Tag: 9th ave n

May 28, 2024

They did the thing I suggested at 9th and Mercer, and it almost works!

They did it! The Seattle Department of Transportation changed the order of the traffic signals at 9th Ave N and Mercer Street to allow straight traffic, the bike lane and the crosswalk to go before the left turns. This was an idea I first suggested more than six years ago shortly after the new Mercer…
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tagged: 9th ave n, mercer, sdot, south lake union, videos
April 29, 2022

Watch: A $0 fix for the notorious 9th and Mercer intersection

Every day during busy travel times, people turning left from southbound 9th Avenue N block the bike lane and crosswalk across Mercer Street. This happens every signal cycle, forcing people to try to find a path through the mess of cars and trucks just to get across the street. It has been this way for…
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tagged: 9th ave n, mercer
September 8, 2017

City extends 9th Ave protected bike lanes + How can the city fix the Mercer crossing?

We are two blocks closer to a complete connection between downtown and the Westlake Bikeway. SDOT installed Phase II of their three-phase rollout of protected bike lanes on 9th Ave N in South Lake Union this week. The bike lanes now extend as far south as Harrison Street, where they transition into the existing painted…
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tagged: 9th ave n, mercer, mercer mess, protected bike lanes, sdot
June 14, 2017

9th Ave bike lanes carve out a real transportation option in South Lake Union

People using the Westlake Bikeway can now, finally, get to and through South Lake Union via a mostly uninterrupted route of bike lanes. It’s not the most direct route, and the connection into downtown is still incomplete. But for an interim solution, wow, it’s a lot better. And as a video by Seattle Neighborhood Greenways’…
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tagged: 9th ave n, dexter, roy, sdot, south lake union, tim fliss, westlake cycle track
March 18, 2015

Alert: Dexter will be closed near Mercer all day Saturday and weekday nights

If you plan on biking on Dexter Saturday, give yourself some extra time and be ready for a detour. Workers will completely close Dexter between Aloha and Mercer starting 6 a.m. Saturday and lasting until 6 a.m. Sunday. The street will also be closed nightly from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. Monday through Thursday until…
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tagged: 9th ave n, construction, dexter, sdot, westlake cycle track