Lake Washington Blvd Reopens to walk/bike/rolling for Thanksgiving!
- gordon
- Nov. 25, 2020
Big News! Thanks to advocates like you, the Seattle Department of Transportation just announced that part of Lake Washington Boulevard will be OPEN for the long Thanksgiving weekend for people to walk, bike, and roll, and will be closed to vehicle thru-traffic!
Volunteer or chip in so we can continue to advocate for Lake Washington Boulevard, and other streets to stay open to people to walk, bike, and roll. …
On Monday, August 31, 2020, Seattle Neighborhood Greenways sat down (virtually) for a community conversation with Aaron Dixon, founding member and Captain of the Seattle chapter of the Black Panther Party. We discussed community ownership of public space, how we define community safety, and community alternatives to policing.
It was wonderful to hear Aaron share his wisdom and experience, and I left the event feeling inspired. A huge thank you …
Story and photo by Loren Schwartz (Stay Healthy Alki Point)
The change resulting from making Alki Point/Beach Drive a Stay Healthy Street was immediate and transformative.
At once, it made the street safe and inclusive. Prior to the Stay Healthy Street designation, Beach Drive was a route fairly exclusively designed for motorists. It seems planners hadn't anticipated the amount or type of traffic and behavior that these streets and parks …