Tag: redmond

October 4, 2023

Decades in the making, the fully-paved East Lake Sammamish Trail opens Saturday

The grand opening celebration for the East Lake Sammamish Trail is set for noon Saturday (October 7), a moment decades in the making. Meet at the trail parking lot in Redmond across the trail from Whole Foods for a family-friendly party and banner break. Then you can ride in peace all the way to Issaquah…
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tagged: e lake sammamish trail, friends of the e lake sammamish trail, issaquah, king county parks, redmond
September 8, 2021

Sunday: Let’s Move Redmond open street festival spans from Central Connector to Downtown Park

With a pop-up bike protected bike lane, a kids bike rodeo, a roller disco dance party and more, the streets of downtown Redmond are set to be the place to be Sunday. The event runs from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. between the Central Connector trail and Downtown Park along 161st Ave NE. And no,…
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tagged: events, let’s move redmond, move redmond, open streets, redmond
May 24, 2021

With new name, Move Redmond expands its walk/bike/transit advocacy + ‘Making Bicycling Accessible for All’ panel Wednesday

The Greater Redmond Transportation Management Association is now “Move Redmond.” That seems like a good name change, though I may be biased since my spouse Kelli works for Move Redmond as the Advocacy and Communications Director. But it is a pleasant upgrade in my life that I no longer have to hear “GRTMA” pronounced out…
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tagged: doc wilson, ed ewing, katherine hollis, kelli refer, kirk hovenkotter, marley blonsky, move redmond, redmond, sol dressa
May 14, 2020

Redmond is building a 520 Trail tunnel under NE 40th St, route detoured until 2021

Redmond is constructing an underpass for the 520 Trail at NE 40th Street, so the trail route will be detoured through May 2021. The closure started this week. Users are directed to side streets near the Microsoft and Nintendo campuses between NE 36th and 51st Streets. Most of the detour route has painted bike lanes.…
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tagged: 520 trail, redmond
May 4, 2018

Do you travel to or from the Eastside? You gotta give biking the 520 Bridge a try

Biking across the 520 Bridge during a sunny evening commute this week, I was floored by the sheer number of people biking across Lake Washington. I knew demand for a biking connection on this bridge was going to be big, but seeing it in action is still inspiring. In fact, as more and more people…
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tagged: 520 trail, bellevue, kirkland, redmond, wsdot
November 16, 2017

Big 2020-23 King County sewer project could impact Sammamish River Trail in Redmond

Attention Sammamish River Trail users: A big King County sewer project that could impact the trail near Redmond is in planning now. The project is still years away from breaking ground, but now is the time to get involved if you want to support high quality detour options. It is always better to get involved…
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tagged: lake hills and nw lake sammamish sewer upgrade project, redmond