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From our Bike Events Calendar
Apr23Tue6:00 pm SDOT – Bicycle Master Plan Cafe ...SDOT – Bicycle Master Plan Cafe ...Apr 23 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pmFrom SDOT: Join us for cafe-style conversations with transportation planners and Department of Neighborhoods staff to discuss a draft six-year plan to build facilities encouraging and accommodating more people riding a bicycle. Read our recent blog post to learn about … Continue readingApr24Wed6:00 pm Ballard-Fremont Greenways MeetingBallard-Fremont Greenways MeetingApr 24 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pmBallard-Fremont Greenways meets monthly on the 4th Wednesday of the month. Location TBD.FacebookTwitterRedditPocketEmail6:00 pm SDOT – Bicycle Master Plan Cafe ...SDOT – Bicycle Master Plan Cafe ...Apr 24 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pmFrom SDOT: Join us for cafe-style conversations with transportation planners and Department of Neighborhoods staff to discuss a draft six-year plan to build facilities encouraging and accommodating more people riding a bicycle. Read our recent blog post to learn about … Continue readingApr25Thu6:30 pm Bike Works Volunteer Repair Party @ Bike Works ClassroomsBike Works Volunteer Repair Party @ Bike Works ClassroomsApr 25 @ 6:30 pm – 9:30 pmDetails: Volunteer Repair Parties (VRP) are drop-in, weekly bike repair parties for adults (age 18 and up). You do not need to be a skilled bike mechanic to help out. This is how most volunteers with Bike Works get their … Continue readingApr27Sat1:00 pm SE Seattle Biketrain – Weekend RideSE Seattle Biketrain – Weekend RideApr 27 @ 1:00 pm
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Tag Archives: burke-gilman trail
Trail Alert: Burke-Gilman blocked by downed tree in Bothell until Tuesday
A large tree fell over the weekend and has blocked the Burke-Gilman Trail in Bothell, and King County Parks says it cannot remove the tree until Tuesday. The tree is blocking the trail at about 91st Ave NE, a tricky … Continue reading
Trail Alert: Burke-Gilman Trail detour along Seaview
Work is starting on a Seattle Public Utilities project that will detour the Burke-Gilman Trail along a stretch of Seaview Ave NW in Ballard so crews can stage equipment. Unfortunately, the detour plans currently say that people biking will be … Continue reading
Judge decides Missing Link megastudy did not adequately address economic concerns
In yet another partial court defeat, the Ballard Missing Link of the Burke-Gilman Trail has once again been thrown into question this week after King County Superior Court Judge Samuel Chung sided with the city on two out of three … Continue reading
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Tagged ballard, burke-gilman trail, cascade bicycle club, missing link, samuel chung
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Missing Link design nearly complete, construction to begin this winter (unless the court intervenes)
Barring a court order, construction on the Ballard Missing Link of the Burke-Gilman Trail is scheduled to begin this winter. So while an appeal is still working its way through the courts, the city is moving forward with a construction … Continue reading
Trail Alert 8/21-26: Burke-Gilman and Ship Canal Trail repaving in Fremont/Queen Anne
The good news is that some of the busiest and bumpiest sections of the Burke-Gilman and Ship Canal Trails in the Fremont/Queen Anne area are getting repaved this week. The planned detours could be interesting, though. For example, what neighborhood … Continue reading
Big legal decision supports finishing the Burke-Gilman Missing Link
The Ballard Missing Link of the Burke-Gilman Trail won a huge legal decision today, with the Seattle Hearing Examiner deciding that SDOT’s environmental study and findings was adequate. After completion of an enormous environmental impact study for the short stretch … Continue reading
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Tagged ballard, burke-gilman trail, jenny durkan, mike o'brien, missing link
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Supporters of a completed Missing Link will host happy hour Wednesday
After decades of public meetings and open houses and letter-writing campaigns, it’s perhaps a bit difficult to get motivated for yet another public event about the Ballard Missing Link of the Burke-Gilman Trail. But what if I told you there … Continue reading
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Tagged burke-gilman trail, cascade bicycle club, jenny durkan, mike o'brien, missing link
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Trail Alert 12/4–1/31: Seattle Parks begins repair work on old, bumpy sections of the Burke-Gilman
Be prepared for detours on the Burke-Gilman Trail in NE Seattle over the next two months. Seattle Parks is making much-needed repairs to 13 segments of this aging, bumpy and extremely popular trail, starting with the divided stretch of trail … Continue reading
