Author: Tom Fucoloro
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Bike/walk bridge over SR 520 in Montlake will open Dec 14
The very long-awaited biking and walking bridge over SR 520 in Montlake will finally open with a community celebration 11 a.m. December 14. For the better part of a decade, folks trying to bike through Montlake have been dealing with a variety of different detours, and they’ve been stuck mixing with people on the sidewalk…
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Beacon Hill community group’s recommended bike detours during 15th Ave S construction
SDOT is hard at work building a major improvement to bicycle access on Beacon Hill: Protected bike lanes on 15th Ave S and Beacon Ave S. When completed, this will be one of Seattle’s most important bike route improvements in years. But first, folks need to get through construction. The city’s official bicycle detour points…
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Major Burke-Gilman detours in Fremont and Ballard end as sewer work progresses
Seattle’s least-discussed infrastructure megaproject has wrapped up a pair of multi-year, trail-disrupting closures in Fremont and Ballard in recent weeks. Work on the $561 million Ship Canal Water Quality Project has taken place in multiple locations, including bike-route-disrupting closures on Stone Way in Fremont and near Fred Meyer in Ballard. Work at both sites is…
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Seattle prepares to pass budget with huge increases for safe streets + What CM Saka should do about Delridge
Thanks to Seattle voters, in 2025 the city is poised to invest $21 million in new sidewalks, $4.2 million in sidewalk repairs, $8.6 million in Vision Zero, $1.6 million in Safe Routes to School, $9.8 million in new protected bike lanes, and $1 million to upgrade existing bike lane barriers. To deliver all this, they…
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CM Saka budget proposal would create plan to end service on SLU Streetcar
The future has become even bleaker for the low-ridership South Lake Union (“SLU”) Streetcar line as Transportation Committee Chair Rob Saka has proposed funding a plan for how to wind down and end service on the line. The budget changes would no actually end service, but they set the stage to do so as early…
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Publicola: SPD emergency driving policy now instructs officers to consider road conditions, safety of other road users
Though you would hope it would have been common sense, the Seattle Police Department recently updated its emergency vehicle operations policies to specify considerations officers should make before choosing to drive above the speed limit, Andrew Engelson at Publicola reported. Officers should take into account the street’s “character,” such as whether it is a side…
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