West Seattle Tuesday: Transportation – where’s it going? Plus: 911

(Photo by Pye42, from the West Seattle Blog Flickr photo pool)
From the WSB West Seattle Events calendar – Bikes? Buses? Trains? Cars? Feet? Or? Tonight, Sustainable West Seattle‘s monthly community forum tackles transportation, and where it’s going. And as previewed here last week, the panel includes SDOT’s director Peter Hahn and the West Seattle-residing City Councilmember who chairs the Transportation Committee, Tom Rasmussen. Be at the Senior Center of West Seattle (enter off Oregon, east of California), 7 pm … Also tonight, another perennially hot topic: Calling 911 – when to call, what to say, what if it doesn’t sound like you’re being taken seriously? The West Seattle Blockwatch Captains Network hosts guests from King County 911 and SPD, and reiterate that ALL are invited, not just blockwatch captains/participants – be at the Southwest Precinct meeting room (off Webster west of Delridge), 6:30 pm … Historian and community advocate Ron Richardson will be remembered at 2 pm today, The Hall at Fauntleroy (9141 California SW) … A brown-bag talk on “developing personal safety nets” is set for 11:30 am today at Alki Arts (2820 Alki SW); call 206-659-0665 to register … Enjoy writing/telling stories? Tonight is Writers and Tellers night at two venues in White Center/West Seattle – full details here … Free live music at Skylark Café and Club (3803 Delridge Way SW; WSB sponsor) tonight, four acts starting at 8 pm, listed on the Skylark calendar … More on our calendar!

Velo_nut February 22, 2011 (9:59 am)

Comments on cyclist hate and licensing bicycles in 3…2…1…

JAT February 22, 2011 (10:02 am)

I love cyclists! Let’s keep the trend of cycle love going, non-short-sighted readers!

Yardark February 22, 2011 (4:50 pm)

I’m trying to figure out which fight would be more fun to watch:
bike enthusiast v. car enthusiast or
tunnel supporter v. tunnel protester.
In any case, it should be a lively evening at the Senior Center.

mickey mouse February 22, 2011 (6:52 pm)

sure see lots of cyclists in the bike lane photo….no more money to bike lanes…..what a bunch of wasted funds!

WSB February 22, 2011 (6:57 pm)

That’s actually the bike/skateboard/skater lane that’s been along Alki a long time – between the curb and the parking.

JN February 22, 2011 (9:48 pm)

I cycle along that path all the time, and I am glad it is there! Maybe if pedestrians stopped walking in groups three-abreast, more people would use it. The sidewalk is literally a foot away, people! Just because you don’t see a lot of cars on a particular road, you don’t start walking right in the middle of it and then exclaim in surprise when one whizzes by. And @ mickey mouse, the reason you don’t see a ton of cyclists using some of the bike lanes in the city (Second Avenue downtown, esp.) is mostly due to the fact that they are ill-planned and give cyclists (especially beginning cyclists) a false sense of security. This is mainly because the city wants to say it is bicycle-friendly, but doesn’t want to take the much-needed step of RECLAIMING space from motorized vehicles, aka murder-mobiles.

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