{"id":7066,"date":"2014-04-16T16:01:13","date_gmt":"2014-04-16T23:01:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wabikes.org\/?p=7066"},"modified":"2014-04-16T16:06:04","modified_gmt":"2014-04-16T23:06:04","slug":"build-better-burke-gilman-trail-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wabikes.org\/index.php\/2014\/04\/16\/build-better-burke-gilman-trail-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Build a Better Burke-Gilman Trail NOW!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: small;\">The University of Washington is applying for a TIGER 2014 grant from USDOT to improve the entire portion of the\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: small;\"><b>Burke-Gilman Trail<\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: small;\">\u00a0that runs through campus (1.7 miles, from near University Village to near the I-5 bridge). Less roots. More safety. Better trailbed.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: small;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Your voice counts!<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: small;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #222222; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: small;\">Project support is one of the criteria USDOT will consider when taking the University\u2019s application into consideration. Make your voice heard today! <a title=\"Endorse the BGT\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washington.edu\/facilities\/transportation\/tiger\/content\/endorse-our-project\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Click here<\/strong><\/a> to add your name to the list of project supporters.<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: small;\">To find out more about the proposed improvements and grant application, visit\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/uw.edu\/burke-gilman\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: small;\">uw.edu\/burke-gilman<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: small;\">.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The University of Washington is applying for a TIGER 2014 grant from USDOT to improve [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","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":[18,34,45,11,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7066","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-advocacy","category-alert","category-bike-funding-policy-wa","category-seattle-king-county-wa","category-trails"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Build a Better Burke-Gilman Trail NOW! 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