Responsive, Resilient, Revolutionary: Your Impact
- gordon
- Dec. 23, 2020
Entries for date "2020"
2020 Year In Review - Three Words to Describe Our Movement
- gordon
- Dec. 20, 2020
A letter from Seattle Neighborhood Greenways Director Gordon Padelford
You would need thousands of words to fully describe a year as difficult as 2020, but as I reflect on Seattle Neighborhood Greenways, looking back on our work together this year, three surprisingly positive words keep coming to mind: responsive, resilient, and revolutionary.
Responsive, because after the pandemic hit, we paused, talked to our grassroots network and the …
SDOT says your time doesn’t matter, unless you drive
- gordon
- Dec. 16, 2020
All people deserve traffic signals that allow them to walk and roll safely, conveniently, and with dignity. But right now, too many traffic signals...
- Don’t give you enough time to cross the street safely
- Take forever to let you cross
- Make you push a button to get a walk light
Bringing 15-Minute Neighborhoods to Seattle
- gordon
- Dec. 2, 2020
Nick Tritt has been interning with Seattle Neighborhood Greenways over the past quarter as part of his UW Environmental Capstone Program. He conducted research on the 15 Minute Neighborhoods strategy. In the interview below, I asked him about some of his key findings.
Gordon: If you lived in a 15-minute neighborhood what would your life be like?
Nick: Urban planning has long been focused on moving as many cars as …
Big Wins from the 2021 Seattle City Budget
- clara
- Nov. 25, 2020