Funding for Stay Healthy Streets and Cafe Streets!

  • clara
  • June 10, 2021
Great news! Seattle City Council just proposed $2.5 million to make Stay Healthy Streets permanent, as well as $300,000 to fund Cafe Streets through 2022! Act now to:
  • Thank Seattle City Councilmembers for funding Stay Healthy Streets and Cafe Streets to help ensure that the funding isn't removed.
  • Ask them to support Councilmember Herbold's amendment to use future funding to make Keep Moving Streets permanent on Alki Point, Green …
Continue reading »

Michael Colmant Memorial Ride & Walk

Michael Colmant was passionate about swimming, running, cycling, and aviation. He was a dedicated colleague at King County International Airport, helping to lift up people of color in his profession. He was a loving father and caring friend.

On April 11, 2021, Michael, 63, was

hit and killed by a driver

while biking. The driver fled the scene and is still at large. They were driving a Silver 2000 Lincoln …

Continue reading »

What's Next for Stay Healthy Streets?

In the last year, we’ve seen a huge increase in the number of people outside—walking, skateboarding, biking, and rolling down the streets—and engaging with their neighborhoods in a big way. What’s next for the City’s temporary street programs?

Click to watch this video about the Stay Healthy Streets Program in 2020:

Background

In the spring of 2020, Seattle Neighborhood Greenways pushed the idea of Open Streets as one of our …

Continue reading »

Update on $80 million funding debate + Saturday Memorial Walk

  • gordon
  • May 13, 2021
We recently wrote about protecting $80 million in funding for walking, biking, and transit projects from the chopping block. On Monday, the City Council voted to punt this decision to the fall budget process. We are disappointed the City Council did not stick with the SDOT and community stakeholder proposal. That proposal would have doubled funding for Vision Zero, created the first-ever bike route maintenance fund, made …
Continue reading »

Critical Local Funding for Walking, Biking, and Transit at Risk

Can you take a moment this Earth Day to help protect $80 million in funding for walking, biking, and transit projects from the chopping block? Your voice is needed -- Click here to send an email to City Council.

The Seattle City Council is

proposing to redirect $80,000,000 from walking, biking, and transit projects to pay for bridge repair

over the next twenty years. While we are supportive of increased …

Continue reading »
Feed RSS

    Categories

      No categories yet

Connect & Share

Seattle Neighborhood Greenways

1424 11th Ave Ste 400

Seattle, WA 98122

Site by Webkey