Let's Bring Sunday Parkways to Seattle!

If you had the chance to bring “one of the greatest community events ever created” to Seattle—wouldn’t you? Seattle Neighborhood Greenways has long advocated to bring these fun and inspiring events to Seattle, and why we traveled to Portland with 18 Seattle leaders, including Cascade Bicycle Club staff, Seattle City Councilmember Sally Bagshaw, SDOT and Seattle Parks managers, and local advocates to see and learn about the magic …

Local Leaders Discuss Wary Bikers, Family Rides on KUOW

Did you catch this KUOW segment on what it will take to get more Seattleites on bikes? (Listen here) The segment features a couple of our passionate Seattle Neighborhood Greenways leaders, Madison Park Greenways Bob Edmiston (also on our Board), and Wallingford Greenways Madi Carlson (she's also our webmaster!) Madi Carlson bikes with her kids. Madi Carlson bikes with her kids. Edmiston talks on KUOW about the characters he’s come up with to illustrate …

Linking Seattle's Northern Lakes with Greenways

Wouldn't it be great to travel on safe streets around the beautiful small lakes of north Seattle? Wouldn't safe crossings of Aurora and I-5 make sense in the northern end of the city? These are some of the questions people in the northernmost end of Seattle are asking as they form a new greenways group.Screen Shot 2014-08-01 at 3.17.52 PM The new Northern Lakes Greenway is supported by Lake City Neighborhood Alliance, the Haller Lake …

Support Prop 1 for Seattle Parks on August 5 2014

Seattle Neighborhood Greenways endorses Seattle Proposition 1 to fund our parks. We support this stable and Tim Eyman-proof funding source that will allow us to pass down a beautiful and functional park system – not a park maintenance backlog – to our children and grandchildren. Screen Shot 2014-06-04 at 10.01.37 PMThe Seattle Neighborhood Greenways community coalition envisions a Seattle Parks system where our kids can safely bike to and through parks for fun, or simply …

Design Plans: What Could A New Queen Anne Intersection Look Like?

In Queen Anne, Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) and Queen Anne Greenways are working together to redesign the intersection of 7th Ave W and W McGraw. SDOT used the Queen Anne Greenways Blueprint for a Walkable Bikeable Queen Anne to guide its designs. Check out these snazzy scenarios presented by Senior Transportation Planner Brian Dougherty. The elements in the three concepts can be mixed and matched based on community …