Tag: dan strauss
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What does Seattle’s new City Council mean for safe streets?
Seattle has a very new City Council, and the changes aren’t even complete yet. Five coucilmembers are new, and a sixth interim councilmember will be appointed soon. For a nine-person governing body, that’s a lot of turnover all at once. Washington Bikes asked all the candidates for their stances on various bike issues, and none…
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Council approves deal to pave over the Missing Link tracks under the Ballard Bridge
Within hours after the City Council approved a deal with the railroad now formerly known as the Ballard Terminal Railroad Tuesday, SDOT crews had already marked out the area under the Ballard Bridge where they plan to pave over both the railroad tracks and gravel pits in order to create a safe bicycle pathway. Work…
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Seattle reaches agreement with railroad to pave over dangerous tracks under the Ballard Bridge
In a surprise development in the long, injurious and frustrating history of the Ballard Missing Link of the Burke-Gilman Trail, Councilmember Dan Strauss announced Tuesday an agreement with the Ballard Terminal Railroad Company that should set the city up to pave over the rarely used tracks near and under the Ballard Bridge. “This is a…
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Seattle Council, do not pass the resolution to add even more red tape to safety projects
Seattle needs to make it easier, not harder, for the Department of Transportation to improve safety on our streets. To that end, the City Council should not pass Resolution 32097, which is scheduled for a vote Tuesday. The resolution, which was passed unanimously out of the Land Use Committee rather than the Transportation Committee, contains…
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SDOT begins study of CM Strauss’s Leary Way concept for the Missing Link + Legal update on Shilshole
At the urging of Councilmember Dan Strauss and with Mayor Bruce Harrell’s support, SDOT is beginning early design work on a potential alternative for the Burke-Gilman Trail Missing Link in Ballard. Though the city has a design fully completed and ready for construction along Shilshole Ave NW, the construction permits are held up in court…
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CM Strauss asks mayor to study Market and Leary for Missing Link
Councilmember Dan Strauss sent a letter (PDF) to Mayor Bruce Harrell asking him to shift SDOT’s Missing Link efforts to focus on designing and building a Burke-Gilman Trail connection on Market Street and Leary Way in Ballard. “I see a lot of positive attributes to bringing this trail into our businesses and multi-use core,” said…
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