SDOT Director Sam Zimbabwe is kicking off the remarks, highlighting 7th/8th Ave PBL, Westlake cycletrack, 2nd Ave and Pike/Pine as projects that are connecting neighborhoods. 8th Ave will get upgraded after the convention center construction is complete.
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Sam thanks advocates for pushing the city to make changes that improve streets for the better.
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Mayor Durkan highlights the 2019 projects on 8th Ave, in South Lake Union, Capitol Hill, Pioneer Square and the International District as a "season of change".
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Mayor Durkan asks advocates to keep pushing the city to do better. She cites the "country's largest free-floating bike share system".
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"We know when we hit our reset, we didn't reset quickly enough" she says about the Move Seattle goals.
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Brings up the Megablock sale as an opportunity to gain transportation dollars to invest in Vision Zero.
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Brings up transit priority: "While this is about protected bike lanes, we've got to do more to keep transit moving".
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The Mayor says she wants everyone waving red flags on Monday to get cars out of the bus lane to show up in Olympia next session.
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Cascade Bike Club's Vicky Clarke is now highlighting the work that advocates did to make the center city bike network a reality, setting a goal of a minimum grid by the end of 2019.
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Kevin Futhey of Commute Seattle highlighting the connection between proximity of bike infrastructure and bike to work rates.
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And with that Mayor Durkan and Vicky Clarke hold the crepe ribbon for the "inaugural" ride on 8th Ave.
In the Q&A after the event, in response to a question about Mike O'Brien's bill requiring bike lanes with repaving, the Mayor said "A lot's been said on that" regarding 35th Ave NE. I don't believe there's been any statement from her on the subject.
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"We're a growing city...people's habits need to change", the mayor said in response to a loaded question about taking car lanes for other uses.
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"My vision for America is free transit" Mayor Durkan said in response to a question about fare enforcement.
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