Tag: tom rasmussen

July 9, 2014

After community push, West Seattle is getting its first bike corral

I received a fun email from West Seattle Bike Connections this morning. After a community push to make sure a proposed bike corral actually happens in the Junction, the group announced that the city will install an on-street bike parking corral at California and Alaska. Good job, WSBC and everyone who helped push the city…
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tagged: bike corrals, the junction, tom rasmussen, west seattle, west seattle bike connections
May 16, 2014

Happy Bike to Work Day!

You gotta love Bike to Work Day. It’s like a look into the near future when the everyday bike commute rate grows a bit higher. Plus there are people all over the region waiting at tables to wave at you and give you coffee, cookies and swag just because you’re on a bike. How cool…
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tagged: bike to work day 2014, cascade bicycle club, mike o’brien, tom rasmussen
May 15, 2014

Friday is Bike to Work Day: Ride with Councilmembers + Map of commute stations

Bike to Work Day is Friday! It’s the perfect day for interested people to make the leap and give biking to their jobs a try. The number of people biking downtown surge, giving a little look into the near future when bike rates are just a bit higher. The best part of the day, in…
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tagged: bike to work day 2014, cascade bicycle club, mike o’brien, tom rasmussen
April 14, 2014

City Council will vote on Bike Master Plan + Next step: How to realize its vision

UPDATE: The Council passed the bike plan unanimously. On the way to City Hall, I caught up with Davey Oil, Madi Carlson and their children. To get downtown from Capitol Hill, we biked down busy Broadway, and it was safe and comfortable. And that’s the whole point of this Bike Master Plan. This is a…
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tagged: 2013 bike master plan update, 2015 budget, city council, tom rasmussen
April 8, 2014

Council Transportation Committee approves Bike Master Plan – UPDATED

I know it’s hard to believe, but the Bike Master Plan update that began in early 2012 is still working its way through the bowels of the Seattle Process™. But it may finally be approaching the finish line. The City Council Transportation Committee unanimously approved the Bike Master Plan update Tuesday, sending it to the…
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tagged: 2013 bike master plan update, city council, jean godden, rahm emanuel, sally bagshaw, tom rasmussen
November 19, 2013

Rasmussen backs away from plan to delay Northgate bike/walk bridge funds

The Northgate walking and biking bridge may no longer be in danger of delays, according to Councilmember and Transportation Committee Chair Tom Rasmussen. We have reported previously on a still-underfunded plan by the city and Sound Transit to build a walking and biking bridge across I-5 near the future Northgate Station. The bridge — which…
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tagged: ed murray, fauntleroy green boulevard, northgate station bridge, tom rasmussen