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From our Bike Events Calendar
Jul25Sun10:00 am Bike to the Airport! @ Westlake ParkBike to the Airport! @ Westlake ParkJul 25 @ 10:00 am
This is a casual ride from Westlake Park in downtown Seattle to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. It is a one-way ride, and participants may use the Link light rail station at SeaTac to return or ride back on their own. Pretend … Continue readingJul28Wed6:00 pm Ballard-Fremont Greenways MeetingBallard-Fremont Greenways MeetingJul 28 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pmBallard-Fremont Greenways meets monthly on the 4th Wednesday of the month. Check Facebook for monthly meeting information: https://www.facebook.com/BFGreenways/FacebookTwitterRedditPocketEmailJul31Sat10:00 am E Green Lake Celebration Event w...E Green Lake Celebration Event w...Jul 31 @ 10:00 am – 1:00 pmCelebratory group bike ride, meet at 10:00 am at North 50th Street & Phinney Avenue NorthActivities and games for the whole family at Green Lake Park 11:00 am – 1:00 pmhttps://www.seattlebikeblog.com/event/e-green-lake-celebration-event-with-sdot/– – – Come Celebrate With Us!We would like to invite … Continue readingAug3Tue6:30 pm West Seattle Bike Connections mo... @ Neighborhood House 6400 Sylvan Way SW Seattle WA 98126West Seattle Bike Connections mo... @ Neighborhood House 6400 Sylvan Way SW Seattle WA 98126Aug 3 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pmFacebookTwitterRedditPocketEmail
Tag Archives: center city bike network
Construction starts on Uptown bike connection paired with Climate Pledge Arena
Construction work has started on a separated bike corridor in the Uptown neighborhood as part of a set of transportation projects required to be installed by the grand opening of former Key Arena, now Climate Pledge Arena. A grand opening … Continue reading
4th Ave protected bike lane downtown to be extended this Spring
This week SDOT told the Bicycle Advisory Board that an extension of the 4th Avenue protected bike lane downtown, to both the north and the south, is moving forward with construction planned for this Spring. With those extensions, the entire … Continue reading
Watch: Mayor Durkan celebrates downtown bike lanes, says more to come
(Video transcript) Mayor Jenny Durkan has completely changed her tune about bike lanes since her first year in office. Well, that’s not entirely accurate because in her first year in office, she said very little about bike lanes at all. … Continue reading
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Tagged 5th ave, 8th ave, 9th ave, basic bike network, bell street, center city bike network, clara cantor, downtown, jenny durkan, Main St, south lake union, vicky clarke
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The One Center City plan includes some bold ideas, but fails to prioritize safety
The One Center City partnership released a set of “near-term strategies” for a major redesign of downtown streets Thursday that would increase bus capacity, could increase car capacity, and neither commits to building a connected network of safe bike lanes … Continue reading
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Tagged 4th ave, 5th ave, basic bike network, center city bike network, center city mobility plan, downtown, one center city
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Yesler bridge work starts today + Will they build the right kind of bike lanes?
A $19.8 million project to rehab the historic Yesler Way bridge downtown starts today. Yesler Way will be under construction from 6th to 3rd Avenues downtown until fall 2017. You should also expect construction and detours on 4th and 5th … Continue reading
We Can’t Wait, Part II: How Seattle’s bike plans got so lost, and how to get back on track
Yesterday in Part I, we reported on a protest at City Hall over the city’s delayed bike plans, especially downtown. In Part II, we look at how Seattle got so far off their bold safe streets path, and how the … Continue reading
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Tagged center city bike network, center city mobility plan, downtown, ed murray, mike o'brien, rob johnson, sally bagshaw, sdot
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Guest post part II: How Seattle can rescue residents stranded by an incomplete bike network
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the second of two guest posts by Seattle Neighborhood Greenways this week. Their map conceptualizing the connectivity potential in the city’s bike planning is brilliant. If you like this vision or are frustrated by the city’s … Continue reading
Turn your downtown bike lane frustration into fun at Cascade’s ‘Hidden Gem’ scavenger hunt
We’ve been writing a lot recently about Seattle’s delayed downtown bike lane plans in large part because it is the biggest employment center in the state and the single biggest missing piece in so many city-wide and regional bike routes. … Continue reading
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Tagged cascade bicycle club, center city bike network, downtown, hidden gem scavenger hunt
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SDOT backpedals even further on already-slashed bike plan, cuts 9th Ave
It took only two weeks for Seattle’s Department of Transportation to cut the only significant center city bike lane from their already-scaled-back 2016 plans. The 9th Ave N bike lane would have connected the new Westlake Ave bikeway (due to … Continue reading
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Tagged bicycle master plan implementation plan, center city bike network, downtown, ed murray, mike o'brien, sdot
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Seattle’s baffling short-term bike plan cuts safety, pretends downtown doesn’t exist
With the 2nd Ave protected bike lane pilot demonstrating Seattle’s vision for more ambitious, safe and comfortable bike routes downtown and beyond, Seattle voters approved an unprecedented transportation levy by a big margin. Mayor Ed Murray, his transportation advisors and … Continue reading
2nd Ave bike lane will go one block further south + North extension set to open in 2017
You may have noticed crews out painting what appears to be the first extension of the 2nd Ave protected bike lane since it opened in October 2014. Your eyes have not deceived you. Don’t get too excited, though, because it’s … Continue reading
2nd Ave getting upgrades + Extension to Denny possible this year
After nearly a year and a half as a pilot project, the 2nd Ave bike lane is getting some significant — and hopefully more comfortable and attractive — upgrades. Among the improvements are new planter boxes to help separate the … Continue reading
Bike share can flourish in Seattle
With the City Council debating whether to buy out the 54-station Pronto Cycle Share system already in need of a buyout, the main question on people’s minds is: How do we know it will be successful going forward and worth … Continue reading
City kicks off development of downtown bike lane network, open house Tuesday
It’s really happening. Seattle is developing a connected network of bike lanes to and through the city center. This means connections to Uptown and Queen Anne, to South Lake Union, to Capitol Hill, to First Hill, to the International District, … Continue reading
