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Mayor McGinn: How About $3 Million More in Road Safety Improvements?

Michael van Baker — Tue, 14 May 2013 23:21:14 +0000

A press release from the Mayor's office quotes McGinn as saying, "We have heard from the public that they want safety improvements on our roads." To that end, Mayor McGinn is proposing to dedicate $3.25 million on projects on East Marginal Way, Westlake, lower Spokane Street, Rainier Avenue South, and Martin Luther King Way.

Seattle Times: Cyclists need “more than paint” for safety

Michael van Baker — Fri, 03 May 2013 18:53:18 +0000

Writes Martin: "The Downtown Seattle Association has joined with SDOT and King County Metro on Commute Seattle, which promotes better commute options into downtown, including a cycle track. Business support will be critical, because a cycle track will likely come at the cost of on-street parking."

Op-Ed: In-City Bicycling is Not a Road Race (cc: SDOT)

Michael van Baker — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 19:30:20 +0000

In 1992, 20 percent of cyclists downtown were women. By 2011, total cyclists had increased 200 percent, but only 22 percent of the 3,330 bicyclists spotted in a one-day count were women. In a city with as many outdoorsy women as Seattle boasts--trust me, REI membership is not 22 percent female--that's not an accident. It's a discriminatory by-product.