Tag: bike trails
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Mountains-to-Sound Greenway ribbon-cutting Saturday + Video spoiler
The Mountains-to-Sound Greenway extension on Beacon Hill is complete, and there will be a ribbon-cutting ceremony Saturday, October 29 at 2:30 p.m. at Daejeon Park (see poster below). A couple friends and I took a detour on our way to Georgetown Brewing the other day to try out the new trail section (see video above,…
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Trail projects in Seattle create more jobs per dollar than roads
More jobs are created by building trails in Seattle than from road projects, according to a recent study (PDF) by Heidi Garrett-Peltier for the Political Economy Research Institute at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst (h/t Biking Bis). The study covered 11 cities around the country, from Seattle to Eugene to Houston. The researchers looked at…
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New Alaskan Way trail provides safer route south of downtown
No more following slow-moving, stressful Alaskan Way detours full of cars. No more confusing signage that almost leads you onto a Highway 99 on-ramp. No more getting stuck waiting for a train. WSDOT has opened a new multi-use trail between King St and S Atlantic St that will help those headed south and to the…
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City proposes Beacon Hill bike trail to connect I-90 to Sodo
SDOT is proposing a bike trail along the west side of Beacon Hill that would connect the I-90 trail to Beacon Ave near I-5. The project will provide a nice route through the greenbelt to people riding from the east side and along the I-90 trail to Sodo. From Mike Lindblom at the Seattle Times:…
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Where NOT to park your truck
Was riding on the Burke when I came across this asshat parked in the middle of the bike trail.
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No Cars Allowed
A new restaurant in Madison, Wisconsin is hoping to open up shop along a bike and pedestrian path in “the one place where you can’t hear any cars in the middle of the city,” according to the Wisconsin State Journal. In fact, it will be impossible to get there by car.
tagged: beer, bike trails, burke-gilman, business, counterbalance, development, food, gilligan’s brewing, wisconsin

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