Tag: s columbian way

December 11, 2019

After pushback, city will complete Columbian Way bike lane at Beacon Ave

Here’s some great news for southend bike riders: SDOT has decided to complete the westbound S Columbian Way bike lane at Beacon Ave after all. As we reported in June, neighbors of the major Columbian Way repaving project were surprised to see that the brand new protected bike lane ended about a half block early,…
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tagged: beacon ave, beacon hill, s columbian way, sdot
November 19, 2019

I guess I need to take back some of the nice things I said about the Neighborhood Street Fund… UPDATED

UPDATE: Be sure to read to the bottom of this post for an update from SDOT. This specific Neighborhood Street Fund project is dead, but the department has not abandoned this intersection, a spokesperson said. Yesterday’s post was supposed to be about a neighbor-led SDOT program focused on investing significantly into ideas generated from the community…
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tagged: 15th ave s, beacon hill, neighborhood street fund, s columbian way
June 28, 2019

SDOT quietly deletes key section from southend bike lane at the last minute, misleads the public about the change

In yet another hit to the already sorely lacking southend bike network, SDOT quietly made a last-minute change to the Columbian Way paving project to remove an uphill section of protected bike lane as the road approaches Beacon Ave S. Neighbors didn’t know about the change until crews painting the planned bike lanes on the…
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tagged: beacon hill, columbia city, rainier valley, s columbian way, sdot
June 9, 2011

S Columbian Way project to calm traffic, connect Beacon Hill and Columbia City

SDOT repaved and redesigned S Columbian Way between 15th Ave S and Beacon Ave S last year, and the interim results are promising: • Traffic volume up 15-20% • No change in number of collisions • 85th percentile speed down from 38.5 to 36.1 • Top-end speeders (40 mph +) down 47% Now, SDOT is…
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tagged: 2011 paving, beacon hill, buffered bike lanes, columbia city, rainier vista, s alaska st, s columbian way
November 17, 2010

Bike lanes part of repaved S Columbian Way

Beacon Hill now has some more bike lanes. Some day this project will meet up with plans for S Columbian Way/Alaska between Beacon Ave and MLK, greatly enhancing connectivity between Beacon Hill (and the Chief Sealth Trail) and Columbia City. There are few good interneighborhood east-west routes in this area, so the new lanes should…
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tagged: beacon hill, bike lanes, columbia city, s columbian way, sdot
August 26, 2010

Beacon Hill changes looking strong, but can we go a step further?

I attended the open house Tuesday to take a look at the plans for 15th Ave S and Columbian Way S, and response to the projects seemed mostly positive.
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tagged: 15th ave s, beacon hill, s columbian way, sdot