts to ease the pain from the 2021-22 Seattle transportation budget
Both Cascade Bicycle Club and the larger MASS Coalition (including Seattle Neighborhood Greenways and Transporation Choices Coalition among others) they are part of have action alerts out right now asking supporters to call on city leaders to limit the huge cuts in walking, biking and transit funding Mayor Jenny Durkan proposed in her 2021-22 budget.…
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Letter: Invest 1% of West Seattle Bridge budget to help meet biking goals
A collective letter from neighborhood and regional bike and safe streets advocacy groups calls on SDOT to invest at least 1% of the West Seattle Bridge replacement budget on improving bike connections. The city’s mode shift plan for helping people get around during the bridge closure calls for a massive increase in biking (from about…
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What could traffic enforcement look like with no or fewer armed police? SNG task force wants to find out
Seattle Neighborhood Greenways has created a “Re-Imagining Traffic Enforcement Task Force” to research best practices and organize with community to develop ways to enforce traffic safety without or with fewer police and to rethink which traffic laws are keeping people safe in first place. As Yes Segura reported on Seattle Bike Blog last week, police…
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Protest statements from local transportation orgs
As massive protests against racist and brutal policing pass the half-month mark, the City Council has passed some significant limits on police weaponry and use of chokeholds. The Council is also developing major changes to the city budget through new revenue from a potential new tax on large businesses and through cuts to the existing…
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