Tag: maple leaf
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City looks to extend NE 75th St safety project, open house Wednesday
Building on the success of the NE 75th Street safety project, the city is heading west to improve safety on more of NE 75th Street and Banner Way NE. The 2013 safety project on NE 75th cut speeding 60 percent and nearly eliminated high-end speeding (10+ mph over the limit). Traffic volumes increased slightly, travel…
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A quick look at the new bike lane on Roosevelt Way (VIDEO)
The city this week is finally installing an uphill bike on Roosevelt Way between NE 75th Street and NE 85th Street. This closes a missing link in a popular bike route stretching from NE 125th Street to the University Bridge. While not even close to being a facility that will be comfortable for people of…
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City finally starts work to close Roosevelt bike lane missing link
After years of delay and some significant changes in response to neighbor concerns, the city is finally completing the ten-block section of missing bike lanes on Roosevelt between 75th and 85th. Well, more accurately, bike “lane,” not “lanes.” The project would continue the Roosevelt pattern of climbing lane uphill, sharrow downhill that was installed years…
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Reminder: Roosevelt bike lane open house Tuesday
The city is finally going to fill the Roosevelt bike lane missing link between NE 75th and NE 85th. The open house is Tuesday from 7 – 8:30 p.m. at Northgate Community Center. Two years ago, the city installed bike lanes on Roosevelt/11th Ave from the University Bridge all the way to NE 115th St,…
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City study supports completing Roosevelt bike lane in Maple Leaf
You may remember back in 2010 when concerns from some Maple Leaf neighbors delayed the completion of the Roosevelt bike lane between 75th and 85th. It was my first month of writing Seattle Bike Blog and I made a rookie mistake: I supported going back for more study. Ugh. I have since come to realize…
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Climbing lane coming to 5th Ave NE near Northgate Mall
Several days ago, Maple Leaf Life noted that markings are on the pavement on 5th Ave NE for a new bike lane. There will soon be an uphill climbing lane with sharrows on the downhill between NE 85th and NE 115th. SDOT’s Brian Dougherty told Maple Leaf Life: “There will not be any reduction in…
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