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Kirkland Greenways gaining momentum

Monday, May 13th, 2013 by

Since Kirkland Greenways kicked off the greenways movement on the Eastside with its first meeting in February, they’ve been busy with public meetings, presentations to neighborhood associations and the Kirkland transportation commission and organizing rides.

Turns out that there are many people around Kirkland who really care about making neighborhood streets safer for all users.

Ready to learn more about greenways in Kirkland? Want be part of the greenways movement?  Attend one of the upcoming events in and around Kirkland:

Kirkland Greenways will be presenting on

- Tuesday, May 14, at the South Rose Hill/Bridle Trails neighborhood association meeting.  This meeting will take place at Lake Washington United Methodist, from 7-9 p.m.

- Monday, May 20, at the North Rose Hill Neighborhood Association meeting. This meeting will take place at Fire Station#26, 7-9 p.m.

KG will also be present and available for questions at the following events:

- Finn Hill Neighborhood Association meeting on Wednesday, May 29, at Finn Hill Jr. High, from  6:30-7 p.m.
- Walk ‘n’ Roll Safety Fair on Friday, June 7, at Juanita Beach Park from  3-7 p.m.

Posted in Advocacy, Eastside, Greenways | 1 Comment »

Seattle Neighborhood Greenways to host memorial walk for couple killed on NE 75th Street

Thursday, March 28th, 2013 by

On Monday, April 1, a week after a suspected drunk driver hit four pedestrians in front of Eckstein Middle School, killing two people and severely injuring two more, Seattle Neighborhood Greenways will be leading a memorial walk.

On the afternoon of Monday, March 25, the Schulte family was crossing the street on Northeast 75th Street and 33rd Avenue Northeast when the driver, Mark Mullan, ran into them with his pickup truck, killing Dennis and Judy Schulte and leaving their daughter-in-law and her infant son critically injured.

Trying to send the message that “Crossing streets with dignity is our right as people everywhere in Seattle,” Seattle Neighborhhood Greenways are encouraging people to come out for the memorial walk and pay respect to the couple killed while calling for safer neighborhood streets.

Leaving at 4 p.m. from Top Pot Doughnuts, 6845 35th Ave NE, the walk will visit the crash site as well as the proposed Northeast Seattle Greenway.

People are encouraged to bring flowers or canned food, which will be taken to the University Food Bank. One can also donate to an online medical fund for Karina and baby Elias or memorial fund for Dennis and Judy Schulte.

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Memorial Walk details:
When: Monday, April 1. 4 – 5 p.m.
Start: Top Pot Doughnuts, 6855 35th NE.
Why walk:
- To pay your respects to the retired couple that was killed.
- To call for safer streets and support changes now that will save hundreds of lives in the future.
- Walk for yourself, your family and your community.

Posted in Around town, Greenways, News | 3 Comments »

Let’s kick off the greenway movement on the Eastside!

Friday, February 15th, 2013 by

Kirkland resident Glen Bluhmann has a vision. He envisions being able to go from his Eastside home to his kids’ school, his favorite coffee shop, the library, that new restaurant he heard about from friends and everywhere else in the Eastside neighborhoods on a complete network of quiet residential streets.

He dreams of safe streets where kids are riding their bikes and playing, families are walking their dogs, and neighbors stop for a quick chat while people in cars ride by slowly, cautious and cognizant of sharing the road with all of these other people.

He envisions this network connected to current and future shared use trails, enabling us all to ride our bikes comfortably and safely to destinations even farther away without ever having to ride in traffic and on a high speed arterial.

Glen is dreaming of neighborhood greenways.

In Seattle there are 20 neighborhood greenway groups who have been working hard over the past 18 months to design and start making their greenway dreams a reality.  Now it’s time for the Eastside to start working on theirs.

Come help Glen, a graduate of Cascade’s Advocacy Leadership Institute, and his fellow visionaries kick off the greenway movement on the Eastside!

On Wednesday, Feb. 20, come learn about greenways and share your dream. Where would you like to be able to walk or bike to?

