Tag: transportation committee

July 16, 2018

Help push to get the downtown bike network back on track in 2019

The downtown bike network has been significantly delayed so far under Mayor Jenny Durkan’s administration, but there is hope to turn things around and get major pieces of the network constructed in 2019. Seattle Neighborhood Greenways and Cascade Bicycle Club are gathering support for a City Council action to require SDOT to complete bike lanes…
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tagged: basic bike network, city council, downtown, jenny durkan, sdot, transportation committee
July 13, 2018

Bike share carried 209K trips in May + A look at the city’s updated permit rules

People in Seattle took more than 208,849 bike share trips in May as use of the bikes increased steeply throughout spring. In total, people took 1.4 million rides between late July and mid-June, according to the Seattle Department of Transportation (PDF). To build on this astounding success, SDOT is updating its permit to allow four…
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tagged: bike share, city council, sdot, transportation committee
May 16, 2017

Panel of experts will discuss solutions to bike theft

Bike theft continues to rise steeply in Seattle. And that not only costs people money, but many people won’t replace their stolen wheels. At a time when our increasingly congested city needs more people to get around by bike, theft is a growing impediment. Brock Howell’ Bicycle Security Advocates group has put together a presentation for…
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tagged: bike index, bike thefts, brock howell, transportation committee
September 20, 2016

Seattle’s safer speeds plan heads to Transpo Committee + Housing is more important than parking

Seattle’s plan to lower default speed limits across the city heads to the City Council’s Sustainability and Transportation Committee today. The plan — which has support from the Mayor’s Office, SDOT and the City Council — needs to make it through the committee and the full City Council before getting the Mayor’s approval and going…
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tagged: speed limits, transportation committee
May 18, 2016

We Can’t Wait, Part I: People pack City Hall to end Seattle’s bike plan delays

Seattle has not built a bike lane downtown since October 2014. The 2nd Ave bike lane was supposed to demonstrate what could be, but going into summer 2016 it remains all that is. Holding signs saying, “My Family Bikes” and “Safe Streets Now,” bike plan supporters chanted “We can’t wait!” in the City Hall lobby.…
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tagged: #WeCantWait, bicycle master plan implementation plan, mike o’brien, sdot, shirley savel, transportation committee
May 16, 2016

Actions planned before Tuesday City Council meeting on slashed bike plan

This moment right now was supposed to be the time Seattle finally took bold action on bike safety projects, taking our years of planning and making them real. The big electoral victory in November should have given the city both the political power and the funding to build a long-needed network of bike routes across…
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tagged: city council, ed murray, sdot, transportation committee