Gene Tagaban gathers spirits at the James St. Clair Memorial Walk.
The Seattle Department of Transportation is making much needed improvements to 35th Ave SW & SW Graham St in High Point, the site where 69-year-old James St. Clair was killed last December as he crossed the street.
St. Clair was the fifth fatality along 35th Ave SW since 2006. "It's a street that really needs some focus and city …
All told, 63 people participated in this community-led design concept. That is phenomenal. You can see the complete design HERE.
There was strong general agreement among participants that they wanted a natural-feeling park with native plants and the enjoyment of flowing water. Additional elements rose to the top as they worked through their discussions.
The attached site-concept rendering and some other illustrations provided by the designers at Johnson+Southerland are …
JSIS Bike to School Day May 7 2014
Today the Census Bureau released itsnewest report on commuting in America. There’s been a 60 percent increase in bike commuting in America over the past decade. Portland is #1 at 6.1%, and Seattle ranks #5 at 3.4%.
You need to know the trip to work is all this report tracks and trip to work is the tip of the bicycle iceberg. …
Originally published April 18, 2014
By Jacob Ostrowsky Jefferson Park entrance from Beacon Hill Greenway
What happens when you ride every greenway in Seattle? Over the course of several weeks, I did exactly that and came away with a deeper understanding of how far we have come…and what the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) needs to do to realize the full potential of greenways.
First of all, I didn’t just …