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Lake Washington Blvd ‘Keep Moving Street’ returns Friday + Campaign seeks permanent design

Posted on April 5, 2021 by Tom Fucoloro

Lake Washington Blvd is reopening to people walking and biking Friday as the city’s Keep Moving Street program returns. The street will remain mostly car-free between Mount Baker Beach and Genesee Park from April 9 through 18. Seattle has experimented … Continue reading →

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Segment of Lake Washington Boulevard to reopen for Winter, Spring breaks UPDATED

Posted on February 8, 2021 by Ryan Packer

Update: due to the anticipated snow event this weekend, the closure of Lake Washington Boulevard outlined below has been postponed to Monday February 15. It will run through Sunday the 21st as planned.  A stretch of Lake Washington Boulevard just … Continue reading →

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Bike and pedestrian advisory boards: find Stay Healthy Streets funds elsewhere

Posted on January 7, 2021 by Ryan Packer

Update: this post has been changed to clarify that any changes to Lake Washington Boulevard or Golden Gardens Park Road are not necessarily off the table but are not part of the permanent Stay Healthy Streets process. A large majority … Continue reading →

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Segment of Lake Washington Blvd To Reopen December 18-January 4

Posted on December 16, 2020 by Ryan Packer

SDOT has just announced that it will be closing a small segment of Lake Washington Boulevard between Mount Baker Beach and Stan Sayres Boat Launch (at 45th Ave S) starting this Friday December 18 and running through Sunday January 4. … Continue reading →

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SDOT: Keep Moving Streets extended until October 5

Posted on September 9, 2020 by Tom Fucoloro

Seattle’s car-light Keep Moving Streets have been a success, so the city has extended them another month. Created in partnership between SDOT and Seattle Parks, the city’s four Keep Moving Streets are typically on arterial streets near parks or along … Continue reading →

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SDOT installs concrete blocks to improve safety on car-light Lake Washington Blvd

Posted on August 5, 2020 by Tom Fucoloro

Ecology block installation today on Lake Washington Blvd pic.twitter.com/nfLtTbvnQZ — Dongho Chang (@dongho_chang) August 5, 2020 SDOT has finally installed the concrete “ecology blocks” the department had initially planned as part of their efforts to deter driving on the people-focused … Continue reading →

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People are driving on ‘closed’ street because SDOT used barriers to build a wall at police precinct instead

Posted on July 30, 2020 by Tom Fucoloro

When the Seattle Department of Transportation announced their plan to turn a section of Lake Washington Blvd in south Seattle into a car-light “Keep Moving Street,” a July 21 department blog post noted that they would use heavy cement “eco … Continue reading →

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Following successful test, Lake Washington Blvd will go car-light again

Posted on July 22, 2020 by Tom Fucoloro

Lake Washington Boulevard is going car-free(ish) again starting Friday and continuing until at least Labor Day. SDOT and Seattle Parks tested the concept of what they call a “Keep Moving Street” on the stories lakefront street for five days in … Continue reading →

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