Entries for date "August 2017"

A Beer With Cathy & Gordon

Cathy and bike stencilYou, your friends, and your family are invited!

Here is a chance to support SNG, welcome new staff, and bid a fond adieu to founding executive director Cathy Tuttle. Our city owes a debt of gratitude to Cathy for her visionary and effective work. Among innumerable other accomplishments, her leadership inspired and supported the formation of 20-some Greenways groups.  From Georgetown/Duwamish to West Seattle to Licton Springs, citizens who care …

Ready for Safe Routes to Sound Transit?

August 4, 2017 by Cathy Tuttle What do the new Sound Transit Link light rail stations opening in 2021 in Northgate, Roosevelt, and Brooklyn have in common? All three have active coalitions of local groups dedicated to getting safe routes for people who want to walk or bike to transit. #Fix65th Coalition Calls for Roosevelt Station Access #Fix65th Coalition Calls for Roosevelt Station Access Safety
  • The University/Brooklyn station mobility group includes NE Seattle Greenways, University Greenways, U-District …

The Business of Safe Streets on Pike/Pine

Would you encourage your loved one to ride their bicycle here? aweful pine bike lane image by david seater This is currently the condition on Pine St, an important walk/bike transportation corridor. It's unpleasant for people walking and downright dangerous for people biking. But it doesn't have to be this way. Central Seattle Greenways has set out to make some changes. They teamed up with Capitol Hill Housing's Renter's Initiative, the Capitol Hill Community Council, and Cascade …

Cathy Supports Streets for People

Merlin and Cathy Merlin Rainwater & Cathy Tuttle at a rally for Vision Zero 20 MPH streets August 1, 2017 Come join me for a farewell beer -- and welcome new staff at a party at Peddler Brewing in Ballard on Sunday August 13 from 4 to 8 PM. It has been my great pleasure getting to know you. You are people all over Seattle doing your part to reclaim streets as public …