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From our Bike Events Calendar
Apr1Sat9:00 am First Saturday Neighborhood Clea...First Saturday Neighborhood Clea...Apr 1 @ 9:00 am – 12:00 pmEvery month volunteers gather to collect garbage and help beautify our neighborhood. On average, we collect about 15 bags of garbage per clean up, which means 1,000’s of small pieces of plastic that do not find their way into Puget … Continue readingApr4Tue7:30 pm NW Greenways Meeting @ Virtual via ZoomNW Greenways Meeting @ Virtual via ZoomApr 4 @ 7:30 pm – 8:30 pmOur regularly scheduled meeting, happens every other month. Please check NW Greenways Twitter account – https://twitter.com/NWGreenways, our Google Group – https://goo.gl/W9jmzW or our Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/NWGreenways/) to confirm the meeting.Apr5Wed6:00 pm Seattle Bicycle Advisory Board M...Seattle Bicycle Advisory Board M...Apr 5 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pmMonthly agendas can be found at: http://www.seattle.gov/seattle-bicycle-advisory-board/meetings/meeting-agendas The Seattle Bicycle Advisory Board (SBAB) advises the Mayor, City Council, and City Departments and Divisions on projects, policies, and programs that improve and/or affect bicycling conditions in Seattle. Responsibilities SBAB’s responsibilities include: … Continue readingApr6Thu7:15 pm Point83 @ Westlake ParkPoint83 @ Westlake ParkApr 6 @ 7:15 pm
Meet up in the center of the park at 7ish. Leave at 730. Every Thursday from now until forever rain or shine. Bikes, beers, illegal firepits, nachos, bottlerockets, timetraveling, lollygagging, mechanicals, good times.
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Congratulations to Ed Murray, Mike O’Brien and other election winners
Ed Murray has been elected as the next Mayor of Seattle. We look forward to covering transportation issues under his leadership. He has campaigned on the claim that he can forge the partnerships needed to get things done, including safe … Continue reading
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Tagged 2013 mayoral race, dow constantine, ed murray, kshama sawant, mike mcginn, mike o'brien, nick licata, richard conlin, sally bagshaw
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You’ve voted by now, right? If not, here’s a mini-guide
If you haven’t voted, do it now. I mean it. Go get your ballot. I’ll wait… … … OK, good. I say to vote now because mail-in voting allows procrastinators to, well, procrastinate. Then it’s the day of the election … Continue reading
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Tagged 2013 general election, 2013 mayoral race, kshama sawant, mike mcginn, mike o'brien, nick licata, richard conlin, sally bagshaw
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This is what Seattle’s bike to school revolution looks like (VIDEO)
Hundreds of Bryant Elementary students filled the streets Wednesday for what had to be the biggest bike to school ride in Seattle history. Seattle School District Superintendent José Banda rode with students and parents from Top Pot Doughnuts to Bryant. … Continue reading
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Tagged bike to school day 2013, bryant elementary, car free days, jose banda, sally bagshaw
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More 2013-14 budget details + Bagshaw supports bike/walk improvements
Mayor McGinn’s proposed 2013-14 budget includes some strong support for biking and walking improvements, including a big boost to the city’s Safe Routes to School and neighborhood greenway efforts. We reported on these proposals previously. SDOT Director Peter Hahn recently … Continue reading
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Tagged 2013 budget, city council, mike mcginn, peter hahn, sally bagshaw, sdot
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Ballard’s 58th Street neighborhood greenway open house Thursday
SDOT will showcase plans for the NW 58th St neighborhood greenway in Ballard Thursday. The 2.1-mile route will span the neighborhood from the Burke-Gilman Trail on the west to Phinney Ridge on the east. The open house Thursday will go … Continue reading
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Tagged ballard, ballard neighborhood greenways, events, meetings, nw 58th st, sally bagshaw, sdot, st. alphonsus, tom rasmussen
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Neighborhood Greenways Update: SDOT leaders will talk at Phinney meeting
A crew of city officials and neighborhood greenway organizers went to a walk and bike ride around Ballard Sunday, hitting some of the planned and proposed neighborhood greenway options in the area. Several folks from the city — including new … Continue reading
