Tag: sodo
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Georgetown to downtown bike route fully designed, construction could start in summer
A project to finally connect across one of the worst bike network gaps in Seattle should begin construction in the summer. The Georgetown to Downtown Safety Project will build missing bike lane sections to the north and south of the SoDo Trail, connecting the International District to Georgetown. The plans are final, and the city…
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SDOT is nearing final design for the Georgetown to Downtown bike route
The design for the Georgetown to Downtown Safety Project, which will build a long-awaited and sorely needed bike connection, is nearing completion. The biggest changes are that the route will now access the SoDo Trail via S Lander Street rather than S Forest Street, which the SoDo Business Improvement Area requested. They have also revealed…
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Seattle needs to do some major soul searching after what happened to Mamy Mbiya Lutumba
A single mother of four was killed, the person responsible fled, and nobody even bothered to tell her children. This happened in our city, Seattle, and everyone needs to stop what they’re doing and acknowledge it. The story of what happened to Mamy Mbiya Lutumba and her four children is inexcusable on many levels. Our…
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Sen. Cantwell: Seattle wins $25.7M grant for safe streets, mostly in SoDo
Seattle will receive a $25,654,000 grant from the USDOT’s Safe Streets for All program, Senator Maria Cantwell announced. Under the city’s $30 million proposal (PDF), the bulk of the funds would have focused on SoDo and Rainier Valley with spot improvements mostly focused in and near downtown, First Hill, Capitol Hill and the U District.…
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SDOT’s emergency bike lanes are glorious
I’m pecking this post out on my phone from beneath the West Seattle Bridge after biking SDOT’s temporary, emergency bike lanes on 1st Ave S and on W Marginal Way, and I’m just beaming. It’s so good. Everyone involved should be commended. Like, I just biked through Georgetown to the start of the Alki Trail,…
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SDOT will begin installing ‘temporary protected bike lanes’ in SoDo this week
SDOT will create temporary bike lanes to fill a gap in the Duwamish Trail and to improve safety on a significant stretch of 1st Avenue S in SoDo while crews work to repair the Spokane Street Bridge to West Seattle. Work will begin Wednesday. As we wrote in a post last week, “Creating two miles…
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