Sadik-Khan & Mayor Murray get in a #StreetFight

  • March 21, 2016
jsk_book-copy-1030x515Janette Sadik-Khan and Mayor Ed Murray get in a #StreetFight. May the best urbanist win! Janette Sadik-Khan is visiting Seattle! Sadik-Khan is the former, and famous, New York City DOT Commissioner. She will talk with Seattle Mayor Ed Murray about her new book Street Fight.

Town Hall Seattle 1119 8th Avenue Monday, March 21. 7:30-9 PM. Doors open 6:30PM

Seattle Neighborhood Greenways leaders of our 20 local groups crowd-sourced these …
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Family Bikes Belong on Transit

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  • Feb. 24, 2016

Want to help Family Bikes get places? Sign this letter!

To Sound Transit Board and Seattle Mayor Ed Murray: Bringing bicycles on Sound Transit LINK light rail can be challenging, especially for families. Parents with young children often find it difficult to lift heavy bicycles onto train hooks. Bicycles with attached childrens’ seats, bicycles with front baskets, and bicycles with long tails often do not fit on bicycle hooks provided …
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Good Reflections on Safe Lights to School

  • Jan. 31, 2016
January 31, 2015 by Cathy Tuttle
Monica Sweet showing off reflector lights at Safe Routes to School assembly
Monica Sweet showing off reflector lights at Safe Routes to School assembly
Two Lake City Greenways leaders teamed up with Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) and made a glowing impression on children who walk to school in a neighborhood with high needs for safety improvements. Recently at Cedar Park Elementary (Olympic Hills Interim) parent Karoliina Kuisma and Monica Sweet of Lake City Greenways presented …
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20 MPH Streets Start With Schools

  • Jan. 31, 2016
January 31, 2016 by Cathy Tuttle
Overwhelming Evidence of Speed Hump Effectiveness
Overwhelming Evidence of Speed Hump Effectiveness
It's official. Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) will engineer safe streets around ALL Seattle schools! Speed humps are highly effective, inexpensive, and quick to install. Seattle Neighborhood Greenways has been working closely with SDOT on a policy of engineered speed bumps around all schools, based on the Vancouver BC model of traffic calming on non-arterial streets in all …
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Seattle ♥s Humps

  • Jan. 25, 2016
by Cathy Tuttle January 24, 2016 SNG Speed Hump Study On Lake City Greenway SNG Speed Hump Study On Lake City Greenway Let's hear it for the lowly speed hump! Seattle is poised to soon get thousands of these amazingly effective speed control devices near our schools and parks! Speed humps, often called speed bumps**, are quick and inexpensive to install, and when installed correctly, force drivers to slow down.

Do speed humps work?

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