{"id":16450,"date":"2017-10-06T12:09:58","date_gmt":"2017-10-06T19:09:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wabikes.org\/?p=16450"},"modified":"2017-10-06T12:15:03","modified_gmt":"2017-10-06T19:15:03","slug":"washington-bikes-endorsements-bellevue-needs-safe-places-bike-city-council-wholl-help-make-happen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wabikes.org\/index.php\/2017\/10\/06\/washington-bikes-endorsements-bellevue-needs-safe-places-bike-city-council-wholl-help-make-happen\/","title":{"rendered":"Washington Bikes Endorsements: Bellevue Needs Safe Places to Bike and a City Council Who\u2019ll Help Make That Happen"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><em>Whoever fills the three council seats will help chart the trajectory of a rapidly changing Bellevue. We need people in leadership who\u2019ll build a Bellevue Bike Network by 2020. <a href=\"http:\/\/p2a.co\/npgm1H8\">Sign up today to help elect these bike champions.<\/a><\/em><\/h4>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/wabikes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/DSC_0053_Courtesy-of-City-of-Bellevue-400x267.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0053_Courtesy of City of Bellevue\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Washington Bikes 2017 Bellevue Endorsements:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jaredforbellevue.com\/\">City Council Position 4, Jared Nieuwenhuis<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.janicezahn.org\/\">City Council Position 5, Janice Zahn<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/allinforlynne.com\/\">City Council Position 6, Lynne Robinson<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Three of Bellevue\u2019s seven council seats will be decided this election. Since Bellevue is a \u201cstrong council\u201d city, with no elected Mayor, electing council members who\u2019ll take action to advance safe biking is critical: they collectively hold the key to change.<\/p>\n<p>Over the next four years, the task of city council will be to make sure safe places to bike materialize from funding sources and planning that\u2019s already in place. Most pressing is the reality that much of Bellevue\u2019s street network \u2013 especially downtown \u2013 is devoid of safe places to bike. Six lane roads with no bike lanes present a future opportunity for bikes, but today are unappealing to even the most experienced, fearless riders.<\/p>\n<p>Until recently, Bellevue\u2019s sole transportation focus was moving cars as efficiently as possible. But thanks to newer voices on the council the tide has started to turn in Bellevue. The city\u2019s 2016 Transportation Neighborhood Safety tax levy was approved by local voters and came with a promise to start building a connected, all ages and abilities, bike network. Turning that funding into concrete protected bike lanes downtown is the next logical step, and bike-friendly voices on council are essential to making that happen in the next couple of years.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-16453 alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/wabikes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/DSC_0173-400x266.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0173\" width=\"286\" height=\"164\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-16454 alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/wabikes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/DSC_0214-400x266.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0214\" width=\"288\" height=\"193\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wabikes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/DSC_0214-400x266.jpg 400w, https:\/\/wabikes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/DSC_0214-768x511.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 288px) 100vw, 288px\" \/><em><br \/>\nToday, wide, multi-lane streets devoid of bike lanes leave little option in downtown Bellevue but to take to the sidewalk or ditch the bike altogether for all but the most fearless of riders. The next city council has the chance to make biking safe and inviting in downtown Bellevue.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Between the Eastside Rail Corridor and SR-520 trail, more people will soon be arriving to Bellevue\u2019s downtown streets on bikes, and that number is only going to increase as more of the Eastside Rail Corridor is built in the next few years. A network of protected bike lanes in downtown Bellevue will get people safely and comfortably from the SR-520, ERC, and I-90 trails to the places they need and want to go.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve endorsed candidates in all three Bellevue city council races who say they\u2019ll work to ensure that there\u2019s more funding for biking in the next city budget, and that they support building a Downtown Basic Bike Network in Bellevue by 2020. If elected, we\u2019ll be holding these candidates accountable and working with them to create a more bike-friendly Bellevue.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not just Bellevue where electing bike-friendly leaders now is essential. <a href=\"http:\/\/wabikes.org\/2017\/10\/06\/washington-bikes-endorsements-eastside-needs-bike-friendly-leaders-now-ever\/\">In each one of the Eastside communities we\u2019ve endorsed<\/a>, there are important funding and policy decisions coming up that can make for safer, connected communities by bike.<\/p>\n<p>With less than eight weeks until Election Day, we are in the final stretch! Doorbelling and phone calling on behalf of Washington Bikes\u2019 endorsed candidates will take place between now and November 7. <strong>Sign up below to get plugged in to ways to support your nearest bike champion!<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"advocacy-actionwidget\" style=\"width: 100%; height: 100%;\" data-domain=\"p2a.co\" data-shorturl=\"lMv2lRq\"><\/div>\n<p><script>\/\/ <![CDATA[\n(function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = '\/\/p2a.co\/js\/embed\/widget\/advocacywidget.min.js'; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); }(document, 'script', 'advocacy-actionwidget-code'));\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Whoever fills the three council seats will help chart the trajectory of a rapidly changing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Washington Bikes Endorsements: Bellevue Needs Safe Places to Bike and a City Council Who\u2019ll Help Make That Happen","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16450","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-wa-bikes-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - 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