Tag: bruce harrell

October 5, 2023

Seattle leaders will break ground on MLK Way safety project

Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell will join SDOT and Sound Transit leaders as well as community members to celebrate the start of the MLK Way S safety project 10 a.m. Friday (October 6) where the I-90 Trail crosses MLK. The project includes protected bike lanes from S Judkins Street/I-90 Trail to and, importantly, through the intersection…
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tagged: bruce harrell, I-90 trail, judkins park, mlk way, mount baker station, mt baker, rainier ave, sdot
September 6, 2023

Seattle needs a permanently safe space for biking and walking on Lake Washington Blvd

After a failed attempt at convening a task force to discuss ways to make Lake Washington Boulevard safe for people walking and biking, Seattle Parks is now preparing to make some small adjustments to the street that fall far short of what is needed and what the vast majority of people have said they want…
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tagged: bruce harrell, lake washington blvd, parks and recreation, seattle neighborhood greenways, seattle parks district, tammy morales
July 1, 2023

SDOT begins study of CM Strauss’s Leary Way concept for the Missing Link + Legal update on Shilshole

At the urging of Councilmember Dan Strauss and with Mayor Bruce Harrell’s support, SDOT is beginning early design work on a potential alternative for the Burke-Gilman Trail Missing Link in Ballard. Though the city has a design fully completed and ready for construction along Shilshole Ave NW, the construction permits are held up in court…
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tagged: ballard, bruce harrell, burke-gilman trail, dan strauss, missing link, sdot
June 28, 2023

Federal grants will fund Seattle ‘low-emission neighborhoods,’ Sound-to-Pacific Trail planning, Shoreline light rail connections + more

Newly-announced Federal RAISE (“Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity”) grants will help fund several interesting walking and biking projects around the region, including planning work for an ambitious trail from the Bainbridge Island Ferry Terminal to La Push on the Pacific Coast. The City of Port Angeles led a successful grant application for the…
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tagged: bruce harrell, low-emission neighborhoods, N 148th Street Bridge, Olympic Discovery Trail, patty murray, port angeles, Puget Sound to Pacific Trail, rebuilding american infrastructure with sustainability and equity, shoreline, Sound to Olympics Trail
March 24, 2023

Work to connect the Duwamish Trail to the Spokane Street Bridge will start in early April

The Duwamish Trail will finally connect to the Spokane Street Bridge in May, SDOT told area stakeholders. Work will begin in early April and, weather permitting, should be be completed in just a couple weeks. The permanent trail connection will replace the temporary barrel-lined trail constructed during the emergency Spokane Street Bridge closure in January.…
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tagged: bruce harrell, duwamish trail, sdot, west marginal way
March 2, 2023

Greenways and Cascade seek more specifics in plan to get Vision Zero back on track

SDOT is set to present their “top to bottom review” of the Vision Zero program to the City Council Transportation Committee March 7, and safe streets advocates are pushing for more specifics and hard deadlines to “light a fire under our elected leaders to get Vision Zero back on track,” as Cascade Bicycle Club put…
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tagged: bruce harrell, cascade bicycle club, greg spotts, seattle neighborhood greenways, vision zero