Tag: seattle neighborhood greenways

September 6, 2023

Seattle needs a permanently safe space for biking and walking on Lake Washington Blvd

After a failed attempt at convening a task force to discuss ways to make Lake Washington Boulevard safe for people walking and biking, Seattle Parks is now preparing to make some small adjustments to the street that fall far short of what is needed and what the vast majority of people have said they want…
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tagged: bruce harrell, lake washington blvd, parks and recreation, seattle neighborhood greenways, seattle parks district, tammy morales
July 3, 2023

Latest Alaskan Way design includes continuous waterfront bike lane with plan for cruise detours

The city plans to build a continuous bike lane on the waterfront side of Alaskan Way under the latest design, SDOT announced Monday. Rather than permanently detour the bike route across Alaskan Way twice within a couple blocks, the new design includes a detour plan for use only during busy cruise ship loading times in…
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tagged: alaskan way, cascade bicycle club, elliott bay trail, port of seattle, sdot, seattle neighborhood greenways, waterfront
June 9, 2023

Workgroup recommends slowing speed camera expansion until equity issues are resolved

Speed cameras can reduce speeding and collisions while simultaneously bringing in funds to make permanent physical safety improvements to streets. And they can do all this without involving an armed police officer, sidestepping the issue of biased policing. Or at least, that’s how it is supposed to work. Whose Streets? Our Streets! is “a BIPOC-focused…
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tagged: seattle neighborhood greenways, speeding cameras, whose streets our streets
May 18, 2023

Port says it supports waterfront trail if it can be detoured during cruise loading

In response to the surge of letters they received from people concerned about Seattle’s plan to permanently route the waterfront bike path across Alaskan Way and back again near the Pier 66 cruise terminal, the Port of Seattle said it supports a trail on the west side of Alaskan Way so long as it can…
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tagged: alaskan way, alaskan way trail, pier 66, port of seattle, seattle neighborhood greenways, waterfront
May 10, 2023

Action Alert: Tell the Port you support a seamless waterfront trail

You have already told SDOT to build a continuous waterfront trail between Myrtle Edwards Park and the new downtown waterfront, but city plans still show the trail crossing Alaskan Way twice in a matter of a couple blocks near the cruise ship terminal at Pier 66. Now Seattle Neighborhood Greenways has another action alert you…
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tagged: downtown, port of seattle, seattle neighborhood greenways, waterfront
April 14, 2023

Seattle Neighborhood Greenways event will imagine ‘pedestrian streets in every Seattle neighborhood’

OK, OK, yes, it is ridiculous that Pike Place allows cars (especially non-delivery vehicles). But that is just one little street downtown, and it tends to take up most of the space in local conversations about pedestrianizing streets. Let try this statement on for size: There should be at least one pedestrian street in every…
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tagged: events, pedestrianize this, seattle neighborhood greenways