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Tagged Bike Route Alert, burke-gilman trail, parks and recreation, seattle parks district
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Trail Alert 11/6-8: Burke-Gilman Trail detour on UW campus
Note that this work could get pushed back depending on weather. We will update when/if we learn of changes to the schedule. Details from the University of Washington: The University of Washington is scheduled to perform surface maintenance on the … Continue reading
The community-advised Missing Link design keeps getting better for everyone
The Ballard Missing Link of the Burke-Gilman Trail has been debated and challenged in court for two decades, and sometimes it’s hard in such a long, frustrating process to remember what this thing is really about. On average, about two … Continue reading
Despite compromise and ongoing community design work, group appeals the Ballard Missing Link
The Ballard Missing Link of the Burke-Gilman Trail is headed back into litigation. But despite the pending legal action, the city is still working through the community design process that was was part of the February compromise agreement between SDOT, … Continue reading
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Tagged ballard, burke-gilman trail, cascade bicycle club, ed murray, eugene wasserman, missing link, warren aakervik
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Missing Link mega study exhausts the debate + Why the Labor Council still opposes the trail
The smile on Councilmember Mike O’Brien’s face somehow grew even bigger than usual while listening to longtime trail opponents and advocacy staff at Cascade Bicycle Club praise each other for finally hammering out a Ballard Missing Link compromise after decades … Continue reading
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Tagged ballard, burke-gilman trail, martin luther king county labor council, missing link, nicole grant
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Banel: How neighbors in 1970s took action and created the Burke-Gilman Trail
As you pedal or stroll along the Burke-Gilman Trail today, it feels like such an integral part of the city that it is hard to imagine the north end without it (unless you’re in Ballard, of course). But that trail … Continue reading
Opinion on Missing Link route coalesces even further + send City Hall a Valentine to say: Build it!
“Roses are red, violets are blue. Complete the Missing Link, it’s long overdue.” That’s the text on the adorable valentines Cascade Bicycle Club is urging supporters of the Burke-Gilman Trail to send to city leaders. It is much more friendly … Continue reading
CM O’Brien urges the Mayor, SDOT to make a choice on the Missing Link
Councilmember Mike O’Brien joined neighbors and representatives from nearby businesses Friday to urge SDOT and Mayor Ed Murray to make a decision about their preferred option for the Burke-Gilman Trail Missing Link in Ballard. “I believe if the city prioritized … Continue reading
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Tagged ballard, burke-gilman trail, ed murray, jessica dickinson, mark mazzola, mike o'brien, missing link
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O’Brien will join Ballard Missing Link happy hour Friday
The city has not yet released its preferred alternative for the Burke-Gilman Trail Missing Link, but the choice is obvious. Like, really, really, really obvious. However, just in case the city somehow hasn’t already received that message loud and clear, … Continue reading
Parks District detours Burke-Gilman users onto very busy street – UPDATED
UPDATE 11/30: The trail is now open, according to Project Manager Sandi Albertsen. Thanks to friendly weather, crews were able to complete the majority of work two days ahead of schedule. There is still some shoulder work to finish, but … Continue reading
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Tagged 2016 construction, burke-gilman trail, detours, seattle parks district
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11/7-Early 2017 Trail Alert: Burke-Gilman getting much needed repairs east of UW
This will surely come as a huge relief to the many people who battle abrupt tree root heaves on the Burke-Gilman Trail in the U District, U Village and Laurelhurst area: Seattle Parks will start repaving sections of the trail … Continue reading
Gone Bikin’: A short tour of UW’s remade stretch of the Burke-Gilman Trail
Seattle Bike Blog Editor Tom Fucoloro has Gone Bikin’ until Labor Day. In the meantime, we will be periodically posting short news bits and excerpts from good reads floating around the web. As we reported last week, the UW has … Continue reading
Big deal for UW Station access, remade Burke-Gilman opens today
If you biked the UW Burke-Gilman Trail detour today, that was likely the last time you will have to do it. The key stretch of trail from 15th Ave NE to UW Station is set to open today (exact time … Continue reading