Tag: seattle times

January 27, 2016

What can Seattle’s bike movement do to help end homelessness?

While Mayor Ed Murray was giving a speech on the homelessness emergency in Seattle, five people were shot and two killed at a notorious camping area where Beacon Hill and I-5 meet. Though information is still scarce, the mass shooting of Seattleites is a tragedy and highlights yet another terrible way life without a home…
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tagged: bike thefts, ed murray, hala, homelessness, real change, seattle times
May 26, 2015

Times: Innovative 5th Ave bikeway and public space in the works

Here’s an idea that’s incredibly obvious and way overdue: Shift parking on 5th Ave underneath the monorail columns, then use the skinny lane to the west to create a fully protected bikeway and expand the neighborhood space. Right now, the set-up of 5th Ave between McGraw Square and Seattle Center makes no sense whatsoever. From…
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tagged: 5th ave, belltown, mike lindblom, monorail, seattle times
March 20, 2015

SDOT Director pens must-read Vision Zero op-ed for Seattle Times

Seattle’s Transportation Director penned a powerful op-ed about Vision Zero in the Seattle Times this week. I would paraphrase and analyze it, but reading it really just makes me want to stand up and applaud. Read it all here. Here’s an excerpt: A LEADING cause of death for Seattle residents ages 5 through 24 is…
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tagged: scott kubly, seattle times, vision zero
February 19, 2015

Yes, Seattle has a parking problem. There’s way too much of it.

There are half a million on-street parking spaces in Seattle, and almost all of them are completely free to use. That’s 60 million square feet of city land, or 1,378 acres. And that’s not counting all the parking lots, parking garages or home driveways and garages. Sightline estimates that between 10 and 20 percent of…
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tagged: alan durning, downtown, king 5, linda byron, mike lindblom, parking, seattle times, sightline
July 16, 2014

Balk: Seattle car ownership is down, but it’s up in places you’d least expect

You almost cannot stand anywhere in the city center or Capitol Hill without seeing construction cranes. The number of residences in these walkable, bikeable and transit-rich areas is rising fast. It’s clear that people want to live where they have more transportation options. But analysis by Gene Balk at The Seattle Times found something interesting:…
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tagged: capitol hill, downtown, gene balk, gentrification, seattle times
June 16, 2014

Seattle Times Ed Board adds its support to the Westlake bikeway

The Seattle Times Editorial Board added its two cents about the Westlake bikeway project this weekend, backing the city’s plan to build protected bike lanes from the Fremont Bridge to Lake Union Park and praising Mayor Ed Murray’s ability to steer the process out of a litigation hole (so far, at least). When the Times…
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tagged: ed murray, seattle times, seattle times editorial board, westlake, westlake cycle track