This morning, the Planning, Land Use and Zoning Committee held its sixth discussion of a bill to update the city’s code for off-street and bicycle parking, and it finally rolled up its sleeves and got to work: after passing several amendments, it voted to move the bill out of committee and on to the full Council for final approval.
Category Archives: bicycling
Burke-Gilman Trail “Missing Link” gets the green light from the Hearing Examiner
Today the Seattle Office of the Hearing Examiner released its decision on the latest appeal of the city’s attempt to complete the “missing link” of the Burke-Gilman Trail through Ballard. The examiner affirmed the validity of the Final Environmental Impact Statement, which clears the project to go forward unless it is appealed further up the line.
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SDOT rebooting the Bicycle Master Plan implementation plan
2016 was not a good year for implementation of the city’s Bicycle Master Plan. But SDOT learned some lessons and is working hard to catch up and learn from what went wrong. Last week they laid it all out for the City Council.
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City picks a path for the Burke-Gilman Trail “missing link”
This afternoon, the city announced its preferred path for a trail to fill in the “missing link” of the Burke-Gilman Trail in Ballard.
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Burke-Gilman Trail “Missing Link” one step closer to getting built
On Wednesday the Council got a briefing on a project that’s been brewing for almost fifteen years: filling in the “missing link” of the Burke-Gilman Trail in Ballard.
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Seattle’s bike share system is dead (UPDATED)
Friday afternoon, Mayor Ed Murray made a surprise announcement that he is re-allocating the funds set aside for the re-launch of the city’s bike share system toward a series of bicycle and pedestrian improvements. And so ends the saga of bike share in Seattle.
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This week: budget wrap, move-in fees, housing levy
The City Council only meets two days this holiday week, but they will be very busy ones.
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News roundup: election blowback, and more
Reaction to Tuesday’s election tops today’s news.
News roundup: secure scheduling, heroin task force, and more
This afternoon’s vote on the secure scheduling ordinance tops this morning’s news coverage.
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Notes from this morning’s Council Briefing
Some quick hits from this morning’s Council Briefing, mostly about new legislation about to be introduced.