Tag: madison

July 28, 2016

Help shape updated plans for Madison BRT and nearby safety improvements

With a preferred route for the Madison BRT project selected, now it’s time to dig into the specifics. The same goes for the so-called “parallel” bike network improvements that are part of the corridor redesign. You can get a look at the latest updates and make sure the changes will be bold and ambitious during…
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tagged: madison, madison brt, sdot, union street
November 12, 2015

Help keep Madison BRT and bike route designs bold at Monday open house

A truly rapid bus on Madison Street from Colman Dock to Madison Valley? Protected bike lanes on E Union Street? Major walking improvements at every terrible Madison intersection? Now that Move Seattle has passed, all this is on track to actually happen. In fact, the Madison project was basically the Move Seattle poster child, and…
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tagged: madison, madison brt, seattle transit blog, union street, zach shaner
May 8, 2015

Madison BRT project could also build better Union St bike lanes

Union Street could get a major bike lane update as part of the Madison Bus Rapid Transit project, according to city plans presented at an open house earlier this week. The bike route upgrades are part of an attempt to make the Madison Street BRT project a “complete street” by building a nearby “parallel” bike…
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tagged: capitol hill, central district, downtown, first hill, jean tinnea, madison, madison brt, positively union, seneca, spring, union street
January 27, 2015

Madison rapid bus project is chance to improve bike routes in central Seattle

The city is currently in the outreach and design phase for a significant rapid bus project along Madison Street from the waterfront to 23rd Ave (and possibly MLK). The rapidly-developing corridor is a rare direct route diagonal to the street grid, making it a prime candidate for faster, more consistent and more reliable transit service,…
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tagged: bus rapid transit, madison, sdot
October 4, 2010

SDOT paints bike trapezoids on Madison

On the heels of the bike box on Pine at 12th comes a pair of green boxes on Madison headed in each direction at 12th. Maybe box is the wrong word … they’re definitely more like trapezoids.
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tagged: 12th, bike boxes, madison, sdot
July 30, 2010

Your weekly bike theft map (July 22-29)

View Bike Thefts, 7/22-29 in a larger map It was a bike theft buffet along Madison this week. And by buffet, I of course mean that this statistically questionable map of bike theft police reports shows several there.
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tagged: bike thefts, green lake, madison, spd