Tag: 2015 budget
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Mayor’s budget: More downtown bike lanes, bike share in the CD, revamped Summer Streets
Mayor Ed Murray unveiled his first ever city budget Monday afternoon, which includes big investments in neighborhoods, an expansion of the Summer Streets program, more funding for protected bike lanes downtown and an expansion of Pronto Cycle Share into the Central District and Yesler Terrace. But the mayor also noted that some big changes in…
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SDOT fails to bike and chew gum at the same time, hasn’t started bike plan due last month
Tuesday’s City Council Transportation Committee chat with incoming SDOT Director Scott Kubly got off to a strange start as committee chair Tom Rasmussen and Councilmember Mike O’Brien laid into Deputy Mayor Kate Joncas (and to a much lesser extent Kubly himself) for completely dropping the ball on developing an implementation plan for the Bike Master…
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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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