Tag: seattle neighborhood greenways

June 14, 2021

Council proposal would make Stay Healthy Streets permanent, extend Café Streets through 2022

The City Council has proposed $2.5 million to make many of the city’s Stay Healthy Streets permanent and another $300,000 to fund the popular Café Streets program through 2022 as part of the $128 million Seattle Rescue Plan to “kick start the city’s recovery,” according to a City Council presentation (PDF). Seattle Neighborhood Greenways celebrated…
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tagged: cafe streets, keep moving streets, Lisa herbold, seattle neighborhood greenways, stay healthy streets
May 14, 2021

Saturday: Memorial walk and ride for Mike Colmant near Seward Park

Mike Colmant was a father, grandfather, triathlete, and Deputy Director at Boeing Field. He was biking on Seward Park Ave S just north of Wilson Ave S when someone drove on the wrong side of the road and struck him, killing him before fleeing the scene. Police have not posted any updates in the case.…
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tagged: deaths, memorial rides, mike colmant, seattle neighborhood greenways
May 6, 2021

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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tagged: alex pedersen, city council, dan strauss, seattle neighborhood greenways, vehicle license fee
November 17, 2020

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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tagged: seattle neighborhood greenways, streets for people 2020
November 2, 2020

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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tagged: 2021 budget, cascade bicycle club, move all seattle sustainably, seattle neighborhood greenways
August 28, 2020

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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tagged: cascade bicycle club, duwamish valley safe streets, seattle neighborhood greenways, upper west seattle bridge, west seattle, west seattle bike connections