UPDATES IN 2020: Racial Equity and moving forward

The italicized text that appears within is editorialized by the person who wrote the initial draft of this post. Black lives matter.

Since this past spring of COVID-19 sheltering and the groundswell of the George Floyd and Black Lives Matter protests here and across the country, several of our projects have taken different paths from what we had begun to plan. In the interrim, some of our friends and neighbors …

Your Voice, Your Choice 2020

Graphic from Seattle Department of Neighborhoods

Entries are submittable by clicking on the graphic above, until March 18. Entries can now be categorized based on use and on infrastructure type.

Now's your chance to bring your personal experiences with our streets to the official attention of the City of Seattle. To kick things off, Gordon at Seattle Neighborhood Greenways has put out a call for people to identify opportunities …

UPDATES IN 2020: Safe Routes to School, MLK Day, PBLs, and more

We have a solid amount of updates to run through since last September: from new committees, to old projects coming back into the picture, Central Seattle Greenways has been plugging away through the fall and winter to set us up for a productive 2020.

New things in 2019 & 2020:

Racial Equity Committee: In the summer of 2019, SNG brought members together from neighborhood groups all over the city--including …

Pike/Pine Protected Bike Lanes: Outreach and Recommendations

We partnered with other community organizations to find out what people and businesses need from their street.

Central Seattle Greenways has been advocating for protected bike lanes in the Pike/Pine corridor for several years. So when Seattle City Council passed a resolution in the summer of 2018 requiring temporary infrastructure be installed in 2019, we rolled up our sleeves.

Our pop-up protected bike lane showed people what a lane might …

Pop-up protected bike lane!

Hundreds of people bike up Pike Street every day, but they have no dedicated space, jostling with cars and buses as they climb the hill. On September 21, 2018, one block of that hill was a bit safer and easier. For Park(ing) Day, Central Seattle Greenways and our friends at Cascade Bicycle Club, the Capitol Hill EcoDistrict, and the Northwest School transformed parking spaces into a protected bike lane. It …