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Jul27Thu1:00 pm Women and Gender in (Public) Tra... @ Free webinarWomen and Gender in (Public) Tra... @ Free webinarJul 27 @ 1:00 pm – 3:00 pmWebinar by SFU Continuing Studies (City Program) July 27, 1 pm PDT (4 pm EDT) Transportation infrastructure and services are often assumed to be “gender neutral”, where projects and services are assumed to provide an equal benefit to men and … Continue reading →4:00 pm Central Ride Neighborhood Greenw...Central Ride Neighborhood Greenw...Jul 27 @ 4:00 pm – Jul 27 @ 6:00 pmhttp://www.seattle.gov/transportation/ridgegreenway.htm You may have recently received an invitation in the mail to one of our upcoming events for the Central Ridge Neighborhood Greenway. I wanted to also reach out to a wider group of community stakeholders with a personal invitation … Continue reading →4:00 pm Queen Anne Greenways PLAY STREET! @ 1st Ave N & CrockettQueen Anne Greenways PLAY STREET! @ 1st Ave N & CrockettJul 27 @ 4:00 pm – Jul 27 @ 7:00 pmQueen Anne Greenways, a neighborhood group working to increase mobility, accessibility and flexibility in our streets, will be sponsoring its second annual Playstreet on Thursday, July 27, 2017 from 4:00 to 7:00 pm in 1st Avenue North at Crockett Street. … Continue reading →5:30 pm Move Seattle Levy Oversight Comm...Move Seattle Levy Oversight Comm...Jul 27 @ 5:30 pm – 7:30 pmCity Hall, Room L280 (All future dates: 4/27, 7/27, 10/26, and 11/30)FacebookTwitterRedditEmail5:30 pm South Lake Union Greenways SLUG ...South Lake Union Greenways SLUG ...Jul 27 @ 5:30 pm – 7:00 pmhttp://bit.ly/2uOFWHT So much going on in South Lake Union. Meetup with people who want the City to build infrastructure that let’s us safely walk and bike in our neighborhood.FacebookTwitterRedditEmail Bike-Friendly Business Showcase
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Despite more than a decade of bicycle activism, Ballard Bridge remains a danger
EDITOR’S NOTE: This story is by Taylor McAvoy through our partnership with UW’s Community News Lab journalism course. Riding home at night a few years ago, Haley Keller had to cross the Ballard Bridge with its notoriously skinny three-foot-wide sidewalks. She … Continue reading
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Tagged ballard, ballard bridge, haley woods, jack connelly, jason fialkoff, news lab, scott kubly, sean cryan, taylor mcavoy, terry mcmacken
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Here’s how to make the Ballard Bridge safer now without spending a fortune
The Ballard Bridge is awful for biking and walking. That’s been well documented. And the solutions studied to retrofit the bridge to make it better for biking and walking carried one hell of a price tag, perhaps somewhere in the … Continue reading
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Tagged ballard, ballard bridge, cascade bicycle club, connect ballard, haley woods, peddler brewing company, sean cryan
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Ballard blood drive July 8 will support key Ballard Bridge bike advocate
If you are a regular Ballard Bridge biker, you are certainly familiar with how frustrating it can be. The south end is dangerous, the sidewalks are skinny and bridge construction workers seem to close sidewalks without warning. But perhaps no … Continue reading