Tag: pike
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No, the city is NOT cutting down cherry trees to build a bike project
Contrary to what you may have read on Twitter or saw written on yellow signs on trees on Pike Street near the market, Seattle’s decision to cut down cherry trees on the block between 1st and 2nd Avenues has nothing to do with bike improvements. In fact, the project removing the trees will also remove…
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Construction to build major bike improvements brings many months of tough detours on Pike and Pine
Crews building improved bike lanes on Pike and Pike Streets downtown will close existing stretches of bike lanes for months at a time. So while both bike lanes were already incomplete, biking there will get worse before it gets better. Central Seattle Greenways has sounded the alarm about the sorry detour options for this major…
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Nap Cantwell memorial scholarship fund raises over $32K for Bike Works
In the wake of 18-year-old Nap Cantwell’s tragic death following a May 29 collision at Pike and Boren, his family asked that donations in his honor be made to Bike Works. In the first week, $11,000 were donated to the organization, which put the money toward their youth programs. As of today, more than $32,000…
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Woman struck by dump truck at Pike and Boren – UPDATED
Medics transporting 25 year old female bicyclist to HMC after being hit and dragged by dumptruck at Boren and Pike street.patient stable — Seattle Fire Dept (@SeattleFire) November 29, 2012 A woman was struck and dragged by a dump truck at Pike and Boren shortly after 9 a.m. Thursday morning. The 25-year-old was taken to…
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Musician and Elysian Brewing son Nap Cantwell dies from injuries in May crash
The young man who was seriously injured when he collided with a van while biking down Pike at Boren late last month has died, Capitol Hill Seattle reports. Nap Cantwell was the son of Dick Cantwell, owner of Elysian Brewing, and Chiyo Ishakawa, deputy curator for the Seattle Art Museum. He was 18. From CHS:…
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What would a modern Pike/Pine bike facility look like?
In a welcome addition to the often-maligned downhill bike lane on E Pine, SDOT has painted a green bike lane through the intersection at Bellevue Ave on Capitol Hill. From my post at CHS: The city only installed the green paint in the westbound (downhill) lane, and a new sign facing traffic facing southbound on…
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