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Council passes budget with vital South Seattle investments, leaves I-976 cuts for later if they lose in court — UPDATE: Injunction granted!

Posted on November 26, 2019 by Tom Fucoloro

The City Council passed the 2020-21 budget Monday, including some vital investments in transportation safety and equity. The wins are big and worth celebrating, though they are also uncertain due to the looming threat of I-976. If the initiative makes … Continue reading →

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Fewer fights like the Missing Link? Seattle limits ‘weaponized’ environmental review appeals

Posted on October 9, 2019 by Tom Fucoloro

Just about everyone who first learns about the decades-long Burke-Gilman Missing Link legal battle is baffled when they hear that this delay is under the guise of “environmental review.” It’s a biking and walking trail! Isn’t safer biking and walking … Continue reading →

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City Council will vote on ‘mandatory’ bike lane bill + funding bike parking and southend bike lanes – UPDATED

Posted on September 3, 2019 by Tom Fucoloro

Yes, please! UPDATE: The ordinance and both resolutions passed unanimously. Details on amendments in updates below. The City Council will vote today on an ordinance and set of resolutions that would all but require the Seattle Department of Transportation to … Continue reading →

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My family lives in a house in our friends’ backyard + What ADUs can (and can’t) fix in our city

Posted on July 1, 2019 by Tom Fucoloro

I live in my friends’ backyard along with my spouse Kelli and 16-month-old daughter. We all worked together (well, the baby didn’t really help) to build a new house where a carport and patchy weed-filled yard was previously. And in … Continue reading →

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Move All Seattle Sustainably coalition hosts Council candidate forums, D6 is Tuesday

Posted on May 20, 2019 by Tom Fucoloro

Seattle’s City Council is facing its biggest shakeup since, well, the last time the seven district-based seats were up for a vote. An unprecedented 56 candidates are running for the City Council seats, and only three incumbents are seeking another … Continue reading →

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Must Watch: Seattle’s bike movement finds its footing again, fights mayor’s bike plan cuts

Posted on April 3, 2019 by Tom Fucoloro

Seattle’s bicycle movement emerged from chrysalis Tuesday transformed into its newest state, and it put on a powerful display inside City Hall. I highly recommend watching the testimony and the very interesting Committee conversation, during which Councilmembers Mike O’Brien, Rob … Continue reading →

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Will Mayor Durkan meet the City Council’s downtown bike lane 2019 deadline? – UPDATED

Posted on March 19, 2019 by Tom Fucoloro

SDOT will update the City Council Transportation and Sustainability Committee today on the progress (or lackthereof) on the downtown Basic Bike Network. The City Council passed a resolution last summer calling on SDOT and Mayor Jenny Durkan to complete key … Continue reading →

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Tell the City Council to protect red light camera funds for safe streets near schools

Posted on November 9, 2018 by Tom Fucoloro

In an attempt to balance the City Council’s 2019-20 budget, Councilmember Sally Bagshaw has eyed nearly $2.7 million in red light camera funds that currently go to the School Safety Traffic and Pedestrian Improvement Fund (see the budget green sheet … Continue reading →

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CM Mosqueda delivers must-watch speech as Council approves downtown bike lane resolution

Posted on July 31, 2018 by Tom Fucoloro

The Seattle City Council unanimously approved a resolution Monday calling on SDOT to complete a connected bike network downtown by the end of 2019. As we reported previously, the network includes sections of 8th Ave, 9th Ave N, Pike and/or Pine … Continue reading →

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Council approves bike share expansion + ofo cites fee hike in decision to leave Seattle

Posted on July 30, 2018 by Tom Fucoloro

The Seattle City Council unanimously passed a budget action Monday for new city rules on bike share companies that will expand the number of bikes in operation, increase the fees for bike share operators and put in place new regulations … Continue reading →

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Help push to get the downtown bike network back on track in 2019

Posted on July 16, 2018 by Tom Fucoloro

The downtown bike network has been significantly delayed so far under Mayor Jenny Durkan’s administration, but there is hope to turn things around and get major pieces of the network constructed in 2019. Seattle Neighborhood Greenways and Cascade Bicycle Club … Continue reading →

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Bike share carried 209K trips in May + A look at the city’s updated permit rules

Posted on July 13, 2018 by Tom Fucoloro

People in Seattle took more than 208,849 bike share trips in May as use of the bikes increased steeply throughout spring. In total, people took 1.4 million rides between late July and mid-June, according to the Seattle Department of Transportation … Continue reading →

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No matter how you feel about the head tax, the Council should not start selling vetoes

Posted on June 11, 2018 by Tom Fucoloro

Regardless of your opinion on the city’s employee head tax to fund affordable housing and homelessness solutions, repealing the tax one month after unanimously passing it is effectively handing Council power to wealthy people and businesses. The repeal in the … Continue reading →

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Seattle should divest from Dakota Access Pipeline, and we also shouldn’t buy the oil they’re trying to pump

Posted on February 3, 2017 by Tom Fucoloro

The City Council is set to vote Monday to end its banking business with Wells Fargo as a political act in response to the bank’s funding of the Dakota Access Pipeline. This action is in solidarity with Native American communities … Continue reading →

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Council approves lower speed limits, but the work isn’t done

Posted on September 27, 2016 by Tom Fucoloro

The City Council approved new default speed limits across Seattle Monday, likely clearing the final major hurdle for the changes. “It’s been something that’s very near and dear to my heart,” said Councilmember Sally Bagshaw, who wrote about the issue … Continue reading →

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Actions planned before Tuesday City Council meeting on slashed bike plan

Posted on May 16, 2016 by Tom Fucoloro

This moment right now was supposed to be the time Seattle finally took bold action on bike safety projects, taking our years of planning and making them real. The big electoral victory in November should have given the city both … Continue reading →

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City Council decides the fate of Pronto Cycle Share

Posted on March 14, 2016 by Tom Fucoloro

The Seattle City Council will decide the fate of Pronto Cycle Share during their 2 p.m. today (Monday). Seattle Bike Blog will be there with live coverage, so be sure to check back or follow along on Twitter: @SeaBikeBlog. You … Continue reading →

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Behind the scenes of Pronto with the experts who make it all work

Posted on March 13, 2016 by Tom Fucoloro

When you go to check out a Pronto Cycle Share bike, you probably only see the bikes and docks. You beep a bike with your key fob or swipe your credit card at a kiosk and a bike unlocks. You … Continue reading →

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Pronto buyout passes committee amid confusion, heads to full Council vote

Posted on March 3, 2016 by Tom Fucoloro

At the end of the City Council Sustainability & Transportation Committee meeting Tuesday, the Pronto ordinance appeared to end in a 3-3 tie with Councilmembers Tim Burgess, Lisa Herbold and Debora Juarez voting NO and Rob Johnson, Kshama Sawant and … Continue reading →

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Pronto buyout is not only a good deal for Seattle, it’s the only choice that makes sense

Posted on February 29, 2016 by Tom Fucoloro

Sustainability, access to healthy transportation choices, economic development, congestion reduction, innovation. Public bikes grow and support so many of Seattle’s goals and values as a city that it’s hard to believe we are even thinking about cutting modest losses and … Continue reading →

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