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From our Bike Events Calendar
Dec10Tueall-day US Cyclocross Nationals @ Fort Steilacoom ParkUS Cyclocross Nationals @ Fort Steilacoom ParkDec 10 – Dec 15 all-day
It’s been 23 years since the last US Cyclocross National Championships have taken place in Washington State and in 2019 the City of Lakewood and Ft. Steilacoom Park welcome national championship racing beginning Tuesday, December 10th through Sunday December 15th. … Continue reading5:30 pm SR 520 Montlake Project Monthly ...SR 520 Montlake Project Monthly ...Dec 10 @ 5:30 pm – 6:30 pmFrom WSDOT:Your community has played a pivotal role in the first stages of the SR 520 Montlake Project. We hope you continue to stay involved throughout the design and construction process.To make it easier to stay up to date on … Continue reading7:30 pm Licton-Haller & Greenwood-Phinne...Licton-Haller & Greenwood-Phinne...Dec 10 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pmOur regularly scheduled monthly meeting. Please check GPG’s Twitter account – https://twitter.com/GPGreenways, our Google Group – https://goo.gl/W9jmzW or our Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/GreenwoodPhinneyGreenways/?fref=ts) to confirm each month’s meeting. FacebookTwitterRedditPocketEmailDec11Wed12:00 pm SR 520 Montlake Project Monthly ...SR 520 Montlake Project Monthly ...Dec 11 @ 12:00 pm – 1:30 pmFrom WSDOT:Your community has played a pivotal role in the first stages of the SR 520 Montlake Project. We hope you continue to stay involved throughout the design and construction process.To make it easier to stay up to date on … Continue reading
Tag Archives: sound transit
Bikes will be kicked off light rail downtown during early 2020 crush + 5¢ per hour bike lockers coming to more transit stations
Construction work to connect the existing light rail tracks to the new East Link tracks will require a very tough couple months in January, February and March 2020. Dubbed “Connect 2020,” train frequency will be dramatically reduced, and every passenger … Continue reading
Alert: Some UW Station bike racks will be replaced with lockers starting Monday, so careful where you lock up
Sound Transit is moving and replacing some bike racks near UW Station to install new on-demand secure bike lockers starting next week, so be extra careful about which racks you use. Look around for a “Rider Alert” sign before locking … Continue reading
How to help fight for transit and local transportation funding by defeating I-976
Washington’s most famous Office Depot chair thief also wants to take our voter-approved transit and local transportation funding. We must defeat I-976. Basically, Tim Eyman’s initiative would preempt local governments and agencies in places where voters have approved using vehicle … Continue reading
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Tagged 2019 general election, i-976, sound transit, tim eyman, transportation choices coalition
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Upcoming weekend Link closures a good chance to try biking + Last chance to take station access survey
In order to complete work necessary to connect the existing light rail line to the under-construction East Link line, Sound Transit will not operate trains between Capitol Hill and Sodo Stations for three upcoming weekends: October 12-13, October 26-27, and … Continue reading
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Tagged connect 2020, east link, sound transit
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Family of Derek Blaylock files suit against city, Sound Transit and contractors after 2016 death near Northgate Station
Derek Blaylock drove his son to school the morning of September 21, 2016, then grabbed his bike and rode to Northgate Transit Center to catch a bus to work. On the way home, he was biking from the transit center … Continue reading
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Tagged deaths, derek blaylock, northgate, northgate station, sdot, sound transit
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Redesigned Northgate bike/walk bridge construction should start middle of this year
Crossing I-5 in Northgate is terrible today. The freeway divides the neighborhood, and the few places where crossing on foot or bike is possible are either far apart or very stressful. So as the region prepares to open a light … Continue reading
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Tagged cascade bicycle club, northgate, northgate station, sdot, sound transit
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West Seattle Link might destroy the Sodo Trail, but that could be a good thing
SDOT has been planning an extension of the Sodo Trail to reach Spokane St under the West Seattle Bridge for a while now, but that work could take a major turn if Sound Transit chooses a West Seattle light rail … Continue reading
Sound Transit settlement could help fund safe Mercer Island bike/walk station access
