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From our Bike Events Calendar
May20Friall-day Happy Bike Everywhere Day!Happy Bike Everywhere Day!May 20 all-dayhttps://cascade.org/rides-and-events/bike-everywhere-month-2022FacebookTwitterRedditPocketEmail5:00 pm Ballard-Fremont Greenways social...Ballard-Fremont Greenways social...May 20 @ 5:00 pm – 7:30 pmIn honor of Bike Everywhere Day, Ballard-Fremont Greenways will be hosting a social ride to Sunset Hill Park.5:00pm Meet at the Dinosaur in Fremont 5:30pm Roll outRoute: West on Burke Gilman TrailNorth on 6th Ave NWWest on NW 58th … Continue readingMay21Sat10:00 am Delridge Community Bike Fun @ Delridge Community CenterDelridge Community Bike Fun @ Delridge Community CenterMay 21 @ 10:00 am – 1:00 pmBike fun for all sponsored by Delridge Community Center with West Seattle Bike Connections for a bike rodeo and bike decorating; Bike Works mobile repair van; free rentals of adaptive cycles for children and adult riders with disabilities from Outdoors … Continue readingMay22Sun10:00 am Kidical Mass Ride – Bicycle Sund... @ Mount Baker BeachKidical Mass Ride – Bicycle Sund... @ Mount Baker BeachMay 22 @ 10:00 am – 12:30 pm
We’ll meet up at 10:00 AM at Mt. Baker Beach parking lot. This is the beginning of Lake Washington Boulevard ‘Bicycle Weekends’ where the street is closed to motorized vehicles except for local access. We’ll decorate our bikes and the … Continue reading
Tag Archives: 5th ave
Watch: Mayor Durkan celebrates downtown bike lanes, says more to come
(Video transcript) Mayor Jenny Durkan has completely changed her tune about bike lanes since her first year in office. Well, that’s not entirely accurate because in her first year in office, she said very little about bike lanes at all. … Continue reading
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Tagged 5th ave, 8th ave, 9th ave, basic bike network, bell street, center city bike network, clara cantor, downtown, jenny durkan, Main St, south lake union, vicky clarke
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Crews are currently building Seattle’s most important new bike connection in years
It may be short, but don’t let that fool you. The protected bike lanes currently under construction on a few blocks of S Main St and 5th Ave S between the International District and the 2nd Ave bike lane should … Continue reading
Downtown-to-ID bike lane options are proving difficult, city plans subpar route
Connecting the 2nd Ave bike lane to the International District and the Southeast Seattle bike routes beyond is proving to be very difficult. This connection is the single most important missing piece of the downtown bike network, and the City … Continue reading
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Tagged 5th ave, 6th ave s, dearborn st, downtown, first hill streetcar, international district, jackson, pioneer square, sdot
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The One Center City plan includes some bold ideas, but fails to prioritize safety
The One Center City partnership released a set of “near-term strategies” for a major redesign of downtown streets Thursday that would increase bus capacity, could increase car capacity, and neither commits to building a connected network of safe bike lanes … Continue reading
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Tagged 4th ave, 5th ave, basic bike network, center city bike network, center city mobility plan, downtown, one center city
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Yesler bridge work starts today + Will they build the right kind of bike lanes?
A $19.8 million project to rehab the historic Yesler Way bridge downtown starts today. Yesler Way will be under construction from 6th to 3rd Avenues downtown until fall 2017. You should also expect construction and detours on 4th and 5th … Continue reading
Man killed and woman seriously injured in shared-bike collision with bus
A man and woman sharing a bike collided with a Sound Transit bus at 5th and Main at 10:40 p.m. Saturday night. The woman was seriously injured, but conscious at the scene. The man died. Our condolences to his friends … Continue reading
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Tagged 5th ave, deaths, injuries, international district, kiro, s main street, sound transit, spd
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5th Ave has a new protected bike lane … for one block
The city recently completed and opened a one-block section of protected bike lane on 5th Ave just south of Mercer. Like the Mercer bike lane, the lane is glorious where it exists. It’s bright green and separated from the street, … Continue reading
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Tagged 5th ave, mercer, mercer mess, seattle center, seattle public schools
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Times: Innovative 5th Ave bikeway and public space in the works
Here’s an idea that’s incredibly obvious and way overdue: Shift parking on 5th Ave underneath the monorail columns, then use the skinny lane to the west to create a fully protected bikeway and expand the neighborhood space. Right now, the … Continue reading
SPD: Woman with walker killed crossing street downtown
A man driving a pickup truck struck and killed a woman with a walker as she crossed Seneca at 5th Ave near the YWCA Thursday afternoon. UPDATE: The King County Medical Examiner has identified her as Michele Jozefiak, 45. Our … Continue reading
