Ride Your Bike in a Gold Level Seattle!

It's official! Seattle named a GOLD LEVEL Bicycle Friendly Community by the League of American Bicyclists. Go out and ride! Click to open this report card in larger format Click to open this report card in larger format Today, the League of American Bicyclists recognized Seattle with a Gold Level Bicycle Friendly Community award, joining more than 325 visionary communities from across the country. With the announcement of 55 new and renewing BFBs today, Seattle joins a leading group …

Making Seattle's Bike Share Affordable for All

Welcome to the neighborhood, Pronto Cycle Share! With 50 stations in Downtown Seattle, Capitol Hill, and the U-District, the new bike share system is an awesome way to make short trips around town.  Pronto Cycle Share is already getting a lot of use—in the first week, Seattleites made some 500 trips per day. Phyllis Pronto Photo courtesy of PubliCola We're excited to see more bikes on the roads, but we're even …

North Greenways Receive Major National Park Service Award

Rainier Valley Greenways November 2012 Rainier Valley Greenways community meeting November 2012 National-Park-ServiceFor the third year in a row, Seattle Neighborhood Greenways has received the prestigious National Park Service Rivers, Trails and Conservation Assistance award (RTCA). In 2012 and 2013, Rainier Valley Greenways had the pleasure of working with the experienced staff of the RTCA in planning and prioritizing Rainier Valley traffic safety improvements. The RTCA was instrumental in helping the growing Rainier Valley Greenways …

Speed Bumps to the Rescue!

by Cathy Tuttle October 28, 2014 Speed bumps work What's black and white and gray all over? Lake City Greenways volunteer Monica Sweet was impressed with the speed bumps she'd seen in other neighborhoods. She wanted slower, safer streets where she lived on NE 123rd in Lake City. With no sidewalks and drivers that seemed to rip through her neighborhood at high speeds, speed bumps seemed to offer a simple, inexpensive yet effective …