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Oct16Sat9:00 am Capitol Hill Green Stormwater Wa...Capitol Hill Green Stormwater Wa...Oct 16 @ 9:00 am – 11:00 amCapitol Hill Green Stormwater Walking ToursOctober 16, 2021Morning Tour: 9am – 11amAfternoon Tour: 1pm – 3pm Join the Capitol Hill EcoDistrict and Seattle 2030 District to explore the impacts of stormwater in Capitol Hill. We are hosting guided walking tours of Capitol Hill that … Continue reading1:00 pm Capitol Hill Green Stormwater Wa...Capitol Hill Green Stormwater Wa...Oct 16 @ 1:00 pm – 3:00 pmCapitol Hill Green Stormwater Walking ToursOctober 16, 2021Morning Tour: 9am – 11amAfternoon Tour: 1pm – 3pm Join the Capitol Hill EcoDistrict and Seattle 2030 District to explore the impacts of stormwater in Capitol Hill. We are hosting guided walking tours of Capitol Hill that … Continue reading7:00 pm Trail Blaze Bash: Twice the Fun ... @ 7Cedars Hotel and STREAMING IN ZOOMTrail Blaze Bash: Twice the Fun ... @ 7Cedars Hotel and STREAMING IN ZOOMOct 16 @ 7:00 pm
Trail Blaze Bash: Twice the Fun in 2021! Saturday, October 16, 2021 – HOLD THE DATE 7Cedars Hotel and Casino, Sequim, WA 7-8 PM We’re back and twice the fun! Attend live at 7Cedars Hotel and Casino or ZOOM-in virtually. … Continue readingOct17Sun10:00 am Neighborhood Sidewalk Cleanup: S... @ S Orcas St between Dearborn Park Elementary and 32nd Ave SNeighborhood Sidewalk Cleanup: S... @ S Orcas St between Dearborn Park Elementary and 32nd Ave SOct 17 @ 10:00 am – 11:30 amSunday, October 17 at 10 amMeet on the north sidewalk of Orcas St between Dearborn Park Elementary School and 32nd Ave S.– – – – We’ll be clearing the sidewalk on Orcas St east of Dearborn Park Elementary School and west … Continue reading12:00 pm Find-it-Fix-it Group Ride with B...Find-it-Fix-it Group Ride with B...Oct 17 @ 12:00 pm – 2:00 pmhttps://www.facebook.com/BFGreenways/ for more informationFacebookTwitterRedditPocketEmail
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Following Healthy Street success, Bellevue will trial its first neighborhood greenway this summer
Bellevue is getting ready to rollout its first take at a neighborhood greenway this summer, a north-south route running along side streets to the east of 164th Ave NE between Nothrup Way and SE 14th St, where it will meet … Continue reading
In May, the EasTrail will replace the Lake Washington Loop Trail near Coal Creek + Full closure May 4-5
2.5 miles of the Eastrail will be fully paved and opened next month between Ripley Lane N in Renton and Coal Creek Pkwy in Bellevue. Sections of the EasTrail route between Gene Coulon Park and Coal Creek Pkwy have been … Continue reading
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Biking the new I-90 Trail tunnel and flyover in Factoria
The I-90 trail just got a major upgrade in Factoria. A new bike trail tunnel and flyover opened Wednesday allowing trail users to bypass the busy intersection with Factoria Blvd and the I-90 off-ramp entirely. It also saves users some … Continue reading
Bellevue has launched its own car-light ‘Healthy Streets’ program
Seattle has been making headlines nationally for announcing that the city would make its Stay Healthy Streets program permanent, so you may have missed that Bellevue has started its own people-first street program it’s calling simply “Healthy Streets.” The Eastside … Continue reading
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Improved I-90 Trail connection in Factoria still aiming for a late 2020 opening
Work is still continuing on an improved I-90/Mountains to Sound Trail connection over Factoria Blvd SE in Bellevue. The project broke ground in the fall and is still aiming for completion in late 2020, according to project manager Chris Masek. … Continue reading
Person driving struck and killed a 63-year-old Newcastle man biking in Bellevue Sunday
A man turning left from Northrup Way onto NE 8th Street struck and killed a 63-year-old man from Newcastle who was riding his bike just west of Lake Sammamish Sunday afternoon. Though the collision is still under investigation, the City … Continue reading
Trail Alert 2/12-14: Eastrail closure near I-405/SR-520 interchange
Sound Transit is resurfacing a stretch of the Eastrail between the South Kirkland Park and Ride and the intersection of 120th Ave NE and Spring Blvd in Bellevue. So anyone trying to get through will have to detour via Northrup … Continue reading
