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From our Bike Events Calendar
Sep18Sat10:00 am Seattle and Northward Ride @ Drumheller Fountain (UW Campus)Seattle and Northward Ride @ Drumheller Fountain (UW Campus)Sep 18 @ 10:00 am
This is a casual 23.7 mile ride from UW in Seattle to Shoreline and back. We’ll ride new bike infrastructure around Green Lake and check out some interesting sights as we make a loop using the Interurban Trail, Interurban to … Continue readingSep21Tue6:00 pm Rainier Valley Greenways monthly... @ Virtual via ZoomRainier Valley Greenways monthly... @ Virtual via ZoomSep 21 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pmFacebookTwitterRedditPocketEmailSep22Wed6:00 pm Ballard-Fremont Greenways MeetingBallard-Fremont Greenways MeetingSep 22 @ 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/FacebookTwitterRedditPocketEmailSep23Thu6:00 pm Beacon Hill Safe Streets Monthly... @ Beacon Hill LibraryBeacon Hill Safe Streets Monthly... @ Beacon Hill LibrarySep 23 @ 6:00 pm – 7:45 pmformerly Beacon B.I.K.E.S. FacebookTwitterRedditPocketEmailSep25Satall-day Apple Century Ride @ Walla Walla Point ParkApple Century Ride @ Walla Walla Point ParkSep 25 all-day
A fully-supported non-profit bike ride with 100, 50, and 25 mile route options. Benefits the Challenge Scholarship Program through Wenatchee Sunrise Rotary. Route leads cyclists through beautiful scenery in North Central Washington.FacebookTwitterRedditPocketEmail
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Saturday: Fairview Ave N Bridge reopens with a car-free celebration
Construction work is wrapping up on the new Fairview Ave N Bridge, finally bringing an end to a long closure of a major bike route between South Lake Union and Eastlake. The bridge opens to all traffic Sunday, but people … Continue reading
Bike lanes coming to Eastlake Ave between Stewart and Fairview, work starts this summer
SDOT and King County Metro are getting ready to redesign a significant stretch of Eastlake Ave E from Stewart Street in South Lake Union (near REI) to Fairview Ave N in Eastlake. The changes will happen in two phases with … Continue reading
Mayor Durkan: ‘Eastlake is moving forward’
Mayor Jenny Durkan removed all doubt about what she thinks about Eastlake Ave bike lanes during a mid-day press event today. “Without prejudging what would come out of an EIS or what the lawyers would say, we need that bike … Continue reading
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Watch: Talking through Eastlake bike lanes and RapidRide J
Transcript I’m trying something new here, so definitely let me know what you think. I created a stream-style video that’s me talking through the RapidRide J project and the Eastlake bike lanes. It’s quite long and definitely rambling. But it … Continue reading
A look at the latest plans for connecting the 520 Trail to Capitol Hill, Eastlake
In our post about the planned Eastlake Ave bike lanes, we mentioned that the bike route there would be part of a regional network once the 520 Trail reaches across I-5. It might be hard to imagine what that connection … Continue reading
Joint Federal/SDOT report shows RapidRide J and new bike lanes would move far more people + Town hall Thursday
It’s hard to think of many potential bike lanes in Seattle as important and fundamentally game-changing as Eastlake Ave. I would probably put it at number two behind only Rainier Ave. There is no other viable option for a quality … Continue reading
This is your final week to cross the Fairview Ave N bridge until 2021
The Fairview Ave N Bridge connecting South Lake Union to Eastlake will close for 18 months Monday. As we reported previously, the biking, walking and transit detour will be routed via Eastlake Ave and Aloha Street. People driving southbound will … Continue reading
Get ready for a major Fairview Ave N detour later this year + A look at some of your options – UPDATED
UPDATE 8/20: SDOT says the closure could start at early as September 16. If you bike along the east side of Lake Union into the city center, then you should get ready for a significant change to your bike route … Continue reading
After deep review, SDOT reaffirms plans for Eastlake bike lanes
There may be no bike project north of downtown Seattle more important than Eastlake Ave. Connecting to the University Bridge today and the 520 Trail in the future, Eastlake is an already well-used bike route with huge promise for growth. … Continue reading
After further study, SDOT finds that Eastlake Ave still needs bike lanes
I thought we had already established this a few years ago during public outreach for Roosevelt RapidRide, but SDOT has tried again to find an alternative to building bike lanes on Eastlake Ave. And, just like before, the results are … Continue reading
Support bike lanes along the Roosevelt RapidRide line (including Eastlake Ave)
An effort to build a faster and more reliable bus route along the Roosevelt Way/Eastlake Ave corridor is also an incredible opportunity to improve biking and walking conditions along the way. The project — now called Roosevelt RapidRide — is … Continue reading
Support safe Eastlake bike lanes this week
Seattle has the chance to finally build a safe and comfortable bike route from the University Bridge to downtown. But more than that, the city also has the chance to create a safer and more inviting main street for the … Continue reading
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Tagged eastlake, eastlake community council, fairview ave n, roosevelt, roosevelt to downtown hct, stewart
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It’s time for a transportation revolution east of Lake Union
Imagine a direct, fully connected and protected bike route from Roosevelt and Green Lake all the way to downtown. The city is studying how to make it happen. And not only could the project fix some consistently dangerous collision hot … Continue reading
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It’s well past time to build safe bike lanes on Eastlake Ave
Eastlake Ave is a white knuckle bike ride. Even though it’s also the only reasonably flat street that directly connects the city center to the University Bridge, there are no bike lanes. Instead, people have to try to navigate the … Continue reading
The new Fairview Ave Bridge should be a nexus for major bike routes
The Fairview Ave N bridge is part of a major bike route hub, and major improvements and new connections on Westlake, Eastlake, 9th Ave N, Lakeview Blvd E and the 520 Bridge will only make it more important in the … Continue reading
Eastlake bike lanes would be boon for area businesses and regional bike transportation
There are few bike route improvements that would do more for Seattle’s bicycle network than a comfortable, safe and direct connection in the Eastlake neighborhood. A vital connection between the University Bridge and the city center, Eastlake Ave is already … Continue reading
CHS: Eastlake community looks to improve and expand I-5 Colonnade Park
I-5 Colonnade urban mountain bike park is one of the city’s most unique public spaces. It’s a powerful reclaiming of a space destroyed by construction of the elevated I-5 structure separating Eastlake from Capitol Hill. Ten years later, the community … Continue reading
Bike Master Plan Draft 2: Central Seattle
The last day to comment on the second draft of the Bicycle Master Plan is Friday. Email your comments to [email protected] This post is a continuation of a series investigating some of changes in the newest draft of the Bike … Continue reading
Montlaker: Seattle Design Commission endorses a complete biking/walking path on 520 bridge
As expressed in a letter to the 520 planners from Central Seattle Greenways, a biking and walking path across Portage Bay is an essential part of the 520 Bridge replacement project. This multi-billion-dollar project already includes such a path across … Continue reading
Fairview/Fairview changes almost complete
We first wrote about the proposed changes to the intersection of Fairview Ave N and Fairview Ave E back in October 2010. Currently under construction, the project is scheduled to open Friday. While the project is mostly about walking safety, … Continue reading
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