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Tag Archives: aurora
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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Rethinking Seattle’s Freeways: Mr. Inslee, tear down this Aurora wall
What if Bertha never finishes the SR 99 highway tunnel? What if SR 99 doesn’t need to be a freeway-style highway through downtown at all? And what if that’s true for the whole city, too? In other words, what if … Continue reading
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Tagged aurora, deep bore tunnel, fremont, green lake, jay inslee, phinney ridge, queen anne, rethinking seattle's freeways, sr 99, wallingford
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The massive casualty toll in the Ride the Ducks collision is hard to comprehend
From January through the end of August, five people had been killed in Seattle traffic. In a single collision today, four people were killed, eight were critically injured, eight more were seriously injured, and one is in “satisfactory” condition, according … Continue reading
Work on Hwy 99 tunnel ramps will close Dexter bike lanes + Is this a chance to extend the redesign?
The state is set to start utility relocation work to prepare the area between South Lake Union and Lower Queen Anne for the Highway 99 tunnel’s new on and off ramps. That means crews need to dig up parts of … Continue reading
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Tagged aurora, construction, deep bore tunnel, dexter, highway 99 north portal, laura newborn, lower queen anne, south lake union, wsdot
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Temporary Mercer walk/bike path under Aurora finally connects Dexter to Lower Queen Anne
After decades of being isolated from the city’s bicycle network, Lower Queen Anne is on the verge of a bike revolution. And a new temporary walk/bike path on Mercer under Aurora gives a preview of what it will be like … Continue reading
Bike Master Plan: Northwest Seattle – UPDATED
This is the third post in a series analyzing Seattle’s draft Bicycle Master Plan update, which is currently taking public comments. This post will focus on the northwest neighborhoods, north of the Ship Canal and west of Aurora. Stay tuned … Continue reading
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Tagged 15th ave NW, 2012 bicycle master plan update, aurora, ballard, crown hill, fremont, phinney ridge
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Walking in Seattle: 1/3 of Seattle pedestrian deaths occur on state and federal roads
Almost all of Seattle’s streets are city-owned and operated. Yet one third of the people who die while walking in our city are killed on federal and state highways, Walking in Seattle reports: Of the 104 pedestrians that were killed … Continue reading
Man biking on Aurora injured in collision with car
A man in his 40s went to the hospital with serious but not life-threatening injuries Thursday evening after colliding with a car while biking southbound on Aurora near 90th Ave N N 90th St. From SPD: On October 20th, at … Continue reading
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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Seattle Crime: Police bust prolific bike thief and chop shop
It’s warm, and that means bike thefts are at their peak. But thanks to a fight between a bike thief and an acquaintance, SPD busted one prolific thief and uncovered his chop shop, housed in a storage unit at 115th … Continue reading
2011 primary election bike-friendly voter’s guide
It’s voting time again. Odds are, your ballot is sitting in a pile of mail somewhere. Go dig it out. It’s time to vote with your spokes. Seattle Bike Blog is hardly prepared to provide a comprehensive voter’s guide, but … Continue reading
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Tagged 2011 primary, aurora, bobby forch, deep bore tunnel, endorsements, jean godden, referendum 1, sally clark, voting
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Morning Matinee: 100,000 people take to the ‘opened’ streets of LA for CicLAvia
CicLAvia, Let’s Go! from Streetfilms on Vimeo. Sunday, LA opened up some of its busiest streets to people, and the result sounds astounding. The video above is by the hardworking folks at Streetfilms.