Tag: ballard
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SDOT releases early design for Leary/Market bikeway, seeks feedback
The day before Thanksgiving, SDOT released a first look at their design concept for a Ballard Missing Link bike route alternative following 17th Ave NW, Leary Way and Market Street. The plan includes a 10-foot-wide “multi-use trail” on one side of the street as well as significant traffic calming and safety upgrades to Leary Way…
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It’s happeningggggggg!!!!!!!!!
via SDOT Director Greg Spotts. For background on what’s happening here, see our previous story. UPDATE: I biked there so I could touch it myself to confirm it’s real. It is. However, I now see that this looks like a blurry Big Foot photo from a hunt for the mythical Missing Link. Oooh, there’s a…
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Council approves deal to pave over the Missing Link tracks under the Ballard Bridge
Within hours after the City Council approved a deal with the railroad now formerly known as the Ballard Terminal Railroad Tuesday, SDOT crews had already marked out the area under the Ballard Bridge where they plan to pave over both the railroad tracks and gravel pits in order to create a safe bicycle pathway. Work…
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Seattle reaches agreement with railroad to pave over dangerous tracks under the Ballard Bridge
In a surprise development in the long, injurious and frustrating history of the Ballard Missing Link of the Burke-Gilman Trail, Councilmember Dan Strauss announced Tuesday an agreement with the Ballard Terminal Railroad Company that should set the city up to pave over the rarely used tracks near and under the Ballard Bridge. “This is a…
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Someone installed a ramp over the Missing Link gravel pit
Seattle’s Department of Transportation created a new way to bike through the notoriously dangerous track-crossing section of the Ballard Missing Link: A ramp. Though now that I look a little closer, I’m beginning to wonder if this really is an official piece of transportation infrastructure. Something about the font doesn’t seem quite right. But is…
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Last day to complete Leary/Market Missing Link survey
You’ve been asking—no, begging—the city for more surveys about road safety projects. Luckily, the city has heard you. Today (9/8) is the final day to fill out this short survey about the Leary/Market concept for connecting the Burke-Gilman Trail through Ballard. In classic Seattle survey fashion, it asks a handful of questions the public really…
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