{"id":5944,"date":"2018-06-13T13:41:57","date_gmt":"2018-06-13T20:41:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/?p=5944"},"modified":"2018-06-13T13:48:19","modified_gmt":"2018-06-13T20:48:19","slug":"city-of-yakima-seeks-input-on-bike-rack-locations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/city-of-yakima-seeks-input-on-bike-rack-locations\/","title":{"rendered":"City of Yakima Seeks Input on Bike Rack Locations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"margin: 0px;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;font-size: 11pt;font-weight: normal\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Where are bike racks located in the City of Yakima? Where are they needed, or in need of repairs?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;font-size: 11pt;font-weight: normal\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">A new City of Yakima web-based app aims to help the City&#8217;s Bike and Pedestrian Advisory Committee find answers to those questions.<\/span><\/span><span style=\"margin: 0px;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;font-size: 11pt;font-weight: normal\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;font-size: 11pt;font-weight: normal\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">The City has created a bike rack data collection system application online at <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.yakimawa.gov%2Fbike-racks&amp;data=02%7C01%7Cluthompson%40yakimaherald.com%7C3d0828ab2a4046ee6ed508d5b76f7ce4%7Cfc2b8476b7f0473d82fbe0a89fd99855%7C0%7C1%7C636616611836551741&amp;sdata=Zt8YIMCtrhflVbn8zkwO2PHK5AG%2F16lVEl1J%2B%2BxLyjU%3D&amp;reserved=0\">http:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/bike-racks<\/a><span style=\"color: #000000\"> that seeks the public&#8217;s input on where bike racks are located, where they\u2019re needed, or where there should be more bike racks.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;font-size: 11pt;font-weight: normal\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">&#8220;Members of the Bike and Pedestrian Advisory Committee and City staff are to be commended for their initiative in asking for the community&#8217;s suggestions about bike racks,&#8221; said City Councilmember Jason White, who is the Council&#8217;s liaison to the Committee. &#8220;The City wants to hear from its residents about enhancing bicycle access and safety, and this app is a great option for the public to weigh in.&#8221;<\/span><\/span><span style=\"margin: 0px;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;font-size: 11pt;font-weight: normal\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;font-size: 11pt;font-weight: normal\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Users can also upload a picture to show space where a rack is needed or if there is a damaged rack in need of repair.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;font-size: 11pt;font-weight: normal\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">&#8220;The application is pretty easy to use and is compatible with mobile devices,&#8221; said City of Yakima Chief Engineer Brett Sheffield. &#8220;Simply zoom in to the area, or use the address bar in the upper left, select one of the three categories and give a brief description.&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;font-size: 11pt;font-weight: normal\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Visit <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/council\/boards-commissions\/\">https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/council\/boards-commissions\/<\/a><span style=\"color: #000000\"> for more information about the Bike and Pedestrian Committee or other City of Yakima commissions, committees, and boards.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;font-size: 11pt;font-weight: normal\"><span style=\"color: #000000\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/6\/files\/sites\/6\/Bike-Rack-Input-News-Release.pdf\">Bike Rack Input &#8211; News Release<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Where are bike racks located in the City of Yakima? Where are they needed, or in need of repairs? A new City of Yakima web-based app aims to help the City&#8217;s Bike and Pedestrian Advisory Committee find answers to those questions.\u00a0 The City has created a bike rack data collection system application online at http:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/bike-racks<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5944","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5944","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5944"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5944\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5948,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5944\/revisions\/5948"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5944"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5944"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5944"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}