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From our Bike Events Calendar
May28Sun10:00 am Bicycle Sunday @ Lake Washington BlvdBicycle Sunday @ Lake Washington BlvdMay 28 @ 10:00 am – 6:00 pm
For the 49th year, Seattle kicks off Bicycle Sunday. Three miles of Lake Washington Blvd will go car-free 12 Sundays in 2017. It’s a great chance to experience of the most beautiful urban streets in the world without stressing about … Continue reading10:00 am Bike Works Volunteer Repair Party @ Bike Works ClassroomsBike Works Volunteer Repair Party @ Bike Works ClassroomsMay 28 @ 10:00 am – 1:00 pmAre you a new volunteer? Do you have worktrade debt from a Bike Works class? Are you a volunteer from Bike Works past and want to re-engage? Are you interested in learning more about bikes while participating in some awesome … Continue readingMay29Mon6:00 am EvergreenHealth 7 Hills of Kirkland @ Marina ParkEvergreenHealth 7 Hills of Kirkland @ Marina ParkMay 29 @ 6:00 am
The 7 Hills of Kirkland offers a choice of three routes. See the 7 Hills of Kirkland web site for more information: http://www.7hillskirkland.org/ The traditional 7 Hills course is approximately 40 miles long with about 3,000 feet of climbing. It … Continue readingMay31Wed6:30 pm Seattle Bike Commuting Tips & Tr... @ Seattle REISeattle Bike Commuting Tips & Tr... @ Seattle REIMay 31 @ 6:30 pm – 7:30 pmFrom the event page: If you have thought about biking to your destination for exercise or to beat traffic but you are dissuaded by the thought of biking around cars, up hills, in the cold or in the rain, join … Continue readingJun1Thu6:30 pm Bike Works Volunteer Repair Party @ Bike Works ClassroomsBike Works Volunteer Repair Party @ Bike Works ClassroomsJun 1 @ 6:30 pm – 9:30 pmDetails: Are you a new volunteer? Do you have worktrade debt from a Bike Works class? Are you a volunteer from Bike Works past and want to re-engage? Are you interested in learning more about bikes while participating in some … Continue reading Be a Seattle Bike Blog Supporter!
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Tag Archives: alaskan way viaduct
Seattle still doesn’t need a downtown car tunnel, but crews deserve a victory lap today
Seattle Bike Blog has been opposed to the downtown car tunnel since this site started in 2010, and we still are. It’s an enormous investment in unsustainable transportation that will likely make downtown and South Lake Union traffic worse. It’s a … Continue reading
Walk through the Battery Street Tunnel Sunday + What will be its legacy in our city?
The Battery Street Tunnel has been part of Seattle for 65 years, but very few people have ever had the opportunity to walk through it. Well, Sunday morning is your chance. Walk the Battery is a free public event, part … Continue reading
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Tagged alaskan way viaduct, aurora, b'End Tunnel, battery street tunnel, belltown, lid i-5, sr 99, waterfront
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Seattle’s planned waterfront highway takes major step forward. It must be stopped.
