Join us for a community celebration of the completion and official opening of the Green Lake Outer Loop Path on Saturday, November 19, 11 a.m.
GLWSS Speaker Series: Councilmember Dan Strauss
Welcome to the Green Lake & Wallingford Safe Streets Speaker Series.
Join us on Tuesday, May 12 with Seattle City Councilmember Dan Strauss for our first speaker in the series for 2020.
Councilmember Strauss represents District 6, which encompasses Crown Hill, Ballard, Fremont, Phinney-Greenwood, and Green Lake. He serves as chair of the Land Use & Neighborhoods Committee and the vice-chair of the Transportation & Utilities Committee.
GLWSS Speaker Series:
Councilmember Dan Strauss
Tuesday, May 12, 5-6pm
Location: Google Meet
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Speaker Forum Format & Agenda:
Held by Google Meet , the meeting will be structured as follows:
First 30 Minutes:
5:00pm, Welcome & brief announcements by Brock Howell, GLWSS chair
5:05pm, Dan Strauss introductory remarks
5:10pm, Brock asks a set of questions to Dan
5:20pm, Questions from the Audience, Submitted first into the Chat, Moderated by Brock
Second 30 Minutes:
5:30pm, Updates & Discussions on GLWSS's Priorities & Projects, including the 45th Street Bridge, Major Repaving Project, Stay Healthy Streets, etc.
6pm, Absolute Hard End to Meeting.
If you have a question for Brock to ask Councilmember Strauss during the forum, please email him at brock@bikehappycascadia.com so he can add it to the list of potential questions.
Future meetings will be scheduled as opportunities arise. With all of us staying home, now is a great time to have video-based speakers, so we might do these as often as once per week — but we'll probably limit the meetings to 30 minutes total, cutting out the second half discussions. Let me know if you have ideas for guest speakers that you'd like to have in the future.
Metro's North Link Connections Mobility Project
SDOT's unacceptable decision for N 40th Street
SDOT had included bike lanes as part of planned repaving of N/NE 40th Street — consistent with Seattle’s Bicycle Master Plan — but now has cancelled the bike lanes. Now, instead of building the already designed bikeway, SDOT will install three pedestrian improvements instead. Pedestrian improvements are great, but shouldn't come at the cost of biking safely into the neighborhood.
Why we're excited for safer streets in Green Lake and Wallingford
We are excited for SDOT’s Green Lake & Wallingford Paving & Multimodal Improvements Project to enhance our neighborhood. We’ve got five big reasons because of the opportunities to:
Create a “park experience.”
Implement the Bicycle Master Plan.
Implement Vision Zero.
Create safe routes to schools and parks.
Establish an amazing neighborhood asset.