Bellingham Transportation Fund: Time to Renew
The last item on your ballot may be one of the most important for our daily lives in Bellingham. It’s the renewal of the Bellingham Transportation Fund: Proposition 2020-14. [...]
Stoney Bird
Stoney Bird has been car-free for the last 20 years. It’s a good way to save money, stay healthy, and have fun when you are going around town. He served for many years as a corporate lawyer. More recently he has been involved in local environmental, transportation and social justice issues.
Articles by Stoney Bird
Opening Our Streets – A Golden Opportunity
Many readers will have noticed that there is a pronounced reduction in car traffic these days. The decrease seems actually to be an international phenomenon. With fewer cars, streets around [...]
Ranked-Choice Voting supported by Bellingham City Council
These days, you’ll find ranked-choice voting (RCV) popping up all over. Only last November, New York City voters adopted ranked-choice voting by a margin of 73% for and 27% against. Another [...]
Recent comments
"Excellent point, Jon. I’ll try to keep a Dig Once Policy at the forefront in future things that I write. May the City do likewise when planning and carrying [...]
Bellingham Transportation Fund: Time to Renew"Well done, Human Rights Task Force!
Racial Listening Sessions...or Tone Deaf?"All good stuff, James.
Opening Our Streets – A Golden Opportunity"More on what cities around the world are doing to encourage bicycles in the COVID era. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/12/business/paris-bicycles-commute-coronavirus.html?referringSource=articleShare
Opening Our Streets – A Golden Opportunity"Thanks for your comment, Nicholas. There is actually a group in town working on these things. You can contact them through Walk-Bike-Bus Bellingham on Facebook.
Opening Our Streets – A Golden Opportunity