Tag: summer parkways

September 25, 2018

Mayor Durkan’s budget boosts curb cuts, but eliminates open streets and pavement-to-parks

Streets are not just for transportation, they are also places where city life happens. But Mayor Jenny Durkan’s proposed budget apparently doesn’t see them that way, because it eliminates the city’s modest open streets and pavement-to-parks budgets. But the budget is not all bad news. It does include significant increases in sidewalk repair and new…
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tagged: ciclovia, jenny durkan, pavement to parks, summer parkways
August 9, 2016

Summer Parkways kicks off with huge Rainier Valley event Saturday

Summer Parkways 2016 kicks off with what is shaping up to be one of the biggest open streets events in recent Seattle history. Head down to Rainier Valley from 12:30 to 4:30 Saturday afternoon for car-free community fun. Teaming up with the long-running Rainier Valley Heritage Parade in Columbia City and the Big Day of…
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tagged: phyllis porter, rainier ave, rainier valley, summer parkways
September 18, 2015

Huge open streets weekend: Bicycle Sunday extended into Mt Baker, Ballard Summer Parkways + Park(ing) Day

Summer ain’t over yet, dammit. This weekend is by far the biggest open streets weekend Seattle has ever seen. We’ve already told you about today’s Park(ing) Day, the biggest in Seattle yet. More than 50 pop-up parks will appear in on-street parking spaces throughout the city, including some ambitious bike lane and safe streets demos.…
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tagged: ballard, bicycle sunday, mt baker, open streets, park(ing) day 2015, summer parkways
September 15, 2015

The first ever Seattle Summer Parkways was fun, but let’s go bigger in Ballard

Seattle held its first ever Summer Parkways last weekend in the Central District. Three miles of residential streets linked several neighborhood parks in a car-light loop, encouraging people to bike, walk, scooter or use any other people-powered method to explore and have fun. Parks were packed with programming, from free zumba classes to music to…
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tagged: ballard, brake the cycle, cascade bicycle club, cathy tuttle, ed murray, eli goldberg, sally bagshaw, seattle neighborhood greenways, summer parkways
September 11, 2015

Bring the whole family! Bring your friends! The first ever Summer Parkways fills streets in the CD Saturday

It’s really happening. Summer Parkways is headed to the Central District, turning three miles of neighborhood streets into a long car-free, people-filled park. The weather report for Saturday is looking great. So grab your bike or put on your walking shoes and get ready to spend the afternoon in the sun meeting people and smiling.…
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tagged: central district, summer parkways
July 16, 2015

Check out the ten miles of car-free Summer Parkways in the Central District and Ballard

Seattle is stepping up its open streets game in 2015, remaking the old Summer Streets program into the bigger and more active Summer Parkways. Basically, the events will smash together Summer Streets (neighborhood street fairs) with the car-free family fun of the city’s long-running Bicycle Sunday events on Lake Washington Boulevard. Bike, scooter, stroll, skateboard…
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tagged: ballard, central district, summer parkways