Entries for date "August 2015"

Announcing PARK(ing) Day Winners!

Grand Prize Winner Rainier Ave S Protected Bike Lanes from Family Bike & Shirley Savel Grand Prize Winner Rainier Ave S Protected Bike Lanes from Family Bike & Shirley Savel August 27, 2015 Announcing the 2015 Seattle Neighborhood Greenways first annual PARK(ing) Day Design Competition winners! (Hurry!! Applications for PARK(ing) Day are due by close of day Friday, August 28.) Our judges (Andres Salomon University/NE Greenways), Bob Edmiston (Madison Park Greenways), Dave Rodgers (SvR Design), David Burgesser (Seattle Department of …

Crackdown On Block The Box

August 13, 2015 Mercer Mess Blocked Box. KOMO photo. Mercer Mess Blocked Box. KOMO photo. Today in Seattle City Council, officials from Seattle Police and Seattle Department of Transportation presented a new initiative championed by Councilmember Sally Bagshaw called "Don't Be a Jerk, Don't Block the Box". Obstructing crosswalks and intersections during signal changes is indeed part of the Municipal Code of Seattle and is against the law (SMC 11.50.070), but traffic violations are …