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Tactical Urbanism Creates Permanent Places

Aug. 25, 2016

August 25, 2016

PARKing Day Plus 2015 project leads to new Burke Gilman Trail design from SDOT Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) has stepped out of their box, and into an intersection full of psychedelic circles. A recent article at The Urbanist highlights SDOT plans to construct an exciting new protected intersection at the Burke Gilman Trail crossing of 40th Ave NE. The safety design for 40th Ave NE is …

Care about Madison Bus Rapid Transit (BRT)?

Aug. 5, 2016

August 5, 2016 Here’s what to look for when you provide comments at the final Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) Open House on Tuesday August 9 (or on-line before August 16).

Madison BRT is intended as a Complete Street. Complete Streets provide fair access to the street for all people, whatever their transit mode. That is one reason the City is poised to apply for grant funding to invest …

#Fix65th Rally for Safer Streets

June 10, 2016

NE 65th is vital for businesses, schools, and people who live, work, and play in NE Seattle.

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But in just the past three years in this short stretch NE 65th, 12 people walking or biking have been killed or sent to the hospital along just 0.3 miles of NE 65th St. In that same period of time, 12 car-only collisions injured 19 people. …

Don’t Delay Downtown & Connect Our Neighborhoods

May 12, 2016

May 12, 2016

Shirley & Tim struggle to bike with their families in Seattle

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In Part 1 of our story, we left Tim wondering how to commute by bike with his baby daughter and left Shirley stranded with her children trying to cross Seattle’s most dangerous street, Rainier Ave S. In Part 2, we’ll explain …

Seattle’s Stranded Biking Families

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May 10, 2016

Biking in Seattle today requires skill and bravery. For someone new to biking, not comfortable jockeying with fast moving traffic, or trying to bike with their children, finding a safe route to work, the store, or school can be incredibly challenging - if not impossible. Despite repetition by mainstream media and SDOT (Seattle Department of Transportation), Seattle is not currently a great city to bike in. The myth of …

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Tactical Urbanism Creates Permanent Places

Care about Madison Bus Rapid Transit (BRT)?

#Fix65th Rally for Safer Streets

Sign a petition to support this campaign.

Don’t Delay Downtown & Connect Our Neighborhoods

Just looking to help make a difference? Jump right to the call to action!

Seattle’s Stranded Biking Families

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