Tag: neighborhood greenways
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Neighborhood greenways take root on the Eastside
Imagine a network of calm, mostly residential streets near your home, neighborhood school and local business district optimized for safe travel on foot and by bike for people of all ages. Interested? Of course you are! It’s an idea that has appeal extending far beyond the flimsy Seattle border, where groups in nearly all corners…
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Seattle Neighborhood Greenways to host wonky discussion about Dutch bike facilities + Video!
The video above is from a presentation to the Washington Institute of Transportation Engineers earlier this month. In it, University Greenways organizer and thinker Eli Goldberg and Seattle Neighborhood Greenways leader Cathy Tuttle make a strong case for how the conversation around bicycling is changing dramatically, and why traffic engineers need to change with it.…
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Matching fund will boost donations Seattle Neighborhood Greenways
It’s been a year of intense growth for Seattle Neighborhood Greenways, the umbrella group for the city’s 19 (and growing) semi-autonomous groups spread out in all corners of the map. To give the group a big boost going into 2013, a donor has pledged to match all donations made by the end of the year…
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Seattle Neighborhood Greenways wins Sustainable Seattle award
Seattle Neighborhood Greenways, the parent group for the citywide network of semi-autonomous groups that have formed all across the city in the past year or so, has won a Sustainable Seattle award. The group was honored for its leadership in creating “Human & Livable Communities.” Indeed! Of all the things SNG leaders have accomplished since…
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Reminder: First Delridge neighborhood greenway open house is Wednesday
The city is hosting the first of two public meetings about the Delridge Neighborhood Greenway tonight (Wednesday) 6:30–8:30 p.m. at the Youngstown Cultural Arts Center. The meeting is also the first to utilize the city’s newly-designed outreach model, which is designed to give neighbors more say in the early stages of planning. The city has…
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Bike Master Plan: Neighborhood greenways are much more than ‘alternatives’ to bike lanes
This is the first post in a series analyzing the draft Bicycle Master Plan update, which is currently taking public comments. There is a meeting tonight (Tuesday) 5:30–7:30 at UW’s Gould Hall and a November 15 online lunchtime meeting. Neighborhood greenways have huge potential in Seattle, and the idea has captured the hearts of neighborhood…
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