Big Wins from the 2021 Seattle City Budget
- clara
- Nov. 25, 2020
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. …
Act Now to support walk/bike/transit in this year's City Budget!
- clara
- Oct. 20, 2020
The City of Seattle is facing a major budget shortfall for next year. Yet the Mayor has proposed a severe austerity budget, with $21.5 million cut from walking and biking projects alone, that will not help people, help the City recover, or move us towards our City goals.
The 2021 budget cuts are too deep. We’re asking the City Council to reject austerity and invest more in walking, biking, …
Defining Community Safety: SNG in Conversation with Aaron Dixon
- clara
- Sept. 8, 2020
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 …
On the Street: KL Shannon interviews youth advocate, community leader, and bike rider Dawn Bennett
- Aug. 28, 2020
KL Shannon: Tell me about your first experience with a bike or who got you interested in riding a bike.
Dawn Bennett: My first experience riding a bike was when I was little in Youngstown, Ohio. There were eight of us (siblings). We all had bicycles because our mom wanted to make sure that we were busy. She got us little red tricycles (my bike was so cute). We …