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Biking increased 32% thanks to downtown Bellevue bike lane + City will keep it, debates expanding network
The City of Bellevue may have just conducted the most thorough study of a bike lane pilot project ever. The 31-page report (PDF) about the 108th Ave NE bike lane in the Eastside city’s downtown core found that bicycling increased … Continue reading
Bellevue is creating a Vision Zero ‘action plan,’ take their survey
The Bellevue City Council unanimously endorsed Vision Zero in 2015, and now they are putting together an action plan to help eliminate deaths and serious injuries on city streets by 2030. City staff have put together an online survey to … Continue reading
Seattle and Bellevue both make it on America’s Best New Bikeways of 2018
Seattle and Bellevue both turned heads nationally with protected bike lanes that opened this year, making People For Bikes’ list of “America’s 10 Best New Bikeways of 2018.” Seattle’s entry, the fantastic 2nd Ave bike lane extension in Belltown, made … Continue reading
Take Bellevue’s survey about the 108th Ave NE bike lanes
Bellevue wants to know what you think of their demonstration bike lanes on 108th Ave NE, so take their online survey and let them know. The city opened the new bike lanes this summer as a practical test of the … Continue reading
The Eastside Rail Trail grows: Celebrate Renton-to-Bellevue Saturday + A look at Kirkland-to-Spring District
King County will celebrate the opening of the newest section of the Eastside Rail Trail in Renton Saturday. The four-mile segment connects Gene Coulon Park to Newcastle Beach Park. Details from King County: Dear Friend of the ERC, Join King … Continue reading
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Bellevue just opened bike lanes through the heart of its downtown, launched bike share
I just had by far the least stressful bike ride through downtown Bellevue in my life. The newly opened 108th Ave NE bike lanes span the Eastside city’s downtown from NE 12th Street in the north to Main Street in … Continue reading
Do you travel to or from the Eastside? You gotta give biking the 520 Bridge a try
Biking across the 520 Bridge during a sunny evening commute this week, I was floored by the sheer number of people biking across Lake Washington. I knew demand for a biking connection on this bridge was going to be big, … Continue reading
Aviva Stephens: Pedaling my way to the 520 Bridge
EDITOR’S NOTE: Aviva Stephens is a Seattle native and financial professional who discovered the benefits and joys of cycling on her challenging work commute between Ballard and the Eastside. Find more of her writing on Medium and follow her on … Continue reading
Cascade: Bellevue City Council set to decide on downtown bike lane pilot Monday + How you can help
The Bellevue City Council will decide Monday whether the city will move forward with a demonstration protected bike lane on 108th Ave NE downtown, a first for Seattle’s biggest Eastside neighbor. The city’s Transportation Commission voted 5-2 last month in … Continue reading
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Cascade: Support Bellevue’s downtown bike lane plans Thursday
As we reported previously, the City of Bellevue plans to build one or more demonstration bike lanes in its downtown core this spring as a pilot project to try out the design and give people a chance to see them … Continue reading
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Bellevue plans to pilot game-changing downtown bike lane (or two)
Downtown Bellevue could be biking laps around downtown Seattle if it wanted to. Not only is downtown Bellevue much flatter than Seattle, the Eastside city’s streets are very wide, which makes them primed and ready to host a network of … Continue reading
Bellevue considers bike share permits, take their survey today
With thousands of bikes already in operation in Seattle and construction on a second cross-lake bike trail wrapping up in just a couple months, the City of Bellevue is considering its own permits to allow private bike share companies to … Continue reading
Using machine learning to predict traffic collisions in Bellevue (and how you can help)
The City of Bellevue, the UW and Microsoft just launched a fascinating machine-learning effort to analyze traffic danger and identify collision locations and conditions before they happen. But they need your help marking-up segments of video to identify people walking, … Continue reading
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