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Watch out! Speed bumps added to Roosevelt Way bike lane near 43rd. UPDATE 2/5: They’re gone
UPDATE (2/5, 1:45 p.m.): The bumps are gone. Bump be gone! pic.twitter.com/bcRYUKoHSM — G Hall (@MattGHall) February 5, 2021 UPDATE (2/5): The speed bumps will be removed. This morning we received an update from SDOT’s Ethan Bergerson: I want to give you an update that we are planning to remove this speed bump. Our City…
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Report: NE 65th Street bike lanes have saved lives and prevented serious injuries
For a four-year period, the short stretch of NE 65th Street between NE Ravenna Blvd and 39th Ave NE killed one person and seriously injured at least one other person every year. But a hard-fought safety project installed in spring 2019 has cut collisions by more than half and has so far eliminated deaths and…
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Salomon: Finally fixing NE 65th Street (Part Two)
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is Part Two of a two-part series by Andres Salomon looking at NE 65th Street safety improvements. Part One describes the urgent need for safety improvements along the part of 65th where five people have been killed and seriously injured in the past two years. Part Two looks at possible solutions. NE 65th…
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Salomon: Finally fixing NE 65th Street (Part One)
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is Part One of a two-part series by NE Seattle Greenways leader and former mayoral candidate (“I ran for Mayor before it was cool“) Andres Salomon. In this post, Salomon gives an update on the need for NE 65th Street safety improvements. Part Two will cover potential designs that the city could build…
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Roosevelt bike lane opens with Kidical Mass and community party Saturday
As we reported previously, it took a lot of advocacy work to convince SDOT to add a bike lane to Roosevelt Way NE as part of the recently-completed scheduled paving project. Seriously. And the result is a huge improvement over one of the most important bike routes in NE Seattle. Sure, there are some issues…
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Roosevelt bike lane gets November opening party (but is mostly open already)
The city’s newest protected bike lane on Roosevelt Way NE is almost complete, and it has already revolutionized bikeability in NE Seattle. Much of the bike lane is already open, and the city has set a November 5 grand opening party 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the U District Food Bank (more details below).…
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