Tag: feet first

June 17, 2020

Protest statements from local transportation orgs

As massive protests against racist and brutal policing pass the half-month mark, the City Council has passed some significant limits on police weaponry and use of chokeholds. The Council is also developing major changes to the city budget through new revenue from a potential new tax on large businesses and through cuts to the existing…
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tagged: bike works, black lives matter, cascade bicycle club, feet first, seattle neighborhood greenways, transportation choices coalition
July 22, 2016

Bike and transit advocacy should work together, meetup Saturday

Washington State’s downtown Seattle highway tunnel is at least $223 million over budget and 2 and a half years behind schedule. All for one highway tunnel expected to carry 40,000 motor vehicles per day once it opens with no transit and no walking or biking access. When thinking about urban transportation in terms of mega-projects…
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tagged: cascade bicycle club, feet first, seattle neighborhood greenways, seattle transit blog, transit and bicycles, transportation choices coalition
October 27, 2015

Today: Join a community walk in Greenwood for Move Seattle

Did you know the Move Seattle levy will build a road safety project at every single public school in the city? It’s true! And that’s just one example of a community-generated idea in the nine-year transportation levy. But boosting Safe Routes to School funds in the levy plan is only effective if we then go…
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tagged: cascade bicycle club, feet first, greenwood, move seattle, move seattle levy, safe routes to school, seattle neighborhood greenways
October 22, 2014

Vote! Here’s who safe streets organizations are supporting

Have you voted yet? Don’t wait. Your ballot should be arriving any day if it hasn’t already. Vote Yes on Seattle Transportation Benefit District Prop 1 More and better King County Metro transit service. Not sure I really need to say more than that. It’s at the end of a long and confusing ballot, so…
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tagged: 2014 general election, cascade bicycle club, feet first
October 16, 2013

Want to learn how to start a bike train to your local school? Cascade hosting workshop Saturday

Schools, teachers and parents across the Puget Sound region have started organizing bike trains in recent years, one key part of the bike-and-walk-to-school revolution. Essentially, bike trains are like walking school buses, but on wheels. Volunteers (often parents) lead a slow-moving group of kids along a pre-planned route through a neighborhood that ends at school.…
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tagged: ballard, bike trains, cascade bicycle club, feet first, walk bike schools, walking school buses
April 19, 2013

People-powered events for Earth Day weekend

We already told you about the Pedaler’s Fair, which is not necessarily an Earth Day event but will surely be awesome. Below is a list of some other people-powered events to look for this weekend. Our list of people-powered Earth Day events kicks off with a cautionary note for people biking Saturday morning: A 5K…
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tagged: ballard, earth day, events, feet first, latona pub