Entries for date "November 2016"

More funding for safe streets in City Budget. Thank you!

Here’s something to be thankful for today: Seattle City Council passed the final version of the 2017 budget with some fantastic improvements thanks to your support!

Exciting budget additions include

  • $1 million to fix Rainier Ave S - the most dangerous street in the city, and an acceleration of funding for the exciting Accessible Mt Baker project.
  • Funding to create a North Beacon Hill Multimodal Transportation Study to allow much …

Park Advocates Leverage Private Development on First Hill

first-hill-park-2016-5214 First Hill is a growing urban neighborhood woefully short of adequate open space. High property values have made acquisition of traditional park property difficult. To address these challenges, the First Hill Public Realm Action Plan was created. One element of the PRAP included adaptive reuse of right-of-way into public open space in the form of Seattle's first two pavement parks. The Pavement Parks are located at the intersections of University …

World Day of Remembrance Seattle

World Day of Remembrance is a UN affiliated world-wide event to commemorate victims of traffic violence  http://worlddayofremembrance.org/   Vision Zero Seattle, Seattle Neighborhood Greenways and other local groups are taking part: https://www.facebook.com/events/268515693545860/ Memorial Gathering at City Hall Thursday, November 17th 2016 at NOON City Hall lobby 5th & Cherry Distribute silhouettes to put up locally. Hear from first responders and from families whose loved ones were killed in Seattle traffic. ALL …

Celebrate the Opening of Roosevelt!

University Greenways members talked to 43 business owners about safety on Roosevelt Way Andres, Atom and other local Greenways leaders prepare to do small business outreach along Roosevelt in 2013. Side note, two other Greenways leaders pictured here are now fathers -- Orion and Alma's dads also want safer, healthier streets for their new babies. November 2 2016 Atom, the little tyke in the photo, was not quite two years old in 2013 when his dad, Andres, got together with a group of …