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March 16, 2017

Banel: How neighbors in 1970s took action and created the Burke-Gilman Trail

As you pedal or stroll along the Burke-Gilman Trail today, it feels like such an integral part of the city that it is hard to imagine the north end without it (unless you’re in Ballard, of course). But that trail isn’t there by accident, and it isn’t there because of smart City of Seattle transportation…
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tagged: burke-gilman trail, feliks banel, merrill hille, wes uhlman
October 18, 2013

Berger: Seattle’s first cycling renaissance led by 1970s biking mayor

Mike McGinn has certainly done a lot to change the image of cycling in Seattle and to make cycling a more central part of the city’s transportation strategy. That’s why we have endorsed him. Under his leadership, the percentage of Seattle workers biking to their jobs has grown more than 37 percent, according to Census…
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