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Tag Archives: stay healthy streets
Council proposal would make Stay Healthy Streets permanent, extend Café Streets through 2022
The City Council has proposed $2.5 million to make many of the city’s Stay Healthy Streets permanent and another $300,000 to fund the popular Café Streets program through 2022 as part of the $128 million Seattle Rescue Plan to “kick … Continue reading
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Take SDOT’s newest Stay Healthy Streets survey
SDOT is moving forward with its plan to implement up to 20 miles of “permanent” Stay Healthy Streets this year, even as the department doesn’t yet have a funding source identified to keep the Mayor’s promise from last summer. A … Continue reading
Stay Healthy Streets program may be paused if funding swap not approved
Last night the oversight committee for the Move Seattle levy was told that the popular Stay Healthy Streets program will likely have to pause if the Seattle Department of Transportation doesn’t get approval to divert funding from 2.5 miles of … Continue reading
Bike and pedestrian advisory boards: find Stay Healthy Streets funds elsewhere
Update: this post has been changed to clarify that any changes to Lake Washington Boulevard or Golden Gardens Park Road are not necessarily off the table but are not part of the permanent Stay Healthy Streets process. A large majority … Continue reading
14th Ave’s Stay Healthy Blocks in Capitol Hill May Not Return
Seattle’s network of Stay Healthy Streets, in place for most of this year on a portion of the city’s neighborhood greenway network, noticeably left out most of Seattle’s urban centers where a large proportion of the rental housing exists. Neighborhoods … Continue reading
SDOT pilots a car-free Lake Washington Blvd through Tuesday, announces more Stay Healthy Streets
Lake Washington Blvd has been the most-requested street for the city’s car-free and car-light street projects, which started as a response to the COVID-19 outbreak and the need to create more space for people to safely distance while getting some … Continue reading
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Tagged beacon hill, cedar park, golden gardens, lake washington blvd, sdot, seattle parks district, stay healthy streets
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Car driving is down 91% from pre-outbreak levels on the city’s new Stay Healthy Streets
It made national news last week when Seattle announced that the Stay Healthy Streets (“SHS”) program would be transitioning from an emergency program to a permanent program. For example, a CNN headline read: “Seattle to permanently close 20 miles of … Continue reading
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Tagged cascade bicycle club, jenny durkan, sdot, seattle neighborhood greenways, stay healthy streets
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Crowdsourced map highlights 130 miles of potential Stay Healthy Streets
Seattle Neighborhood Greenways has been collecting people’s ideas for street improvements the city could make to help more people get outside and get around safely during the outbreak. They received 250 ideas, which they condensed into a map of 130 … Continue reading
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Tagged clara cantor, covid-19, gordon padelford, kl shannon, seattle neighborhood greenways, stay healthy streets
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SDOT opens 11 more miles of Stay Healthy Streets, Parks cancels May 10 Bicycle Sunday
There’s good news and bad news for people looking to get outside on some car-free (or car-light) streets in the next week. SDOT has announced 11 more miles of Stay Healthy Streets, bringing the citywide total to 20 miles of … Continue reading
City announces new and expanded Stay Healthy Streets in the CD, Beacon Hill, Greenwood and Rainier Beach
Seattle has added six more miles of what the city is calling “Stay Healthy Streets,” car-light streets where through-traffic is banned and people are allowed to walk in the street 24/7. They are part of an effort to create more … Continue reading
Watch: Talking open streets during COVID-19 with Gordon and Clara from SNG
Seattle Neighborhood Greenways has been working with local advocates to develop ideas for open streets as a way to relieve crowding on sidewalks, paths and major parks during the outbreak. We previously reported about some of their ideas, and the … Continue reading
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