Tag: jeff aken
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Westlake lawsuit is over, bikeway set to open in the summer
The Westlake bikeway lawsuit is over, and construction will begin soon on a two-way protected bike lane from the Fremont Bridge to Lake Union Park. If all goes according to schedule, the bikeway will open in the summer. Mayor Ed Murray has once again brokered a deal to keep the project moving forward and out…
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Cascade looking for a new Advocacy Director. Again.
Cascade Bicycle Club is searching for a new Advocacy Director as Jeff Aken steps back into a regional planning role at the organization. The next person to take the job will be the fifth to hold that position in as many years. Aken moved into the spot last August and will remain in the role…
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Cohen: 2nd Ave protected bike lanes ‘just the beginning’
You don’t have to bike for very long in Seattle before you figure out the most dangerous kind of street: “Downhill streets with on-street parking and turning movements at intersections: Those are problems that Second Ave had,” Cascade Bicycle Club’s Advocacy Director Jeff Aken explained recently to Josh Cohen at Crosscut. “Cyclists get moving pretty…
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Aken picked as Cascade’s new Advocacy Director, more staff changes coming
Jeff Aken has been promoted from his job as Principal Planner at Cascade Bicycle Club to fill the Advocacy Director position vacated recently by Thomas Goldstein. Aken said his advocacy style is all about collaboration, and his goal is to focus on “all-ages and abilities bike infrastructure and increasing funding, obviously, to get those things…
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