Tag: sdot
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Mayor, Sen. Murray celebrate full funding for RapidRide J and Eastlake bike lanes
If there were any concerns that a controversial push to kill the planned protected bike lanes on Eastlake Ave might succeed, Senator Patty Murray and Mayor Bruce Harrell just put that idea to bed for good. “When we’re done here, we will new and upgraded stations, miles of new transit-only lanes, as well as new…
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Alert 1/25–April: Section of trail near east end of Spokane Street Bridge closed + Ideas for making the crosswalks safer
SDOT has closed a section of trail near the east end of the Spokane Street Bridge, effectively closing the trail loop under the bridge and forcing all trail users to use the crosswalks and sidewalks at the intersection of SW Spokane St and 11th Ave SW. The trail will be closed until sometime in April…
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SDOT installs its latest ‘even better bike lane’ barrier on Dearborn Street
A couple blocks of the S Dearborn Street bike lane now has a knee-high concrete curb separating it from the four lanes of general purpose traffic between Rainier Ave S and 10th Ave S. The “Toronto” barriers are shorter than highway-style Jersey barriers but significantly taller than a standard curb. They are fabricated in advance…
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Seattle’s mixed history building neighborhood greenways
Neighborhood greenways have a hit and miss history in Seattle. Sometimes they create fantastic all ages and abilities walking and biking connections, and sometimes they are so heavily compromised that they do very little. So as Seattle prepares to create a new transportation plan and craft a new transportation funding measure, we should probably get…
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2023 Seattle bike and scooter share rides reach record 5.1 million rides as Lime consolidates its lead
Bike and scooter share services are more popular than ever in Seattle, and the number of rides in 2023 eclipsed even the wild days of $1 bikes back in 2017 and 2018. According to SDOT data based on real-time reporting from all permitted companies, people took 5.1 million trips on shared scooters and bikes in…
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Alaskan Way bikeway will be wider, better protected in latest design update – UPDATED
The design for the Alaskan Way bike lane has reached the 90% milestone, and the latest version is wider and better protected. As before, the bike lane is still on the waterfront side of the street to connect the Elliott Bay Trail in Myrtle Edwards Park to the in-construction bikeway that is part of the…
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