Mercer Island’s decision to sue Sound Transit and WSDOT in large part over HOV lane access on I-90 did not make the island a lot friends among people across the region who worried the lawsuit could delay and add costs … Continue reading
Sound Transit offers half-price access to Beacon Hill and Angle Lake bike cages
Sound Transit is offering a sweet deal on membership to two of its stations’ secure bike cages: Six months free if you sign up for a year. The catch is that you have to sign up by the end of … Continue reading
Cascade: Redmond stations are a chance to go all out on Sound Transit station access
Transit works better when people can get to the stations. This might seem like an extremely obvious point, but many of the region’s biggest rail and express bus stations have awful walking and biking access problems. Like truly awful: And … Continue reading
Sound Transit 3 is not about light rail, it’s about bringing our region closer together
So much of the debating over the Sound Transit 3 vote has been about taxes or traffic or whether buses are better than trains or whether the size of the package is too ambitious. These points are all missing what’s … Continue reading
Man killed and woman seriously injured in shared-bike collision with bus
A man and woman sharing a bike collided with a Sound Transit bus at 5th and Main at 10:40 p.m. Saturday night. The woman was seriously injured, but conscious at the scene. The man died. Our condolences to his friends … Continue reading
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Tagged 5th ave, deaths, injuries, international district, kiro, s main street, sound transit, spd
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Cascade calls for more bike/walk station access funds in ST3
Sound Transit’s latest ballot measure draft would spend $661 million in transit funds to build car parking near stations. Seattle Transit Blog did the math and found that each new parking space would cost $80,000. To put that in perspective, … Continue reading
Bike-and-Ride: New bike cage opens at Beacon Hill Station
If you live or work within an easy bike ride of Beacon Hill Station, you no longer need to lock your beloved ride outside all day or night exposed to theft, vandalism and weather. Sound Transit has opened a new … Continue reading
With U Link, combining bikes and transit just got even more powerful
University of Washington Station opened Saturday and immediately assumed its role as the bikiest light rail station in the region. The bike parking was overflowing during Saturday’s opening celebration. Even the additional free valet bike parking space provided for the … Continue reading
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Tagged burke-gilman trail, capitol hill station, sound transit, uw station
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U Link opening is the perfect chance to show Seattle why they bought Pronto
Now that the city owns Pronto (or will very soon, anyway), the people of Seattle need to understand why they bought it. Well, Saturday, big crowds are expected to turn out at Capitol Hill and UW Stations for the long-awaited … Continue reading
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Tagged capitol hill, james wing, pronto emerald city cycle share, prontolyzer, sound transit, u district, university link, uw
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Reopened street near Capitol Hill Station improves access to Broadway Bikeway
The north end of the Broadway Bikeway just became infinitely more useful as construction crews finally reopened Denny Way between Broadway, 10th Ave and Cal Anderson Park. Closed for years to build Capitol Hill Station, this section of Denny Way … Continue reading
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Tagged broadway bikeway, capitol hill, capitol hill station, denny way, sound transit
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Sound Transit says ‘No’ to cargo bikes on light rail, families push back
Nap time happens when nap time happens. For families who get around town on larger kid-hauling bikes, transit can be a lifeline. Get trapped across town when the clouds open up? Nap time arrives with miles left to bike? Kids … Continue reading
U District Station open house will discuss bike access
Tunneling for the Northgate Link extension is on schedule for completion this year, meaning station construction work will begin shortly after. So now is the time to make sure bike parking and safe bike route connections are not only included … Continue reading
Salomon: Why construction can’t just close a neighborhood greenway without a safe detour
EDITOR’S NOTE: Andres is a family-biking father dedicated to safe streets. He’s the leader of NE Seattle Greenways and sometimes contributes to Seattle Bike Blog. I encountered this closure the other day on a ride with several people, including Madi … Continue reading
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Tagged 12th ave ne, andres salomon, neighborhood greenways, ravenna, seattle neighborhood greenways, sound transit, u district
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