Entries for date "October 2014"

Making Seattle's Bike Share Affordable for All

Welcome to the neighborhood, Pronto Cycle Share! With 50 stations in Downtown Seattle, Capitol Hill, and the U-District, the new bike share system is an awesome way to make short trips around town.  Pronto Cycle Share is already getting a lot of use—in the first week, Seattleites made some 500 trips per day. Phyllis Pronto Photo courtesy of PubliCola We're excited to see more bikes on the roads, but we're even …

North Greenways Receive Major National Park Service Award

Rainier Valley Greenways November 2012 Rainier Valley Greenways community meeting November 2012 National-Park-ServiceFor the third year in a row, Seattle Neighborhood Greenways has received the prestigious National Park Service Rivers, Trails and Conservation Assistance award (RTCA). In 2012 and 2013, Rainier Valley Greenways had the pleasure of working with the experienced staff of the RTCA in planning and prioritizing Rainier Valley traffic safety improvements. The RTCA was instrumental in helping the growing Rainier Valley Greenways …

Speed Bumps to the Rescue!

by Cathy Tuttle October 28, 2014 Speed bumps work What's black and white and gray all over? Lake City Greenways volunteer Monica Sweet was impressed with the speed bumps she'd seen in other neighborhoods. She wanted slower, safer streets where she lived on NE 123rd in Lake City. With no sidewalks and drivers that seemed to rip through her neighborhood at high speeds, speed bumps seemed to offer a simple, inexpensive yet effective …

35th Ave SW Safety Project Kicks Off

  May 2013 crash 35th/Roxbury. Photo by Christopher Boffoli/West Seattle Blog/used with permission. May 2013 crash 35th/Roxbury. Photo by Christopher Boffoli/West Seattle Blog/used with permission. James St. Clair was the latest in a long and sad list of pedestrian and bicycle fatalities along 35th Ave SW. Seattle Neighborhood Greenways led a Memorial Walk and Solutions Meeting for Mr. St. Clair in January 2014. 1,065 crashes in 10 years on a three mile stretch of four-lane road lined mainly with single family homes …