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Two Wheeling it in the City: Thoughts about bicycle safety

alyse — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 15:31:21 +0000

Learning about the tragic deaths in the bicycle community that have happened recently in the Pacific Northwest gives me goose bumps. I know that when I decide to ride to work – nearly 12 miles each way on the shoulder of a highway where cars speed by at 50 miles per hour – I’m taking a risk. Anyone [...]

Green Infrastructure: Hero of Budget and Earth

editor — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 18:40:49 +0000

Even though we won’t win a free trip to Portland for saying this, you should really be reading Sightline Daily. We like the regional round up of sustainability topics they find from all over the region, like this from the Tyee: Road and stormwater infrastructure often destroys the ecological function of the land that supports [...]

Capitol Hill Community Council’s Complete Streetcar Campaign

Nate — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 20:37:11 +0000

Great City volunteers and sustainable transportation advocates on Capitol Hill have been conspiring and brainstorming together for years. We’ve been thrilled to see the great traction our friends on the Capitol Hill Community Council (CHCC) are getting with their innovative “Complete Streetcar” concept. Here’s an update from the CHCC’s Mike Kent: On Tuesday, May 4th, [...]

What We Heard: Mike McGinn’s Open Source Transiton

paul — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:20:37 +0000

Great City is proud to have participated in Seattle mayor elect Mike McGinn’s “Open Source Transition”. To refresh your memory, the transition team asked a group of “community ambassadors” to solicit input from the public on three questions:

1. How do we build the strongest possible team to achieve the policy objectives and values set forth? 2. How do we build public trust in the new administration? 3. What do you view as the incoming administration and the city’s greatest challenge — what should we do first out of the gate?

We received 165 responses to the transition teams questions, which we have synthesized into an executive summary. If you would like to read what we heard, GC-McGinnTransitin.

This is Embarrassing…

paul — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:42:13 +0000

Especially when one considers that Atlanta's rail system (MARTA) was initially slated to go to Seattle. via The Overhead Wire who in turn got it from @ttpolitic