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Kirkland Greenways featured on Kirkland TV, meeting Wednesday
Kirkland Greenways is off to a running start, growing the call for a network of safe neighborhood streets where people of all ages and abilities in the Eastside city can walk or bike comfortably and safely. The group was recently featured on the city’s Currently Kirkland show (see below), and they are gearing up to…
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Kirkland approves $20 car tab for walking, biking and Safe Routes to School improvements
The Kirkland City Council voted 6–1 Tuesday to levy a $20 vehicle license fee to raise $1.3 million per year for walking, biking and Safe Routes to School projects. Collection will begin January 2024. The vast majority of the projects listed for funding are new sidewalks and crosswalks. There are also a handful of neighborhood…
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Join neighbors and Kirkland government leaders for a Friday ‘policy ride’
Kirkland could be on the verge of a walking and biking revolution, and its up to the people who live, work and play there to get behind it. And you have a great chance to do just that tomorrow (Friday) as elected officials, Kirkland Greenways and Cascade Bicycle Club hit the streets for a “policy…
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Seattle Times Ed Board continues bike love, praises Kirkland for trail plans
It’s turning into a true summer romance! The Seattle Times Editorial Board <3 Bikes! We’ve been watching this year as the board, which has been critical or at least not supportive of bold bike investments in the past, has more and more seen bike infrastructure as vital for road safety and the city’s economic development.…
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BikeWA: Stella and Caron search for meaning and solutions after witnessing a horrifying collision in Kirkland
Caron Lemay and her daughter Stella bike to school in Kirkland together regularly. But they are both haunted by what they saw, heard and felt one day on the way to school, when a person driving failed to see a man walking in the crosswalk and hit him hard. Caron and Stella’s story is jarring…
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Neighborhood greenways take root on the Eastside
Imagine a network of calm, mostly residential streets near your home, neighborhood school and local business district optimized for safe travel on foot and by bike for people of all ages. Interested? Of course you are! It’s an idea that has appeal extending far beyond the flimsy Seattle border, where groups in nearly all corners…
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