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From our Bike Events Calendar
Jan30Mon5:30 pm Downtown Greenways monthly meetingDowntown Greenways monthly meetingJan 30 @ 5:30 pm – 7:00 pmLast Monday of the month. Join us! https://seattlegreenways.org/downtowngreenwaysJan31Tue4:00 pm SDOT: Seattle Transportation Pla...SDOT: Seattle Transportation Pla...Jan 31 @ 4:00 pm – 7:00 pmWe’re excited to announce that we will be hosting two Seattle Transportation Plan Open Houses, one on Saturday, January 28 and one on Tuesday, January 31! At these Open Houses, we will share our "second draft" transportation network maps. These have been … Continue readingFeb1Wed6:00 pm Seattle Bicycle Advisory Board M...Seattle Bicycle Advisory Board M...Feb 1 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pmMonthly agendas can be found at: http://www.seattle.gov/seattle-bicycle-advisory-board/meetings/meeting-agendas The Seattle Bicycle Advisory Board (SBAB) advises the Mayor, City Council, and City Departments and Divisions on projects, policies, and programs that improve and/or affect bicycling conditions in Seattle. Responsibilities SBAB’s responsibilities include: … Continue readingFeb2Thu7:15 pm Point83 @ Westlake ParkPoint83 @ Westlake ParkFeb 2 @ 7:15 pm
Meet up in the center of the park at 7ish. Leave at 730. Every Thursday from now until forever rain or shine. Bikes, beers, illegal firepits, nachos, bottlerockets, timetraveling, lollygagging, mechanicals, good times.Feb4Sat9:00 am First Saturday Neighborhood Clea...First Saturday Neighborhood Clea...Feb 4 @ 9:00 am – 12:00 pmEvery month volunteers gather to collect garbage and help beautify our neighborhood. On average, we collect about 15 bags of garbage per clean up, which means 1,000’s of small pieces of plastic that do not find their way into Puget … Continue reading
Tag Archives: protected bike lanes
Report details how much catching up Seattle has to do in 2021 on bike lanes
A report completed by the Seattle Department of Transportation in December but not released until this week shows how much catching up the department is planning to do in 2021 to complete installing bike facilities that it had originally planned … Continue reading
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Tagged bicycle master plan, bicycle master plan implementation plan, protected bike lanes
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With just one block missing from the Bell Street bike lane, Seattle’s ID-to-Fremont bike route is nearly complete
Seattle is only one block away from completing a connected bike route through downtown from the International District to Fremont and the Burke-Gilman Trail. This project has been the result of so much work by so many people (too many … Continue reading
Some more details on the MLK Way S bike lane options + How to choose between one-way and two-way bike lanes
I already wrote about the MLK Jr Way S bike lane concepts, but SDOT gave a few more details about the project during the May Bicycle Advisory Board meeting (PDF) that are worth sharing. First, some background. SDOT is conducting … Continue reading
City extends 9th Ave protected bike lanes + How can the city fix the Mercer crossing?
We are two blocks closer to a complete connection between downtown and the Westlake Bikeway. SDOT installed Phase II of their three-phase rollout of protected bike lanes on 9th Ave N in South Lake Union this week. The bike lanes … Continue reading
New 2nd Ave traffic signals clear up confusion
When the city finally upgraded the old skinny paint-only door zone bike lane on 2nd Ave in 2014, it was an incredible increase in biking comfort downtown. But almost immediately after opening one thing became clear: The array of signals … Continue reading
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Tagged 2nd ave, dongho chang, protected bike lanes, protected intersections, sdot
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Campus Parkway protected bike lanes will come tantalizingly close to connecting U Bridge, Burke-Gilman
The city has started laying out the spray-paint outlines for new protected bike lanes on NE Campus Parkway and one block of Brooklyn Ave NE in the U District. The project should be complete by the end of September. The … Continue reading
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Tagged brooklyn, brooklyn station, campus parkway, protected bike lanes, u district, uw
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Dearborn bike lane improvements will connect downtown to I-90 Trail, SE Seattle bike routes – UPDATED
Dearborn Street is both flat and useful. So even though it is not packed with destinations itself and though it serves the motor vehicle network mostly as a way to access I-5 and haul freight, it is also a highly … Continue reading
St. Louis has more miles of downtown protected bike lanes than Seattle
So, I’m my hometown of St. Louis, Missouri, about to become godfather to my nephew Luke (yes, I will be insufferable with Don Corleone quotes for the next couple days), and I heard that there was a brand new protected … Continue reading
Downtown traffic violence is a public health emergency we haven’t been treating
It’s not news that downtown streets are the scene of a huge number of serious traffic injuries and deaths. But this map at a recent open house still caught me completely off-guard. At first, I thought it was a map … Continue reading
City kicks off development of downtown bike lane network, open house Tuesday
It’s really happening. Seattle is developing a connected network of bike lanes to and through the city center. This means connections to Uptown and Queen Anne, to South Lake Union, to Capitol Hill, to First Hill, to the International District, … Continue reading
NE 65th St is dangerous by design, and we know how to make it safer. What’s stopping us?
