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From our Bike Events Calendar
Dec7Wed6:00 pm Seattle Bicycle Advisory Board M...Seattle Bicycle Advisory Board M...Dec 7 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pmMonthly agendas can be found at: http://www.seattle.gov/seattle-bicycle-advisory-board/meetings/meeting-agendas The Seattle Bicycle Advisory Board (SBAB) advises the Mayor, City Council, and City Departments and Divisions on projects, policies, and programs that improve and/or affect bicycling conditions in Seattle. Responsibilities SBAB’s responsibilities include: … Continue readingDec8Thu7:15 pm Point83 @ Westlake ParkPoint83 @ Westlake ParkDec 8 @ 7:15 pm
Meet up in the center of the park at 7ish. Leave at 730. Every Thursday from now until forever rain or shine. Bikes, beers, illegal firepits, nachos, bottlerockets, timetraveling, lollygagging, mechanicals, good times.FacebookTwitterRedditPocketEmailDec10Sat10:00 am Friends on Bikes 2nd Saturday Ri...Friends on Bikes 2nd Saturday Ri...Dec 10 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pmFriends on Bikes2nd Saturday Ride Series– – – ✨🌸 SPRING HAS SPRUNG 🌸✨And we are ready to roll into the sunshine. Starting April 9th, join us every second Saturday, late mornings for no-drop, snack-forward, and friendly rides all over Seattle.Meet-up locations … Continue reading10:00 am Little Brook Neighborhood CleanupLittle Brook Neighborhood CleanupDec 10 @ 10:00 am – 11:00 amMonthly 2nd Saturday Neighborhood Cleanup. If you want to help with cutting vegetation, bring your own good gloves and tools. We have yard waste bags, grabbers, yellow bags for trash, light weight gloves and vests.And, as usual, if you want info … Continue readingDec11Sun9:00 am Mt Baker Hub Alliance 2nd Sunday...Mt Baker Hub Alliance 2nd Sunday...Dec 11 @ 9:00 am – 12:00 pmEvery month volunteers gather to collect garbage and help beautify our neighborhood. On average, we collect about 15 bags of garbage per clean up, which means 1,000’s of small pieces of plastic that do not find their way into Puget … Continue reading
Tag Archives: buffered bike lanes
Spot with most bike-involved collisions gets new bike lane
As reported in October, the stretch of N 45th Street in front of the Wallingford Dick’s Drive-In saw the highest number of traffic collisions between cars and bikes in the whole city. Responding to the issue, SDOT has installed a … Continue reading
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Tagged buffered bike lanes, dick's drive-in, n 45th st, sdot, wallingford
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Buffer space added to bike lanes on older section of Dexter
A few weeks ago, the city added a couple feet of buffer space to the bike lanes on Dexter between Mercer and Denny Way, just south of the recently-reconfigured section complete with bus islands and a road diet. The added … Continue reading
Dexter is a next generation Seattle bike facility (VIDEO)
The repaved and redesigned Dexter Ave N has been open for a couple weeks now, and so far I have only heard praise for the road’s design. The wide bike lanes with several feet of buffer space make biking remarkably … Continue reading
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Tagged 2nd ave, buffered bike lanes, dexter, downtown, queen anne, separated bike lanes
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S Columbian Way project to calm traffic, connect Beacon Hill and Columbia City
SDOT repaved and redesigned S Columbian Way between 15th Ave S and Beacon Ave S last year, and the interim results are promising: • Traffic volume up 15-20% • No change in number of collisions • 85th percentile speed down … Continue reading
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Tagged 2011 paving, beacon hill, buffered bike lanes, columbia city, rainier vista, s alaska st, s columbian way
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Attention Dexter bikers: Construction starts March 7
Work to repave Dexter Ave N is scheduled to start March 7 and will not be completed until late summer (h/t Fremont Universe). Bicyclists will at times be required to ride with general traffic during lane closures throughout the length … Continue reading
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Tagged 2011 road projects, buffered bike lanes, construction, dexter, sdot
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Buffered bike lanes a much better fit for Dexter
Dexter is going to be pretty nice once the new plans are paved. First, look at the image above. For those who ride across the Fremont bridge to Dexter, you know this spot pretty well. Usually there are no cars … Continue reading
Dexter cycle track plans changed, wide buffered bike lanes proposed
Commenter Andreas pointed out that the plans for Dexter have changed. Instead of placing cycle tracks between the parked cars and the sidewalk, the new plans place large buffered bike lanes between the general travel lanes and parked cars. Here … Continue reading
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Tagged bike lanes, buffered bike lanes, cycle tracks, dexter, road tailoring
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Cycle Tracks and Seattle, Part 1: But the Danes can do it!
The Green Wave in Copenhagen from Copenhagenize on Vimeo. After attending the Great City brown bag this afternoon, I decided Seattle bikers need to take a closer look at cycle tracks and work to better define what we need and … Continue reading
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Tagged broadway, buffered bike lanes, copenhagen, cycle tracks, cycle tracks and seattle, dexter, great city, vehicular riding, yesler
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Admiral Way makeover plans draw (expected) criticisms from drivers, some concerns from bikers
Responses to the open house about the proposed changes to Admiral Way have ranged from the typical driver concerns about how it will slow them down (which is the whole point on this 30 mph road) to concerns that the … Continue reading
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Tagged admiral, bike lanes, buffered bike lanes, road diets, sdot, seattle likes bikes, sharrows, west seattle
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