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SDOT pilots a car-free Lake Washington Blvd through Tuesday, announces more Stay Healthy Streets

Posted on June 26, 2020 by Tom Fucoloro

Lake Washington Blvd has been the most-requested street for the city’s car-free and car-light street projects, which started as a response to the COVID-19 outbreak and the need to create more space for people to safely distance while getting some … Continue reading →

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Mayor delays more bike projects from her already-slashed and delayed bike plan

Posted on June 24, 2020 by Tom Fucoloro

Mayor Jenny Durkan and SDOT have paused $58.3 million worth of projects as the department attempts to deal with the impacts of the COVID-19 outbreak on the municipal budget. The cuts represent about 8% of the department’s adopted budget with … Continue reading →

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Alert: Lower Spokane Street Bridge will close overnight May 29-31

Posted on May 27, 2020 by Tom Fucoloro

The lower Spokane Street Bridge to West Seattle, a vital lifeline for the neighborhood since the upper West Seattle Bridge closed, will itself close for evening-to-overnight work Friday, Saturday and maybe Sunday. That means anyone biking will need to detour … Continue reading →

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The future 15th Ave NE bike lanes won’t actually reach Lake City Way, docs show

Posted on May 19, 2020 by Tom Fucoloro

Designs for the 15th Ave NE paving project are compete, and they include bike lanes from (almost) Lake City Way to NE 55th Street, most of which are protected bike lanes. There’s a lot to like about the project, which … Continue reading →

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Some more details on the MLK Way S bike lane options + How to choose between one-way and two-way bike lanes

Posted on May 18, 2020 by Tom Fucoloro

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 →

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Car driving is down 91% from pre-outbreak levels on the city’s new Stay Healthy Streets

Posted on May 12, 2020 by Tom Fucoloro

It made national news last week when Seattle announced that the Stay Healthy Streets (“SHS”) program would be transitioning from an emergency program to a permanent program. For example, a CNN headline read: “Seattle to permanently close 20 miles of … Continue reading →

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City develops emergency plan in case the West Seattle Bridge falls

Posted on May 6, 2020 by Tom Fucoloro

The city of course hopes it never comes to this, but they are planning for a worst case scenario in which the bridge becomes so unstable it could collapse. After studying the extensive cracking on the West Seattle High Bridge … Continue reading →

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City announces new and expanded Stay Healthy Streets in the CD, Beacon Hill, Greenwood and Rainier Beach

Posted on April 23, 2020 by Tom Fucoloro

Seattle has added six more miles of what the city is calling “Stay Healthy Streets,” car-light streets where through-traffic is banned and people are allowed to walk in the street 24/7. They are part of an effort to create more … Continue reading →

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Some ways the city can help more people bike during the West Seattle High Bridge closure

Posted on April 22, 2020 by Tom Fucoloro

Seattle needs to take bold, unprecedented action to help many more people get around by bike during the longterm West Seattle High Bridge closure. This isn’t just about improving cycling conditions, it’s one of the only ways the city can … Continue reading →

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With the West Seattle High Bridge closed until at least 2022, talks begin about building a replacement

Posted on April 16, 2020 by Tom Fucoloro

As we learn more about the unexpected and sudden closure of the West Seattle High Bridge at the end of March, it’s looking more and more like the decision to close the bridge prevented a horrific tragedy. Cracking on both … Continue reading →

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What kind of bike lanes should SDOT build on MLK between Rainier and Judkins Park (in 2023)?

Posted on April 14, 2020 by Tom Fucoloro

I know it’s pretty hard to think about 2023 right now. Because a month lasts about a year right now, 2023 is more than 30 years away. But SDOT is currently conducting a survey about the planned MLK Way S … Continue reading →

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You can now report bike share parking issues with the city’s Find It Fix It app

Posted on April 8, 2020 by Tom Fucoloro

Bike share parking complaints can now be routed through the city’s Find It Fix It app and website as well as by calling 684-ROAD, SDOT’s work order hotline. Basically, reporting a bike share parking issue now goes through the same … Continue reading →

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JUMP is offering free rides to essential workers + City is adding bike parking where needed to ease crunch

Posted on April 1, 2020 by Tom Fucoloro

To help people get around during the COVID-19 outbreak, Seattle’s only bike share company JUMP is offering free 30-minute rides to essential workers during the stay-at-home order (“at least”). Workplaces just need to email [email protected] to get ride codes they … Continue reading →

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Watch: With the West Seattle high bridge closed, here are some popular bike routes to get across the Duwamish River

Posted on March 31, 2020 by Tom Fucoloro

Transcript (auto-generated .txt) There is still no timeline for reopening the West Seattle high bridge, by far the most-traveled way to get across the Duwamish River and connect to the rest of the city. In the meantime, the lower Spokane … Continue reading →

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Upper West Seattle Bridge will be closed for an unknown amount of time, biking across the swing bridge still open

Posted on March 23, 2020 by Tom Fucoloro

SDOT Director Sam Zimbabwe made an unexpected announcement Monday afternoon that the upper West Seattle Bridge will be closed starting at 7 p.m. due to concerns about cracking in the bridge structure. The lower swing bridge and its walking and … Continue reading →

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Mayor Durkan: ‘Eastlake is moving forward’

Posted on February 3, 2020 by Tom Fucoloro

Mayor Jenny Durkan removed all doubt about what she thinks about Eastlake Ave bike lanes during a mid-day press event today. “Without prejudging what would come out of an EIS or what the lawyers would say, we need that bike … Continue reading →

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You spoke up, and city plans now extend E Union St bike lanes through 23rd Ave

Posted on January 31, 2020 by Tom Fucoloro

Thanks to everyone who voiced their concerns about SDOT’s incomplete plans for E Union Street bike lanes in the Central District, the project team has changed their designs to now extend the new bike lanes through the intersection with 23rd … Continue reading →

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The streets Seattle plans to plow + City site tracks which streets have been plowed recently

Posted on January 14, 2020 by Tom Fucoloro

Are you waiting for SDOT crews to clear your street? Well, you should probably check this map to see if they are ever coming: SDOT also has an interactive map that will be updated to let you know which streets … Continue reading →

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Where 2018’s bicycle collisions happened + More from the Traffic Report

Posted on January 10, 2020 by Tom Fucoloro

Biking is getting gradually safer in Seattle with the rate of collisions involving people on bikes per bike commuter dropping to a new low point in 2018, according to the annual Seattle Department of Transportation Traffic Report. The report, released … Continue reading →

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Shortcut: Construction on the Northgate bike/walk bridge will begin next month

Posted on December 17, 2019 by Tom Fucoloro

Editor’s Note: This post introduces a new type of post on Seattle Bike Blog I am calling a “shortcut.” Shortcuts could be many things, but they will all be short. They could be a quick link to a survey or … Continue reading →

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