A handful of interesting notes from this morning’s Council Briefing, which featured a presentation on Seafair.
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News roundup: bike safety, gun & ammo tax, the Jungle, and jobs
A veritable potpourri of stories this morning.
Continue readingNews roundup: Backyard cottages, slumlords, and bikes
Yesterday’s announcement by Council member O’Brien tops the news this morning.
Continue readingNews roundup: the Jungle will be swept
The unsanctioned homeless encampment known as the Jungle is back in the news this morning. Plus much more…
Continue readingBike plan: the bad news isn’t so bad
The last couple of weeks have not been happy for bicycle enthusiasts, since SDOT released a revision of the Seattle Bike Plan that had significant cutbacks for 2016 and beyond. That was interpreted as both a violation of the voters’ faith when they approved the Move Seattle levy last year, and a failure to deliver on the conditions that the City Council wrote into their approval of the Pronto buyout earlier this year. The bicycle community has been up in arms about it. But yesterday afternoon, representatives from SDOT appeared in front of the City Council’s Sustainability and Transportation Committee …
Continue readingNews roundup: Misogyny, Samantha Bee, AirBNB, ST3, and unreinforced masonry
A little bit of everything this morning…
Continue readingNotes from Monday Council meetings
It was a pretty tepid day in Council Chamber, but here are a few interesting tidbits worth noting.
Continue readingNews roundup: Cherry Hill and bike plan
In the news this morning, Capitol Hill Seattle Blog reports that the City Council is poised to approve an amended version of Swedish’s Cherry Hill campus master plan. Also, NextCity covers SDOT’s scaled-back bike plan, which gets a hearing in front of the Council Tuesday afternoon. Seattle Bike Blog discusses Pronto’s plans for a Ride Free Day, and recounts its up-and-down membership numbers.
Continue readingThis week: moving things forward, and a book
The Council will be pushing forward on a number of fronts this week, including the confirmation hearings for Sam Assefa, the 2035 Comprehensive Plan, the Bicycle Master Plan, and Sound Transit 3. Also, there’s a book you should read.
Continue readingNews roundup: Design reviews, slumlords, and bike lanes
Good morning! I hope you are all enjoying having the Viaduct back several days early. New topics are popping up in the news this morning.
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