A Big Year for Walking and Biking Policy Updates

  • clara
  • Dec. 27, 2018
Some of the Basic Bike Network supporters at City Council on July 302018 was a big year for walking and biking policy updates! These wins may not be as sexy as new bike lanes, but they make a big difference in how our city feels to people walking and biking:
  1. Bike Parking Regulations: City Council passed major improvements to the city’s bike parking regulations in new buildings this April, updating requirements for new buildings and for street parking. There can only …
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Pushing the City in Advance of the Seattle Squeeze

  • clara
  • Dec. 27, 2018
Have you heard of the Seattle Squeeze? Seattle city planners have been preparing for this car traffic crunch for years, but we don’t think they’ve done nearly enough. A woman on a bike in a protected lane surrounded by other people on bikes, walking, a bus, and a busy urban street. That’s why Seattle Neighborhood Greenways helped to form the Move All Seattle Sustainably (MASS) Coalition this fall, along with transportation and environmental advocacy organizations across Seattle. We called upon the Mayor to take action in advance of the Seattle Squeeze, …
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Community Outreach Around Green Lake

  • clara
  • Dec. 27, 2018
Story by Tom Lang, Green Lake & Wallingford Safe Streets If you have been to Green Lake, you probably walked, biked, or drove through the Starbucks intersection (NE Ravenna Blvd / NE 71st Street / E Green Lake Way/Drive). This intersection is confusing, uncomfortable, and dangerous. Because La Escuelita Bilingual School is right next door, and since many sports teams and families use the play fields nearby, fixing this intersection …
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You can help kids at 25 schools get to school safely!

  • Dec. 8, 2018

N’Jabbu is a 1st grader at Licton Springs K-8 who loves to ride her purple bicycle. Her sister Bineta is a 7th grader at Robert Eagle Staff K-8, who’s interested in filmmaking and likes to get to school on time because she loves to learn.

  combined image of Adja's kids

N’Jabbu and Bineta, like their mom, Adja, like to walk in the neighborhood. Adja enjoys walking with her family to the lovely park a …

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How Seattle Measures Success

  • gordon
  • Nov. 28, 2018
efficiency of street by mode switchAs some of you may remember, a few years ago we worked to improve the Seattle Comprehensive Master Plan. This plan is the one that is legally required by the State of Washington's Growth Management Act, and all Seattle's plan are supposed to fit under it. I like to call the Comprehensive Plan the One Plan to Rule Them All, but that's because I'm a Lord of the Rings fan... …
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