City uses “separate but equal” strategy for the nation’s best riding. Over the next decade, the city plans to make roads safer for two-wheelers through new infrastructure
“We want to make Seattle the best city in the nation to bicycle,” said Mayor Greg Nickels on the release of the City’s Bicycle Master Plan, estimated to cost $240 million over the next 10 years.
David Hiller, of Cascade Bicycle Club, one of the Bicycle Master Plan’s co-writers, calls it “the best plan in the country — our benchmark was higher.”
“One word really sums up my appreciation: Yippee!” noted Barbara Culp of the Bicycle Alliance, which also helped craft the plan. ...