Summer is just around the corner and it’s a great time to get outside and explore your neighborhood and your city. Take advantage of the nicer weather and get out of your car and on your feet for the July-August Walk Bike Ride Challenge. Lots of trips we take are two miles or less, with lots of opportunities to try something new!
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June 27, 2012January 6, 2023Councilmember Rasmussen
Bring Internet home for $9.95 a Month
Do you or someone you know have a child at school who receives free or reduced lunches? If so, you could be eligible to receive affordable internet access through Comcast’s program Internet Essentials. It’s available to households with children who receive free or reduced lunches through the National School Lunch Program. While participating in Internet [...]
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June 13, 2012January 6, 2023Councilmember Rasmussen
Got an Idea for a Bicycle Rack Location?
We would like your help with finding places to install them where they will be most useful, particularly in Delridge, South Park, Georgetown, and Southeast Seattle.
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June 7, 2012January 6, 2023Councilmember Rasmussen
Westbound Spokane Street Viaduct Closure This Weekend
The updated construction related travel lane closures and/or shifts for the coming week are outlined below, although some dates could slip depending on weather conditions
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June 6, 2012January 6, 2023Councilmember Rasmussen
City Inside/Out: Council Edition June 2012 6/5/2012
Councilmember Tom Rasmussen visited the Seattle Channel studio for the June episode of Council Edition.
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May 23, 2012January 6, 2023Councilmember Rasmussen
Watch it Live: SDOT to Release Arena Transportation Study
Today from 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) will release the Seattle Arena Transportation Study recently completed by Parametrix. In support of this public release, SDOT and Parametrix will conduct a media brief...
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May 21, 2012January 6, 2023Councilmember Rasmussen
City of Seattle Promotes Efforts to Lower Prescription Drug Costs for Uninsured Residents
Councilmember Tom Rasmussen and Mayor Mike McGinn highlight new National League of Cities discount card and Washington Prescription Drug Program.
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May 15, 2012January 6, 2023Councilmember Rasmussen
A Reminder from Washington State Transportation Department (WSDOT)
Both directions of SR 99 between the north end of the Battery Street Tunnel and the West Seattle Bridge will close from 11 p.m. Friday, May 18, to 5 a.m. Monday, May 21.
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May 11, 2012January 6, 2023Councilmember Rasmussen
Commute Seattle
Commute Seattle, a not-for-profit transportation service organization working to provide alternatives to drive-alone commuter trips in an effort to improve access to and mobility through downtown Seattle.
Commute Seattle’s ambitious goal is to shift to 35,000 daily drive-alone commute trips to transit, cycling, walking and ridesharing by 2015.
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May 3, 2012January 6, 2023Councilmember Rasmussen
The goal is to make sure the launching pit is ready to receive the tunnel-boring machine early next year.
The launching pit alone is a massive project. Crews are currently digging hundreds of long, slender columns that reach about 100 feet below the surface. The columns, which are filled with concrete, will form the pit’s walls. Once those walls are in place, crews will dig out the center, clearing a space for the tunnel-boring machine to begin its journey