Attendees will be encouraged to mark up maps of Kirkland and the rest of the Eastside to indicate your favorite neighborhood destinations, existing safe walking and biking routes and dangerous conflict areas.

The City of Seattle is taken its first steps toward creating healthier, safer and connected neighborhoods, now it’s time for the Eastside cities to do the same.  Help Kirkland Greenways work with the City of Kirkland and the other Eastside cities to turn these visions into reality.

Details:

What: Kirkland Greenways Kickoff Meeting
When:  Wednesday, Feb 20. 6:30 – 7:30 p.m.
Where: Houghton Fire Station #22, 6602 108th Ave. NE, Kirkland

Visit their Facebook page for more information.

Posted in Advocacy, Eastside, Greenways, Meetings & turnout | No Comments »

A safe and comfortable Delridge

Thursday, November 8th, 2012 by

I recently had the pleasure of spending some time riding on the world-class bikeways of Vancouver, B.C. and Portland, OR, and I can tell you this - our neighbors to the north and south are beating us when it comes to making sure our streets work for everyone. 

Both cities have built expansive networks of neighborhood greenways - streets where everyone, from an eight-year-old child to her eighty-year-old grandmother, feels safe and comfortable riding a bike or walking to where they need to go. Seattle can do it too, but we need to speak up now to make it happen in the North Delridge neighborhood.

The Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) has scheduled two meetings to discuss the potential for a neighborhood greenway in North Delridge. At the first meeting on Wednesday, Nov. 14, SDOT will provide you with an overview of what neighborhood greenways are all about and they want to hear from you on issues like:

- What it’s like to bike and walk in North Delridge?

- Where it’s most challenging to bike and walk?

 - Where you want to bike and walk?

- What the goals of a Delridge neighborhood greenway should be?

At the second meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2013 (same time and place), SDOT will present you with recommendations for where to build the greenway and what it will look like, along with listening to your feedback on their proposal and describing next steps with the project. We will follow up with more details on this meeting soon, but for now, please save the date.

Neighborhood greenways are residential streets generally parallel to main arterials with low volumes of auto traffic and low speeds, where people who walk and ride bicycles are given priority. Greenways have been improved for travel by people of all ages and abilities with things like safe arterial crossings, signage, paint, refuge medians and traffic diverters.

This is your chance to gather with your friends and neighbors in your community who are committed to making it safe and comfortable to walk and bike in your neighborhood.

Click here to RSVP for the Nov. 14 Delridge neighborhood greenway planning meeting at Youngstown Cultural Arts Center (4408 Delridge Way SW) from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. >>

Thanks for helping to make Delridge safer for everyone.

Posted in Advocacy, Greenways | 1 Comment »

Video: Seattle welcomes new greenway

Friday, October 26th, 2012 by

This morning, representatives of Seattle Children’s, SDOT, Seattle City Council, Cascade Bicycle Club, and the Wedgwood community—some in costume –gathered  to celebrate the opening of Seattle’s newest greenway along 39th Ave.  NE.

Funded by Seattle Children’s as part of their $4 million Liveable Streets Initiative, the greenway is part of Children’s big-picture goal of improving mobility, safety, and livability in Northeast Seattle.

“The idea is that we build healthier streets and that leads to healthier communities,” said Paulo Nunes-Ueno of Seattle Children’s. “Already, every Friday, 30 to 40 kids bike to Thornton Creek School.”

While much of the painting and striping has yet to be completed, the greenway is accessible from the Burke-Gilman Trail  via ramps and sharrows,  and leads along 39th Ave. NE to desirable locations such as schools, PCC, Top Pot Doughnuts, summer markets and more.

Improvements along 39th Ave. NE  include:

- Better access to the Burke Gilman Trail
- Intelligent Transportation Systems that use technology to give drivers more information
- Corridor improvements that increase safety for all users
- Traffic islands at crossing to slow speed and increase awareness of other users
- Striping and wayfinding

Posted in Family biking, Greenways | 2 Comments »

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