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The Eastside Rail Trail grows: Celebrate Renton-to-Bellevue Saturday + A look at Kirkland-to-Spring District

Posted on September 6, 2018 by Tom Fucoloro

King County will celebrate the opening of the newest section of the Eastside Rail Trail in Renton Saturday. The four-mile segment connects Gene Coulon Park to Newcastle Beach Park. Details from King County: Dear Friend of the ERC, Join King … Continue reading →

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Intermittent Sammamish River Trail closures for river bank work start Wednesday

Posted on July 6, 2018 by Tom Fucoloro

Work to repair river bank erosion will require crews to close the Sammamish River Trail for periods of 30 minutes or less starting Wednesday. Work will continue for the rest of summer. The erosion zones are just east of I-405 … Continue reading →

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City of Sammamish, stop fighting King County over four trail stop signs

Posted on August 22, 2017 by Tom Fucoloro

The City of Sammamish and King County are fighting in court over four proposed stop signs on two very low-traffic streets serving a handful of wealthy lakefront homes, and that fight is further delaying construction on the E Lake Sammamish … Continue reading →

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Options for a redesigned E Marginal Way + Regional leadership needed to connect to S King County

Posted on April 26, 2017 by Tom Fucoloro

Today is the last day to comment on SDOT’s E Marginal Way online open house. The city is working on a major reconstruction and redesign of the industrial street that also serves as one of the most vital bike connections … Continue reading →

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Construction begins on penultimate segment of the E Lake Sammamish Trail

Posted on December 21, 2016 by Tom Fucoloro

King County has started construction to pave 1.3 miles of the East Lake Sammamish Trail, bringing the key walking and biking link between Redmond and Issaquah that much closer to completion. The trail, funded by a combination of Federal, state … Continue reading →

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Snoqualmie Valley Trail reopens between Duvall and Carnation

Posted on March 21, 2016 by Tom Fucoloro

King County has completed major repair work the closed a key section of the Snoqualmie Valley Trail between Duvall and Carnation. Originally scheduled for closure June through October 31, the trail is just now reopening. King County blames a “record … Continue reading →

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Ahead of Eastside Trail meetings, sign this petition for an interim trail ‘sooner and cheaper’

Posted on March 16, 2016 by Tom Fucoloro

The Eastside Trail is poised to revolutionize non-motorized travel on the Eastside, so why wait? Let’s get an interim trail constructed and usable as soon as possible. We already reported on King County’s draft Trail Master Plan, which is now … Continue reading →

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Eastside Trail takes big step forward, comments on draft plan due March 31

Posted on March 1, 2016 by Tom Fucoloro

The Eastside Trail made a big step closer to reality this week when King County released its draft Master Plan and Environmental Impact Statement. These plans now head into public outreach, setting the trail up for a summer preferred alignment … Continue reading →

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The Bellevue section of the Eastside Trail is going to be unreal

Posted on January 11, 2016 by Tom Fucoloro

UPDATE: Shortly after posting, Cascade Bicycle Club announced the formation of the Eastside Greenway Alliance, a group of seven organizations that will “will dedicate time and resources to move forward with the goal of a multi-use corridor that will provide … Continue reading →

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Celebrate the Eastside Trail with rail spike removal Friday, summit Saturday

Posted on January 4, 2016 by Tom Fucoloro

It’s very difficult to overstate how huge an impact the Eastside Trail will have on regional bikeability and livability. Traveling through or very near city centers, neighborhoods and employment centers in Woodinville, Kirkland, Bellevue and Renton the trail itself will … Continue reading →

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King County will remove old rails on the Eastside Trail + Kirkland plans rapid bus along the trail

Posted on November 16, 2015 by Tom Fucoloro

King County will remove the rails on the Eastside Trail, a vital step toward creating a walkable and bikeable trail from Woodinville to Renton. The work was proposed by King County Executive Dow Constantine and approved by the King County … Continue reading →

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A closer look at the Eastside Trail plans + Give feedback online

Posted on October 23, 2015 by Tom Fucoloro

A bikeable and walkable Eastside Trail can’t come soon enough. The rails-to-trails potential for the mostly-defunct Eastside Rail Corridor is immense for growing communities east of Lake Washington. Connecting homes to jobs and new regional trail connections across and along … Continue reading →

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County will close Green River Trail in sections this summer

Posted on June 5, 2015 by Tom Fucoloro

In the past decade, the Green River Trail has been closed as often as it has been open. And just when you thought it might finally be fully open, King County has announced another series of closures through the end … Continue reading →

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Terrible summer biking news: Key section of Snoqualmie Valley Trail closed until Halloween

Posted on May 29, 2015 by Tom Fucoloro

Summer just took a bike adventure hit. King County will close a small-but-key section of the Snoqualmie Valley Trail between Duvall and Carnation. The amazing rail trail — which mostly has a very bikeable hardpack gravel surface — will be … Continue reading →

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King County will clear overgrowth from Burke-Gilman/Sammamish River Trails, be prepared for delays

Posted on May 22, 2015 by Tom Fucoloro

A 12-foot trail is only a 12-foot trail so long as the whole thing is clear. One great part of our major regional trail network is how close you get to the woods and greenery as you bike between major … Continue reading →

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Biking Bis: King County installs trail-connecting protected bike lane + other trail alerts

Posted on August 8, 2014 by Tom Fucoloro

King County has installed a protected bike lane on SE High Point Way to connect the Issaquah-Preston and Preston-Snoqualmie Trails. The 0.7-mile two-way protected bike lane may be the first modern protected bike lane in unincorporated King County, Biking Bis … Continue reading →

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South Park Bridge is now open, bike lanes ‘protected’ for a week

Posted on June 30, 2014 by Tom Fucoloro

The rebuilt South Park Bridge is now open, improving access to the neighborhood and creating a link in what could someday be a very bikeable place to live, work and play. For at least the first week, cones will guide … Continue reading →

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Where people walk, bike, take transit and drive alone in Seattle and King County

Posted on May 9, 2014 by Tom Fucoloro

The new Census commute data visualization tool is awesome. The data is not new. It’s the same dataset we analyzed last fall when we discovered that fewer than half of Seattle residents drives alone to work. But the new visualization … Continue reading →

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King County will spend $140,000 patrolling trails

Posted on May 5, 2014 by Tom Fucoloro

Here’s an odd press release I got late Friday: King County will spend a stunning $140,000 to police the trail system this summer. Now, of course people should be safe and follow the rules when using trails. And some police … Continue reading →

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Not just Seattle: King County is also driving less + A look at biking rates around Puget Sound

Posted on September 25, 2013 by Tom Fucoloro

Get ready for a little data overload. I’ve been swimming through Census data ever since the 2012 American Communities Survey data came out and showed that biking, walking and transit use in Seattle is way up. But what about the … Continue reading →

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