EDITOR’S NOTE: This story is a follow-up to yesterday’s report about Vehicular Homicide charges against Lucas McQuinn in the alleged DUI collision that killed Andy Hulslander. I suggest reading that story first. The dangers on NE 65th Street are not … Continue reading
Salomon: Seattle’s newest protected bike lane just part of normal street maintenance
EDITOR’S NOTE: Andres Salomon is a father and active member of NE Seattle Greenways, as well as an occasional contributor to Seattle Bike Blog. Seattle has just added a brand new protected bike lane to its repertoire. Last month, the … Continue reading
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Tagged andres salomon, college way n, north seattle community college, protected bike lanes, sdot
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A block-by-block look at the planned Broadway Bikeway extension + Let’s connect to 520
As construction on Capitol Hill Station enters its final phases, the long closure at the north end of the Broadway Bikeway may finally open up in the next month. But the true glory of the bikeway won’t be realized until … Continue reading
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Tagged broadway, broadway bikeway, capitol hill, protected bike lanes, steve durrant
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Mercer bike lanes open, the Bike Route Wall of Uptown finally cracks
For the first time in a generation or more, the bicycle-repelling wall of dangerous or uncrossable streets surrounding Uptown and Seattle Center has sprung a leak. The brand new, very green bike lanes on Mercer Street passing under Aurora Ave … Continue reading
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Tagged lower queen anne, mercer, mercer mess, protected bike lanes, seattle center, south lake union, uptown
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The interim Roosevelt bike lane upgrade is now open
The interim protected bike lane is now open on Roosevelt Way between NE 45th Street and the north end of the University Bridge. This project is something of a demonstration for what a more complete Roosevelt bike lane upgrade could … Continue reading
More Westlake Bikeway design details + Construction will start in the fall
After an extensive and essentially unprecedented community planning process (at least for a bikeway project), the city is moving into more detailed final design work for the Westlake Bikeway, which will connect the Fremont Bridge and Lake Union Park. After … Continue reading
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Tagged protected bike lanes, westlake, westlake cycle track, westlake design advisory comittee
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Roosevelt bike lane will get safety upgrade from U Bridge to NE 65th
One of the most dangerous streets in the city for people on bikes will get a big bike lane upgrade when the city repaves Roosevelt Way from NE 65th Street to the University Bridge. Around 20 people on bikes have … Continue reading
Only 2 percent of center city curb space occupied by bike lane
For all the media attention Seattle has received for installing bike lanes in recent years, you might think these things are popping up all over the place. But spend a little time on a bike, and that image is immediately … Continue reading
Seattle makes list of top ten best new bikes lanes. Twice. Again.
Seattle’s batting average for national bike lane lists leads the league. Last year, Seattle made the Green Lane Project’s list of the top ten protected bike lanes for 2013 two times: Linden Ave was 5th and Cherry Street was 9th … Continue reading
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Tagged 2nd ave, broadway bikeway, green lane project, peopleforbikes, protected bike lanes
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Green Lane Project: Here’s why protected bike lanes improve safety for people walking
It’s been shown over and over that quality protected bike lanes improve safety for all road users. In fact, protected bike lanes are one of the most effective tools we have to improve safety and comfort for people on foot. … Continue reading
