Tag: ne 125th
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National report on dangerous streets cites NE 125th redesign as an example of success
If you moved to the north end of Seattle after the summer of 2011, you may have no idea that there was an epic debate over city plans for a road safety project on NE 125th Street. That’s because the project, once completed, was a slam dunk. The street became safer for all users, easier…
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An archaeological dig on NE 125th Street, one of the final battles in the War on Cars
The lucky among you do not remember the vicious fight over a 2011 road diet on NE 125th Street, which pitted neighbors against neighbors in a drawn-out and ugly battle over ten feet of road space in North Seattle. Prompted by rampant speeding and a pattern of dangerous collisions, the city proposed changes that would…
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Blinded by mayoral vendetta, the Weekly wildly misses the point of the NE 125th project
So, in case you haven’t been paying attention, the Seattle Weekly is a little upset with the mayor. Ever since Mayor McGinn put his sights on the Weekly and the Village Voice’s backpage.com for doing a piss-poor job of preventing their online service from enabling child prostitution, the Weekly has been pushing every little fragment…
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Changes to NE 125th create a better neighborhood street for all
One more street in Seattle is safer thanks to the city’s complete streets remake of NE 125th Street in Lake City. What used to be a dangerous, four-lane highway-style road dividing the neighborhood has been redesigned to meet the needs of all road users and improve safety for everyone.
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Neighborhood-Powered Streets Part 3: Controversially less controversial
This story is part of a series about Seattle’s young neighborhood greenway movement. In part three, we look into hopes that greenway projects will be less controversial than arterial bike lanes and how that could impact the city’s bicycle infrastructure conversation for better and worse. For Councilmember Sally Bagshaw and some other neighborhood greenway supporters,…
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Mayor McGinn gives go-ahead for NE 125th redesign
In a lengthy email summarizing the public comments he received and the reasoning behind his decision, Mayor Mike McGinn announced that he has accepted SDOT’s approval for a road diet on NE 125th St. The project, which we have written about many times, drew the ire of drivers and neighbors who were afraid the project…
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