Tag: streetcars

July 28, 2014

I test ride a Pronto bike (and yes, it can climb hills)

Pronto Cycle Share has a couple prototypes of the 500 public bikes they will put into service around the city center and the U District in September, and I had the chance recently to test one out. The bike is the product of a new supply chain for Alta Bicycle Share, who used to get…
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tagged: alta bicycle share, arcade, bike share, holly houser, pronto emerald city cycle share, streetcars
October 28, 2013

Downtown streetcar plans don’t include safe bikeway

Plans for the City Center Connector streetcar do not currently include a safe bike facility. Analysis of the options for a streetcar through downtown to connect the South Lake Union and First Hill lines has settled on First Avenue as the best option both for speed and ridership. As advertised on this site, streetcar planners…
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tagged: center city connector, downtown, first avenue, streetcars
October 26, 2012

Council considers increases to bike/walk plans, transit funding could face cuts

The City Council is in the midst of hearings and meetings to discuss which parts of Mayor McGinn’s proposed 2013-14 budget to keep and which parts to scrap. It’s possible that biking and walking projects could get a boost beyond the mayor’s proposed budget, but that could come in part at the expense of high…
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tagged: city council, cycle tracks, neighborhood greenways, streetcars
May 30, 2012

Seattle Met: City attorneys successfully argue that biking is not ‘ordinary’ on Westlake Ave

The most recent issue of Seattle Met has a whole lot of bike stuff. But the centerpiece of their coverage is a feature on bike lawyer Bob Anderton’s lawsuit on behalf of a handful of people who crashed and were inured on the South Lake Union Streetcar tracks. We have written about the dangerous tracks…
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tagged: bob anderton, city attorney, lawsuits, Rebecca Boatright, seattle met, slut, streetcars, westlake
April 12, 2012

Judge throws out SLU streetcar crash lawsuit

A King County Superior Court judge has dismissed claims by a group of people seriously injured on the South Lake Union streetcar tracks after they were dangerously installed in the curb lane of the previously-popular bicycling route. They plan to appeal the decision, according to the Seattle Times: Judge Harry McCarthy last week agreed with…
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tagged: bob anderton, lawsuits, seattle times, south lake union, streetcars, westlake
August 17, 2011

Set for November vote, $60 vehicle fee needs strong vision

The City Council, acting as the Transportation Benefits District, voted unanimously to send a $60 vehicle license fee to the November ballot. It’s not the full $80 recommended by the Citizens Transportation Advisory Committee (CTAC III), but the funding allocations are mostly proportional to the committee’s recommendations. The funds are more about transit than bicycling,…
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tagged: city council, ctac III, freight master plan, streetcars, transit, transportation benefits district, vehicle lisense fee