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Watch: The case for a bike lane over the Fremont Bridge

Posted on September 18, 2020 by Tom Fucoloro

The Fremont Bridge is Seattle’s busiest bike route pinch point. Routes from all over the region converge here to cross the Ship Canal, which is why the bridge’s bike counter registers the highest number of trips in the city. A … Continue reading →

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Bike counters show weekend and trail rides are up as much as 70% since the outbreak began

Posted on May 22, 2020 by Tom Fucoloro

The number of bike trips across the Fremont Bridge in February was 47% higher than the February average from 2013-19, continuing a trend of strong year-over-year bike trip growth in recent years. But then March happened, and employers shut down … Continue reading →

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Watch: Fremont Bridge nears 1 million 2019 bike trips 1 month early

Posted on October 15, 2019 by Tom Fucoloro

UPDATE: Cascade Bicycle Club, Queen Anne Greenways and Ballard-Fremont Greenways will host a celebration 3–5 p.m. Saturday, October 19. Details here. Video transcript (.txt) As we reported previously, 2019 bike trips across the Fremont Bridge are set to break one … Continue reading →

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Biking boom: Fremont Bridge biking is on track to reach 1 million 2019 trips a whole month early

Posted on October 7, 2019 by Tom Fucoloro

When the Fremont Bridge bike counter started ticking away in 2012, the big question was: How many years before it measures 1 million trips in a calendar year? It barely hit 1 million in 2014, though that year was a … Continue reading →

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2018 bike counts up 32 percent on 2nd Ave downtown after bike lane, bike share expansion

Posted on January 3, 2019 by Tom Fucoloro

The final counts are in, and 2018 is officially a new high water mark for biking in Seattle. Looking at the real-time bike counter data from around town, biking was up significantly in Fremont and across the lower West Seattle … Continue reading →

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2018’s one millionth Fremont Bridge bike trip is about to cross, smashing the record

Posted on November 29, 2018 by Tom Fucoloro

Whoever bikes across the Fremont Bridge as number 1,582 today will tip the 2018 bike counter into seven digits, clobbering all previous records by a wide margin. Bike trips across the iconic bridge, which forms a pinch point for many … Continue reading →

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Biking on 2nd Ave downtown is up 37% as bike share and bike lanes expand

Posted on June 14, 2018 by Tom Fucoloro

The number of people biking on 2nd Ave in downtown Seattle is up an average of 19 percent year-over-year since the July 2017 launch of private bike share services. And the trend appears to have accelerated as SDOT opened a … Continue reading →

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City has chance to improve biking, walking and transit in Fremont’s ‘Center of the Universe’

Posted on December 13, 2016 by Tom Fucoloro

Fremont’s Center of the Universe could get an amazing walking, biking and transit makeover next year, but only if the city chooses to be bold. SDOT is in the early design phase for bus stop improvements on Fremont Ave between … Continue reading →

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Work starts Monday on bike lanes to connect Burke-Gilman, Fremont Bridge

Posted on August 10, 2016 by Tom Fucoloro

After more than a year of planning, SDOT is ready to begin construction on a short-but-key section of protected bike lane connecting the Burke-Gilman Trail to the Fremont Bridge. People biking already make up nearly a third of traffic on … Continue reading →

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Ride the Ducks plans to use scary Fremont bike merge lane starting Friday

Posted on January 14, 2016 by Tom Fucoloro

If you bike across the Fremont Bridge regularly, then you know this terrible merge lane well. People biking are routed down a ramp into what becomes a shared bike and right turn lane. You have to be extremely on guard, … Continue reading →

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Would fewer draw bridge openings help your bike commute?

Posted on September 2, 2015 by Tom Fucoloro

Getting stopped for a draw bridge is one of those truly Seattle experiences, especially for people on bikes. Three of the busiest bike route chokepoints in the city are bridges that open for maritime vessels: Fremont, University and Montlake Bridges. … Continue reading →

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2015 Fremont Bridge bike counts have broken records every month so far

Posted on April 10, 2015 by Tom Fucoloro

The number of bicycle trips across the Fremont Bridge continues to climb year-over-year. In fact, a mild winter has helped to break all-time monthly bike count records every month so far in 2015. In fact, bike counts have increased 14 … Continue reading →

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Painters will close Fremont Bridge overnight Saturday & Sunday

Posted on March 24, 2015 by Tom Fucoloro

The never-ending Fremont Bridge painting project is, well, getting close to ending. But some of the biggest closures are still to come. Workers will close the bridge overnight from midnight to 7 a.m. Saturday and Sunday. There will only be … Continue reading →

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Cue the balloon drop! One million Fremont Bridge bike trips in 2014! – UPDATED 1/1/15

Posted on December 29, 2014 by Tom Fucoloro

@seabikeblog Hey, count made it to 645 on the 28th (7:36pm) pic.twitter.com/nSP4Fkgt45 — Jay Talbot (@JayTalbot2) December 29, 2014 We did it! One million bike trips over the Fremont Bridge in 2014! And reader Jay Talbot got a photo of … Continue reading →

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All I want for Christmas is 1 million Fremont bike trips – UPDATED 12/28

Posted on December 24, 2014 by Tom Fucoloro

UPDATE 12/28: It could happen today! Rider number 645 on Sunday will be number one million for 2014. However, if bike trip levels today are like Saturday, the one millionth trip will happen Monday morning. UPDATE 12/26: I have updated … Continue reading →

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Update on journey to 1 million annual Fremont bike trips: We did it! (sort of)

Posted on December 2, 2014 by Tom Fucoloro

We did it! One million bike trips across the Fremont Bridge in one year! Actually, as commenter Doug Ollerenshaw pointed out on our previous Fremont bike counter story, we did it back on September 29. That was the first day … Continue reading →

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Will we reach 1 million 2014 bike trips over the Fremont Bridge? It’s gonna be close

Posted on November 6, 2014 by Tom Fucoloro

Despite work on the Fremont Bridge that has at times restricted access to sidewalks in recent months, the city is still on track to reach one million bike trips across the bridge in 2014. But it will likely come down … Continue reading →

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More details on upcoming Fremont Bridge work, sidewalk closures begin Sept 2

Posted on August 27, 2014 by Tom Fucoloro

The Fremont Bridge is one of the busiest bike routes in the city with about 5,000 bike trips recorded on summer weekdays. But using the bridge can be uncomfortable for people walking and biking because the bridge’s sidewalks are too … Continue reading →

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Required painting project will close Fremont Bridge sidewalk

Posted on August 6, 2014 by Tom Fucoloro

In order to keep the Fremont Bridge in good shape and corrosion-free, the city needs to repaint it every once in a while. That is no easy task, since the historic steel structure has all kinds of moving parts and … Continue reading →

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July sets another Fremont Bridge bike count record

Posted on August 4, 2014 by Tom Fucoloro

Bike volumes on the Fremont Bridge continue to break records this year, far outpacing 2013 by nearly every measure. July was the bikiest month yet recorded, with 120,669 trips measured over the bridge. That is 2.8 percent higher than July … Continue reading →

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