Tag: gordon padelford

May 19, 2017

Rainier Ave ride demos huge potential for bike lanes + City leaders support bike network at rally

I biked on Rainier Ave from Columbia City to downtown during rush hour this morning, and it was peaceful, easy and fast. As part of the Bike Everywhere Day celebration, Cascade Bicycle Club and Bike Works partnered to host a group ride to City Hall that travelled down the notoriously stressful and dangerous street. With…
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tagged: bike everywhere day 2017, cascade bicycle club, ed murray, gordon padelford, kelsey mesher, rainier ave, rob johnson, sally bagshaw, scott kubly, seattle neighborhood greenways, tina bechler
September 13, 2016

Seattle plan would reduce default speed limits across the city

In a busy city like Seattle, a higher speed limit does little to speed up your trip because traffic and stop lights will prevent you from getting up to top speed very often. But speeds have a huge impact on whether someone is seriously injured or killed in a collision and whether collisions happen at…
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tagged: 20’s plenty, gordon padelford, speed limits
May 13, 2016

Guest post part II: How Seattle can rescue residents stranded by an incomplete bike network

EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the second of two guest posts by Seattle Neighborhood Greenways this week. Their map conceptualizing the connectivity potential in the city’s bike planning is brilliant. If you like this vision or are frustrated by the city’s recent bike plan cuts, be sure to check out the calls to action at the…
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tagged: bicycle master plan implementation plan, cathy tuttle, center city bike network, gordon padelford, seattle neighborhood greenways
May 11, 2016

Guest post: Seattle’s stranded biking families

EDITOR’S NOTE: This guest post from Seattle Neighborhood Greenways was a collaboration by several biking parents with the help of SNG staff. It may be inconvenient for city leaders to hear, but disconnected safe bike route islands do not make Seattle a great bike city. If you are not willing or able to bike in…
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tagged: gordon padelford, seattle neighborhood greenways, shirley savel, tim fliss
October 7, 2015

SNG: Imagining a truly bike-friendly Uptown and South Lake Union

EDITOR’S NOTE: The only thing worse than biking in South Lake Union is driving in South Lake Union. But unlike driving, there are some relatively easy and quickly-achievable ways to dramatically improve bike routes to and through our city’s fastest-growing neighborhood. Over the summer, I joined Seattle Neighborhood Greenways, local residents, city staff and City…
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tagged: cathy tuttle, gordon padelford, lower queen anne, lyle bicknell, sally bagshaw, seattle neighborhood greenways, south lake union, uptown
May 12, 2015

Why the Move Seattle levy needs to fund bold action on walking and biking safety

The past decade has seen steep increases in safety for people inside cars in Seattle, but the city’s safe streets efforts have barely moved the dial on reducing the total number of people biking or walking who are seriously injured or killed every year. These safety improvements happened as motor vehicle traffic volumes have stalled,…
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tagged: city council, gordon padelford, move seattle, seattle neighborhood greenways