It is 2016. Nearly every month this year reached the hottest global average on record. Cities across the world and across our nation are working to remove downtown highways that divide and depress their vital economic and cultural centers. Yet … Continue reading
Bike the Vote! Where to drop your ballot (+ NO on the Viaduct Park, YES on housing)
Voter turnout for the August 2 primary is looking very low so far. Don’t miss your chance to help the housing levy scream to victory. And hey, dropping your ballot at a dropbox is a great excuse for a bike … Continue reading
Our latest look at plans for a new downtown waterfront
The draft Environmental Impact Statement for the redesigned Seattle downtown waterfront is out. You have until August 12 to submit comments, which you can do via this online survey or by emailing DEIS@waterfrontseattle.org. The final EIS should be out in … Continue reading
Seattle’s highway tunnel wins award! … for ‘Worst Highway Boondoggle’
Seattle is a city that is doing everything. Our city makes all the lists of places in the nation that are making smart decisions and getting results.* Best place to get a job? Made that list. Best new protected bike … Continue reading
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Tagged alaskan way viaduct, deep bore tunnel, ed murray, nick licata, streetsblog, streetsie, tom rasmussen
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Why Seattle should stop waiting for the tunnel and tear down the viaduct now
The megaproject to repair the delayed downtown highway megaproject has been delayed. Again. The tunnel project team had their shot to build the tunnel before the viaduct was torn down. They blew it, and now the viaduct is sinking beyond … Continue reading
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Tagged alaskan way viaduct, deep bore tunnel, jean godden, rebertha, wsdot
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WSDOT opens bike path under new Atlantic St Overpass
The biking and walking trail under the newly-opened Atlantic Street Overpass is now open, fixing a confusing bike connection between E Marginal Way and the Alaskan Way Trail into downtown. When the overpass opened to traffic early this year, the … Continue reading
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Tagged alaskan way, alaskan way trail, alaskan way viaduct, deep bore tunnel, s atlantic st, sodo, wsdot
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#ReturnBertha: Why we don’t need to finish the downtown tunnel highway
While we here at Seattle Bike Blog have been very much against the Highway 99 deep bore highway tunnel all along, it was mostly because it is too expensive for what we were going to get. Basically, by investing in … Continue reading
Reader hit by car under viaduct not injured, but concerned about safety on temporary bikeway
Steve Greenberg was struck by a somebody he says made an illegal right turn on red across the temporary bikeway under the Alaskan Way Viaduct. The collision occurred Friday morning where King Street crosses under the viaduct. He was not … Continue reading
WSDOT extending viaduct construction cycle track (with video!)
If you commute along the waterfront or via the ferry, you have probably gotten used to the bike detour changing over and over again. Sometimes it’s a big improvement, but sometimes it’s not. Well, brace yourself for another big change … Continue reading
W Seattle bike commuter explains danger posed near Terminal 46 (VIDEO)
Remember the scary tale by Kit Newman, who says he was nearly struck by a truck on S Alaskan Way near Atlantic? Well, West Seattle bike commuter Tom Furtwangler (from Bikejuju) made a video clearly outlining the problem:
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Tagged alaskan way, alaskan way viaduct, freight, kit newman, tom furtwangler, video
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What we can learn from the tunnel vote loss
Well, our city has voted to invest an astronomical amount of money to build a tunnel for cars. It’s an investment in the past, in pollution and in continued, long-term motor vehicle use. I can’t deny I’m a bit relieved … Continue reading
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Tagged advocacy, alaskan way viaduct, aurora, deep bore tunnel, referendum 1
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Alaskan Way S construction detour in place until April 8
Cyclists who use Alaskan Way to head south from downtown will be routed around a block of construction from now until April 8, according to WSDOT. In addition to the one-block detour, WSDOT is trying to route cyclists onto side … Continue reading
StreetFilms: Highway Removal
MBA_Trailer from Streetfilms on Vimeo. Meanwhile, Protect Seattle Now has gathered 29,000 referendum signatures. They need 16,503 of those to be accepted. Pretty good odds. Polls show only 35 percent of people in Seattle want a tunnel. Studies show far … Continue reading
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Viaduct shutdown idea gaining momentum
The same morning we wrote about the economics of highway removal and suggested we try closing the viaduct, Mayor McGinn was saying something similar on KUOW. So is Michael van Baker at the SunBreak (which has a wonderful new site … Continue reading
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Tagged alaskan way viaduct, deep bore tunnel, earthquakes, japan, mike mcginn, seattle times, sunbreak, tom rasmussen
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Must read for Viaduct removal skeptics: The economics of highway removal
In a post full to the brim with incredible economic stats, Elly Blue spells out the economic benefits of urban highway removal. Among the incredible bits of knowledge she reveals: “for the $75 million spent repaving three miles of urban … Continue reading
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Tagged alaskan way viaduct, deep bore tunnel, elly blue, grist, highway removal
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