#Party4OurStreets Awards

Dec 9, 2015 As a grassroots organization the energy, vitality, and strength of our organization comes from our amazing volunteers. We are so proud of their donations of time and energy this year and wowed by how much they accomplished! shirley winning 2015 Check out the awards below for our 2015 categories:
  • Amazing Advocacy
  • Greenway Champion
  • Community Builder
  • Exemplary Street Experiment
  • Fact Finding
  • Public Servant
  • Wendy
Advocacy header Popular Vote Winner: Advocacy Let's Move Seattle

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Child-Friendly Transit

by Andres Salomon, NE Seattle Greenways Andres and Atom travel around Seattle by bus and bike December 7, 2015 Seattle voters recently approved the Move Seattle levy, which contains funding for a number of exciting transit projects. Seattle's Department of Transportation is currently planning at least two of these projects; a Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) line running along E Madison St, and another BRT line running from Northgate to …

Safe Routes To School Playgrounds

November 24, 2015 Screen Shot 2015-11-24 at 8.06.41 AMYou can tell how much the Dutch care about traffic safety by looking at their school playgrounds. On a recent trip to The Hague in the Netherlands, Queen Anne Greenways leader Mark Ostrow saw a playground painted as a mini Traffic Garden where young children could practice road safety skills. Mark decided to follow up with help from Google Maps to see if many Dutch schools used …

Parents Turn Grief Into Action #WDR2015

Cathy Tuttle, Executive Director Seattle Neighborhood Greenways November 15, 2015 Zeytuna_slider They wear big 3" buttons with a young face and a date. They are parents still, even if their beloved child has died. Their eyes are haunted. I have lived through the grief of losing my husband and best friend to cancer. I have gone through the gut-wrenching agony of nursing my teen daughter through lymphoma. I try to have …