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Jun25Satall-day Lake Washington Boulevard open s...Lake Washington Boulevard open s...Jun 25 – Jun 26 all-dayFrom 7 PM Friday through 7 AM Monday, three miles of Lake Washington Boulevard, from Mt. Baker Park to Seward Park, will re-open to people walking, running, riding, rolling, and playing and close to people driving. And mark your calendars for the … Continue reading10:00 am NewHolly Art Guided WalkNewHolly Art Guided WalkJun 25 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pmHOSTED wants to share with our neighbors the results of our 5 years working together to improve the health and wellbeing of our NewHolly/Othello neighbors by improving the safety and promoting community activations in our parks and public spaces.NewHolly Art … Continue readingJun26Sunall-day 18th Annual Body Pride Ride @ Capitol Hill, Downtown, Seattle Center18th Annual Body Pride Ride @ Capitol Hill, Downtown, Seattle CenterJun 26 all-dayBPR welcomes the diversity of the rainbow from every cycling tribe to be a Bare-What-You-Dare cyclist! Demonstrate your body pride! Beautiful as we are, all shapes and sizes, shades and statures. “Pride for Every Body ’cause Everybody is Beautiful” Historically, … Continue readingJun27Mon5:30 pm Downtown Greenways monthly meetingDowntown Greenways monthly meetingJun 27 @ 5:30 pm – 7:00 pmLast Monday of the month. Join us! https://seattlegreenways.org/downtowngreenways/Seattle Neighborhood Greenways is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.Topic: Downtown Greenways monthly meetingTime: This is a recurring meeting Meet anytimeJoin Zoom Meetinghttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/88307796230?pwd=Ym1LaTVtNU5sL1BaSDkxc05yZEpydz09Meeting ID: 883 0779 6230Passcode: 132557One tap mobile+12532158782,,88307796230#,,,,*132557# US (Tacoma)+13462487799,,88307796230#,,,,*132557# US (Houston)Dial … Continue readingJun30Thu7:15 pm Point83 @ Westlake ParkPoint83 @ Westlake ParkJun 30 @ 7:15 pm
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Tag Archives: 2021 legislature
WA Bikes: Some significant wins during the 2021 session, but the work is not done
The 2021 state legislative session is closing with some wins for biking, progress on other priorities and a lot of uncertainty about the future of transportation funding in Washington. A massive transportation funding bill loomed over the 2021 legislative session, … Continue reading
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Senate chair’s transportation package includes bike tax, less in multimodal investments
A week after the Washington House Democrats unveiled their proposed transportation package, which would fund bike, pedestrian, and transit programs at a level never before seen from the state, the chair of the state Senate’s transportation committee, Steve Hobbs, unveiled … Continue reading
WA House Democrats propose transportation package with huge multimodal component
Correction: a previous version of this post listed the timeframe of this package at 12 years instead of 16. Yesterday the Democratic caucus in the Washington State House announced their proposal for the next major state transportation package. Their proposal … Continue reading
Proposed bill would exempt electric bikes from state sales taxes
A bill introduced into the Washington House of Representatives by Representative Sharon Shewmake (D-Bellingham) would exempt electric bikes, and up to $200 in bike accessories, from state sales taxes. HB 1330 would not apply to non-electric bikes, using the definition … Continue reading
Roger Millar: safety impacts cost Washington nearly $15 billion per year
The Washington State House of Representatives Transportation Committee convened for the first time this session on Tuesday and WSDOT head Roger Millar was there to lead the members through a presentation, which was titled “Return on Investment”. At the beginning … Continue reading
Senator Saldaña proposes $2 billion in statewide multimodal investments
During the last state legislative session in 2020, Steve Hobbs (D-Lake Stevens), chair of the State Senate’s transportation committee, released his latest version of the “Forward Washington” transportation package. The list of proposed projects to receive funding in the package … Continue reading
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Washington Bikes legislative preview this Thursday
The Washington legislature’s long legislative session starts next Monday. This is set to be an important session as lawmakers modify Governor Inslee’s proposal for the biennial budget. If you were wondering what Washington’s statewide bicycle advocacy organization is planing to … Continue reading
