Tag: parking

July 19, 2010

Times editorial board, this is no time to be stuck in the past

The Seattle Times published an editorial yesterday complaining about the Mayor McGinn’s recent proposal to increase the commercial parking tax and vehicle registration fees to pay for necessary street repairs, like filling potholes. This is a typical car-centric knee-jerk reaction to a plan that is less like a tax increase and more like a decrease…
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tagged: donald shoup, mike mcginn, parking, potholes, seattle times, tunnel
July 15, 2010

Funding SDOT: Tax parking and car licensing

Like every other department in the city, SDOT is facing serious budget shortfalls. Amid a re-stoked tunnel debate (if you haven’t read Dominic Holden’s piece last week about what could go wrong with the tunnel, do so), SDOT is struggling to figure out how to fill potholes with a shrinking budget. And the bike and…
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tagged: bicycle master plan, parking, pedestrian master plan, potholes, sdot, vehicle licenses, walking
July 15, 2010

Roosevelt parking removal NOT an issue

Almost nobody uses the parking on Roosevelt between 75th and 85th. I went on a ride up Roosevelt to check out the parking situation, and was actually surprised to find a mere 7 cars parked in the 10-block stretch of on-street parking SDOT has proposed for removal in order to install a bike lane. Seven.…
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tagged: bike lanes, maple leaf, parking, roosevelt, sdot
July 13, 2010

Residents worried about parking removal on Roosevelt

Some residents near the proposed parking removal on Roosevelt were upset by the plans and voiced their concerns at an open house last night, Maple Leaf Life reports. Many of those who spoke up said they don’t even live on Roosevelt, but still live close enough feel the effects of people parking on their block to shop, dine or go…
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tagged: bike lanes, maple leaf life, parking, publicola, roosevelt, sdot
July 10, 2010

Changes proposed for Roosevelt, open house Monday

View Larger Map SDOT’s proposed changes for Roosevelt between NE 75th and NE 115th will add a dedicated bike lane for uphill stretches (sharrows for the rest) and a crosswalk. The plans also include the removal of parking on the west side of Roosevelt for ten blocks between 75th and 85th.
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tagged: parking, reconfiguration, roosevelt, sdot