Tag: Lisa herbold

July 17, 2019

Who’s the best District 1 candidate for biking and safe streets?

District: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 I apologize to readers waiting for Seattle Bike Blog’s City Council endorsements, but I just plain did not have enough time this year to do Council primary endorsements justice. I had written earlier this year that I planned on creating an endorsements board, but…
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tagged: 2019 primary, brendan kolding, city council district 1, Lisa herbold, phil tavel
April 28, 2017

By killing Pronto, Seattle could become the center of private bike share innovation

The Pronto docks have been scrubbed from city streets. As much as I am sad to see it go and feel the system never got a fair shot at success, it’s done. Time to move on and look to the future of bike share in Seattle. And we may not need to wait long. “We’re…
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tagged: bike share, bluegogo, derrick ko, ilya movshovich, Lisa herbold, spin, tim burgess
October 20, 2016

Council faces a choice: Kill Pronto now or make lemonade out of the existing stations?

Pronto Cycle Share turned two years old last week, but there hasn’t been a whole lot of celebration. At this point, the system has spent more time operating in a state of uncertainty and controversy than it has operating normally. And that uncertainty has had a huge impact on membership and ridership. After all, few…
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tagged: 2017 budget, andrew glass hastings, bruce harrell, Lisa herbold, mike o’brien, pronto emerald city cycle share, sally bagshaw, tim burgess
March 3, 2016

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

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 Mike O’Brien voting YES. Even Committee Chair O’Brien thought it was a 3-3 vote, saying…
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tagged: city council, debora juarez, kshama sawant, Lisa herbold, mike o’brien, pronto emerald city cycle share, rob johnson, tim burgess, transportation committee
February 29, 2016

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

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 liquidating the system at the first sign of challenge. The City Council’s Sustainability and Transportation…
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tagged: city council, city council district 1, demi allen, Lisa herbold, mike o’brien, pronto emerald city cycle share, transportation committee
December 21, 2015

O’Brien will Chair the Transportation Committee

It’s not just for photo ops, Councilmember Mike O’Brien really does bike everywhere. But he’s also not just about bikes. O’Brien has a seat on the Sound Transit Board, and he has been a strong advocate for biking, walking and transit during his time on the Council. He was also among the only Councilmembers fighting…
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tagged: city council, kshama sawant, Lisa herbold, mike o’brien, rob johnson, transportation committee