Can’t figure out how to connect North End neighborhoods? This approximately 20-mile route starts at the SE parking lot of Northgate Mall. We will head on city streets from Northgate through Olympic Hills, and North City, Shoreline—COFFEE BREAK!—more Shoreline (Interurban Trail), Bitter Lake, Haller Lake, Pinehurst, and back to Northgate Mall. [...]
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Publicola has an op-ed from a Pinehurst neighbor on our oh-so-discussed street project: What’s So Controversial About Safety? http://www.publicola.net/2010/08/30/whats-so-controversial-about-safety/ Anybody have any more articles I could add to this post? I’ve been out of town so I’m sure I’ve missed some. How about anything else to discuss here? There are some lively comments over on Publicola [...] This is a great bicycling improvement coming to our neighborhood. It should help with what I consider to be the worst part of my commute, which is the last 2 miles coming home through Maple Leaf and crossing Northgate Way. The press release: The Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) is holding an open house [...] Here’s a video about Walk Bike Ride and Streets for all Seattle which you can also hear about at our upcoming Community Meeting on Thursday. (See my subtle reference there?) It covers the issue from a variety of viewpoints around the city (including many areas that already have lots of sidewalks and infrastructure [...] Join this Easy bicycle ride from Northgate to Greenlake this Sunday, June 13, 1 p.m., for ice cream and a good back route to Greenlake and points south. [...] The Walk Bike Ride Ballot is now available online. You can either fill it out online or print it out and return it to the Mayor’s office. The ballots are also available at the community meetings that I mentioned earlier. The Bitter Lake meeting was tonight (anybody attend?) and there will be one in Northgate [...] June 21st, 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm at the Northgate Community Center. There are four upcoming Walk Bike Ride community meetings including one in our neighborhood. This will be a good time to share the priorities for our neighborhood. For example, would more sidewalks make it easier to get to the bus? It might be [...] Join cross-country cyclist on his first several miles of his 3,100-mile tour, share a taste of the glory, and show him a little cyclist camaraderie. Help escort friendly, worldwide cyclist from Victory Heights to Highway 2 early Saturday morning, 5/22, 6:45 a.m. [...] Commuters, Easy and Reluctant Riders, Frozen Dessert Fanatics! Pedal an easy Northgate-to-Greenlake route with Spokespeople North, a low-key, fun, and supportive group run by your neighbor, a Cascade Bicycle Club-certified ride leader and League of American Bicyclists LCI (League Cycling Instructor (in training)). Earn your self-host Ben & Jerry’s ice cream or slice of Zeke’s pizza on this easy 7.5-mile ride. All details at bottom of this post and at http://seattleeasyriders.net/calendar.aspx. [...] I’m a bit slow here but the information on the mayor’s Walk, Bike, Ride proposal has gone out. And while it deals with the whole city obviously, this is something that could have a tremendous impact on some of the local priorities like sidewalks.
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