Tag: teresa mosqueda

January 8, 2024

What does Seattle’s new City Council mean for safe streets?

Seattle has a very new City Council, and the changes aren’t even complete yet. Five coucilmembers are new, and a sixth interim councilmember will be appointed soon. For a nine-person governing body, that’s a lot of turnover all at once. Washington Bikes asked all the candidates for their stances on various bike issues, and none…
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tagged: alex pedersen, bob kettle, city council, dan strauss, jenny durkan, joy hollingsworth, mike o’brien, publicola, rob saka, tammy morales, teresa mosqueda, the urbanist, tom rasmussen, transportation committee, washington bikes
June 24, 2020

Mayor delays more bike projects from her already-slashed and delayed bike plan

Mayor Jenny Durkan and SDOT have paused $58.3 million worth of projects as the department attempts to deal with the impacts of the COVID-19 outbreak on the municipal budget. The cuts represent about 8% of the department’s adopted budget with safety and transit projects hit much harder than car-centric projects. The full extent of the…
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tagged: 2020 rebalancing budget, bicycle master plan, jenny durkan, jumpstart seattle, sdot, teresa mosqueda
June 9, 2020

City Councilmembers show the leadership our city needs + Mayor Durkan should resign

EDITOR’S NOTE: Seattle Bike Blog supports the Defund Seattle Police effort initially led by a large group of community organizations and leaders, including No New Youth Jail, Decriminalize Seattle, Block the Bunker, Seattle Peoples Party, COVID-19 Mutual Aid, Trans Women of Color Solidarity Network, BAYAN, La Resistencia, PARISOL, CID Coalition, Asians for Black Lives, APICAG.…
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tagged: black lives matter, city council, defund seattle police, girmay zahilay, jenny durkan, joe nguyen, king county equity now, kshama sawant, Lisa herbold, lorena gonzález, nicole macri, tammy morales, teresa mosqueda
March 28, 2019

How did Mayor Durkan get the 35th Ave NE decision so wrong? + Councilmembers respond

Mayor Jenny Durkan’s decision this week to scrap planned, designed and contracted bike lanes on 35th Ave NE has drawn a major backlash as people are dismayed to hear that Seattle’s mayor is abandoning the Bicycle Master Plan in order to serve cars. The Mayor’s Office and SDOT leadership dramatically misread Seattle’s true feelings about…
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tagged: 35th Ave NE, jenny durkan, mike o’brien, rob johnson, teresa mosqueda
July 31, 2018

CM Mosqueda delivers must-watch speech as Council approves downtown bike lane resolution

The Seattle City Council unanimously approved a resolution Monday calling on SDOT to complete a connected bike network downtown by the end of 2019. As we reported previously, the network includes sections of 8th Ave, 9th Ave N, Pike and/or Pine St, 12th Ave S, King St, and a south downtown pathway between 2nd Ave and…
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tagged: basic bike network, cascade bicycle club, city council, downtown, mike o’brien, sdot, seattle neighborhood greenways, teresa mosqueda
November 8, 2017

Congratulations Mayor-Elect Jenny Durkan

Congratulations to Teresa Mosqueda on joining the City Council and Lorena González on retaining your Council seat. Their elections further bolster the already strong support on Council for bold action to improve biking and walking access and safety in our city. Seattle’s City Council is in a very strong position to do great things. Seattle…
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tagged: 2017 general election, jenny durkan, lorena gonzález, teresa mosqueda