Tag: bruce harrell

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
February 27, 2023

Draft of SDOT’s Vision Zero review suggests internal reorganizing and more funding, but it feels small compared to our traffic violence emergency

On his first day on the job, SDOT Director Greg Spotts pledged a “top-to-bottom review” of the department’s Vision Zero program to figure out why traffic injuries and deaths are increasing, especially for people walking and rolling. He assigned employees from outside the Vision Zero team to perform the review, and they released a draft…
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tagged: bruce harrell, greg spotts, sdot, vision zero
February 6, 2023

Thanks to years of delays, Seattle has 2 years to build 47 miles of voter-approved bike routes

Seattle voters overwhelmingly approved a taxing levy in 2015 with the stated goal of building 110 miles of new or upgraded protected bike lanes and neighborhood greenways across the city by the end of 2024. As of the start of 2023, the city has only constructed 57% of that goal, according to a presentation SDOT…
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tagged: bruce harrell, ed murray, greg spotts, jenny durkan, move seattle levy, move seattle levy oversight committee, sdot