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Tagged dongho chang, neighborhood greenways, phinney ridge, sally bagshaw, sdot, tom rasmussen
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City plans 11 miles of neighborhood greenways in 2012
By this time next year, there should be 11 miles of neighborhood greenways completed in Seattle, with an additional 11 miles planned for 2013. The 2012 total includes seven miles paid for by the city (in Ballard, Beacon Hill, Greenwood, … Continue reading
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Tagged ballard, beacon hill, greenwood, neighborhood greenways, north delridge, sally bagshaw, seattle children's, university district, wallingford
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Neighborhood greenways meetup Wednesday will feature planner, Bagshaw
Neighborhood greenway groups across the city are hosting a meetup starting at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at Mosaic Coffee in Wallingford. The meeting will feature Steve Durrant, a planner at Alta, and Councilmember Sally Bagshaw, who will discuss post-Prop funding options. … Continue reading
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Hello, North Delridge Greenways!
Want to get involved in making it easier and safer to bike and walk in West Seattle? At least one neighborhood is getting organized, and they are looking for people interested in joining up. North Delridge Greenways will hold it’s … Continue reading
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Tagged delridge, neighborhood greenways, north delridge, sally bagshaw, west seattle
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Beacon Hill’s neighborhood greenways starting to grow
Beacon BIKES has been hard at work since the release of their Family Bicycle and Pedestrian Circulation Plan this summer. SDOT has installed signage for one of the plan’s proposed neighborhood greenways on 17th and 18th Avenues S, according to … Continue reading
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Tagged Beacon BIKES, beacon hill, neighborhood greenways, sally bagshaw, videos
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Roundup of recent calls for safer streets
There have been so many great calls for safer streets from people all over the city recently that I have had trouble keeping up. This is, of course, a great problem to have! Here’s a quick roundup of a few … Continue reading
Why an $80 vehicle license fee makes sense
The city is considering an increase in the Vehicle License Fee (car tabs) to help pay for the massive backlog in road maintenance. But the proposal recommended by the citizen’s committee tasked with putting the funds to use also saw … Continue reading
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Tagged city council, ctac III, jean godden, mike o'brien, neighborhood greenways, publicola, sally bagshaw, vehicle lisense fee
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Bike to Work Day 2011 – Peace on Wheels (VIDEO)
“Rather than ‘war on bikes’, I’m suggesting ‘peace on wheels,’” said Councilmember Sally Bagshaw during the Bike to Work Day rally at City Hall. Wonderful weather helped put the number of people biking this year an estimated 43 percent higher … Continue reading
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Neighborhood-Powered Streets Part 3: Controversially less controversial
This story is part of a series about Seattle’s young neighborhood greenway movement. In part three, we look into hopes that greenway projects will be less controversial than arterial bike lanes and how that could impact the city’s bicycle infrastructure … Continue reading
Neighborhood-Powered Streets, Part 1: Greenways find new political momentum in Seattle
This story kicks off of a series about Seattle’s young neighborhood greenway movement we are publishing this week. In the first installment, we look at neighborhood greenway design and Seattle’s newly-found political power supporting them. Bicycle advocates have worked tirelessly … Continue reading
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Tagged bike boulevards, bio-retention, bioswales, neighborhood greenways, Neighborhood-Powered Streets, sally bagshaw, sdot, spu, stormwater
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My Ballard: Bagshaw says group will look into bike boulevards
Councilmember Sally Bagshaw told the Ballard District Council that a group is forming to look into bike boulevards in Seattle, according to My Ballard: “The neighbors love it because it slows down traffic so much. That again you can be … Continue reading
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