Tag: city council district 5
-
New study recommends slew of biking improvements around coming north Seattle light rail stations
SDOT has released a study looking at how to improve access for people walking and biking around two coming light rail stations at the north end of the city. The station in Shoreline at 148th Street is currently planned to open with the Lynnwood Link extension in 2024, and the planned infill station at 130th…
-
District 5 Endorsement: Debora Juarez
District: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 Register to vote in King County Look, the fun City Council endorsements are over. Districts 5, 6 and 7 are each fairly disappointing by comparison to 2, 3, and 4. But Seattle Bike Blog is still going to endorse anyway. Debora…
-
Who’s the best District 5 candidate for biking and safe streets?
District: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 As noted in our previous posts, Seattle Bike Blog is not doing official endorsements this primary. Instead, I’ll be going district-by-district, posting videos from the MASS Coalition’s transportation forums along with a roundup of transportation-related endorsements and other notable news items and thoughts. Couldn’t…
-
2015 City Council endorsements
Before the City Council primary this year, we wrote: the biggest mission for this primary should be to knock out the NIMBY candidates who fear change and want to put the brakes on our growing city and the multimodal streets we need to keep it moving. Only two people in each race will go on,…
tagged: city council, city council district 1, city council district 2, city council district 3, city council district 4, city council district 5, city council district 6, city council district 7, city council position 8, city council position 9, kshama sawant, lorena gonzález, mike o’brien, rob johnson, sally bagshaw, shannon braddock -
Primary ballots are in the mail! Here’s what candidates say about safe streets
UPDATE 7/20: You can now read candidate questionnaire responses from Feet First and Cascade Bicycle Club. Approximately half the city’s population is running for City Council right now. Lucky for you, the new district elections system means you only have to know about three of the races (two city-wide and one where you live). There…
-
Cascade announces some early City Council endorsements, supports Godden opponent
As we reported earlier this week, Cascade Bicycle Club has wisely chosen not to ditch their political election work. We also reported that the club’s first political act after making that choice was to endorse Rob Johnson for Seattle City Council’s District 4. That means the club plans to help unseat longtime incumbent Councilmember Jean…
Join the Seattle Bike Blog Supporters
As a supporter, you help power independent bike news in the Seattle area. Please consider supporting the site financially starting at $5 per month:
Latest stories
- Alert: Slide blocking Burke-Gilman Trail in Lake City
- Watch: Best Side Cycling rides the new Eastrail connector to Northup Way
- Alert 12/1-3: 520 Bridge Trail is closed this weekend
- SDOT is nearing final design for the Georgetown to Downtown bike route
- Alert 11/27-12/8: Burke-Gilman Trail closed for repairs near Matthews Beach – UPDATED
- SDOT releases early design for Leary/Market bikeway, seeks feedback
Bike Events Calendar
Latest on Mastodon