Entries for date "June 2015"

Respect Gayborhood With Safe Streets, Not Rainbow Crosswalks

Eli Goldberg June 25, 2015
(Eli is a former leader of Seattle Neighborhood Greenways who remains committed to safe streets advocacy)
Our brand-new rainbow crosswalks in Capitol Hill have received dozens of well-deserved news articles, garnering nationwide coverage. Kudos to the City for starting to treat Capitol Hill's streets as …

Seattle Comprehensive Plan 2035

Cathy Tuttle June 24, 2015 (published originally in The Urbanist on 6/17/15) Northwest Seattle Mode split expectations Seattle 2035. Northwest Seattle Mode Split Expectations Seattle 2035 A week ago I sat down after work in a Pioneer Square pub with five young men to discuss the Transportation Element and Transportation Appendix of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for Seattle 2035, Seattle’s Comprehensive Plan for growth over the next 20 years. These are smart, responsible young men, …

Underfunded Equity Priority: Safe Routes to School

Click to listen to CIty Council testimony. Begins at 13.50. Click to listen to CIty Council testimony. Begins at 13.50. Douglas MacDonald June 4, 2015 WA State Secretary of Transportation, 2001 – 2007 Key considerations that support the position offered in public comment to the Seattle City Council of May 29, 2015 that a large increase should be made in the proposed allocation to the Safe Routes to School Program.

The Proposed “Move Seattle” Transportation Levy Should Significantly Increase Its …

10 Ways You Can Help Move Seattle For Our Kids

Safe Routes Walk HomeWe need YOU to speak for increasing funding for Safe Routes To School in the proposed $930 million transportation levy. This is our best chance to make all schools safe to walk and bike in the next nine years.

Councilmembers will discuss the Levy in Committee until June 23, when it will go to the full Council for a vote. So act quickly!

Here are 10 ways you can help …

Seattle School Nurses Support Move Seattle For Our Kids

June 1, 2015 Click to see Anne Fote, RN testimony. Begins at 11:35. Click to see Anne Fote, RN testimony. Begins at 11:35. Seattle School Nurses Association voted unanimously to support additional funding for Safe Routes to School in the Move Seattle Levy. Anne Fote, RN spoke eloquently about walking to school and her experiences at Rainier Beach High School and Hamilton International Middle School in this meeting of the City Council Select Committee On Transportation Funding. Here is Anne's …