{"id":869,"date":"2019-08-05T09:15:16","date_gmt":"2019-08-05T16:15:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.washingtonbikelaw.com\/blog\/?p=869"},"modified":"2021-05-15T23:56:29","modified_gmt":"2021-05-16T06:56:29","slug":"2019-awards-for-making-streets-safer-and-better-for-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.washingtonbikelaw.com\/blog\/2019-awards-for-making-streets-safer-and-better-for-people.html","title":{"rendered":"2019 Awards for Making Streets Safer and Better for People"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

On August 4, 2019 at Seattle Neighborhood Greenways<\/a> (SNG)’s Feast in the Street celebration, Bob Anderton announced the 2019 award winners. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In announcing the awards, Bob Anderton said, ” I am a bike lawyer.<\/a> I\u2019ve been representing people injured on our streets for more than a quarter century. I founded Washington Bike Law not just to represent injured bicyclists, but to help make our streets safer for everyone.” <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anderton continued, “But here\u2019s the deal, my office represents people who\u2019ve already<\/em><\/strong> been injured in bike and pedestrian crashes. Mostly what we do is too late<\/em><\/strong>.” <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Tonight, with these first-annual awards, we recognize Seattle people and organizations who work to prevent<\/em><\/strong> crashes and make Seattle\u2019s streets better for people.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The annual Washington Bike Law and SNG awards are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The People\u2019s Champion Award<\/em><\/strong>, for outstanding safe streets advocacy and achievement; and <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Community Enhancer Award<\/em><\/strong>, for leadership in creating vibrant public space and making streets places where communities can thrive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Friends of Hing Hay Park <\/strong>is the 2019 winner of the Community Enhancer Award <\/strong>for bringing to life perhaps Seattle\u2019s best new public space at\u2026 (wait for it) Hing Hay Park<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jeff Hou spoke about how the park really serves the community and is actually used by it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Brie Gyncild<\/strong> and David Seater <\/strong>are the 2019 co-winners of the People\u2019s Champion Award<\/strong> for their work on the Pike\/Pine Protected Bike Lanes<\/a> Community Engagement <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Under their co-leadership, Central Seattle Greenway<\/a>s led the multi-year advocacy effort for protected bike lanes connecting Capitol Hill to downtown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Tonight, with these first-annual awards, we recognize Seattle people and organizations who work to prevent crashes and make Seattle\u2019s streets better for people.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[18,21,17,19],"class_list":["post-869","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bicycle-advocates","tag-community-enhancer-award","tag-feast-in-the-streets","tag-peoples-champion-award","tag-seattle-neighborhood-greenways"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.washingtonbikelaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/869","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.washingtonbikelaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.washingtonbikelaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.washingtonbikelaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.washingtonbikelaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=869"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.washingtonbikelaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/869\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1154,"href":"https:\/\/www.washingtonbikelaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/869\/revisions\/1154"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.washingtonbikelaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=869"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.washingtonbikelaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=869"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.washingtonbikelaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=869"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}