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From our Bike Events Calendar
Jan30Mon5:30 pm Downtown Greenways monthly meetingDowntown Greenways monthly meetingJan 30 @ 5:30 pm – 7:00 pmLast Monday of the month. Join us! https://seattlegreenways.org/downtowngreenwaysJan31Tue4:00 pm SDOT: Seattle Transportation Pla...SDOT: Seattle Transportation Pla...Jan 31 @ 4:00 pm – 7:00 pmWe’re excited to announce that we will be hosting two Seattle Transportation Plan Open Houses, one on Saturday, January 28 and one on Tuesday, January 31! At these Open Houses, we will share our "second draft" transportation network maps. These have been … Continue readingFeb1Wed6:00 pm Seattle Bicycle Advisory Board M...Seattle Bicycle Advisory Board M...Feb 1 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pmMonthly agendas can be found at: http://www.seattle.gov/seattle-bicycle-advisory-board/meetings/meeting-agendas The Seattle Bicycle Advisory Board (SBAB) advises the Mayor, City Council, and City Departments and Divisions on projects, policies, and programs that improve and/or affect bicycling conditions in Seattle. Responsibilities SBAB’s responsibilities include: … Continue readingFeb2Thu7:15 pm Point83 @ Westlake ParkPoint83 @ Westlake ParkFeb 2 @ 7:15 pm
Meet up in the center of the park at 7ish. Leave at 730. Every Thursday from now until forever rain or shine. Bikes, beers, illegal firepits, nachos, bottlerockets, timetraveling, lollygagging, mechanicals, good times.Feb4Sat9:00 am First Saturday Neighborhood Clea...First Saturday Neighborhood Clea...Feb 4 @ 9:00 am – 12:00 pmEvery month volunteers gather to collect garbage and help beautify our neighborhood. On average, we collect about 15 bags of garbage per clean up, which means 1,000’s of small pieces of plastic that do not find their way into Puget … Continue reading
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South Park community group seeks to reclaim neighborhood land from a harmful, redundant highway
South Park has some of the most harmful air quality of any residential neighborhood in Seattle and King County, and it doesn’t take long to figure out where a lot of it comes from: The freeway that splits the neighborhood … Continue reading
Georgetown to South Park trail reaches design milestone, scheduled to open in 2023
The Georgetown to South Park Connection, a walking and biking trail concept promoted for years by the community-led group Duwamish Valley Safe Streets, is on schedule to begin construction in 2022 and open in 2023. Final design should be complete … Continue reading
Watch SDOT’s virtual tour of the Duwamish Trail connection & crossing improvements
The Seattle Department of Transportation continues outreach around its proposal to finally connect the last segment of the Duwamish Trail between the West Seattle Bridge and the separated trail that starts a half mile down West Marginal Way SW. A … Continue reading
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Proposed Duwamish Trail extension could make everyone safer on West Marginal Way
The Duwamish trail provides one of the only dedicated bike routes to and from the South Park neighborhood, which is currently dealing with an influx of drivers looking for any shortcut they can take to avoid the repercussions of the … Continue reading
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Tagged duwamish trail, duwamish tribe, georgetown, south park, west seattle
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Lower West Seattle Bridge reopens, but closure highlighted major need for Sodo bike lanes
UPDATE: The Lower Spokane St Bridge is back open again to all pedestrian, bicycle and vehicle traffic! Thank you to everyone for your patience and understanding. — seattleDOTbridges (@SDOTbridges) June 26, 2018 The lower West Seattle Bridge has reopened following … Continue reading
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Tagged 1st ave s, allentown, duwamish valley, duwamish valley safe streets, georgetown, marginal way, sdot, south park, west seattle
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Support budgets for a Georgetown/South Park trail, SDOT Equity Program, Summer Parkways + more
It is long past time to build a comfortable and safe biking and walking connection between Georgetown and South Park. These communities are so close, yet the most direct way to walk between them involves a dirt path running behind … Continue reading
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Tagged 2018 budget, bruce harrell, cascade bicycle club, georgetown, mike o'brien, sdot, seattle neighborhood greenways, south park
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Options for a redesigned E Marginal Way + Regional leadership needed to connect to S King County
Today is the last day to comment on SDOT’s E Marginal Way online open house. The city is working on a major reconstruction and redesign of the industrial street that also serves as one of the most vital bike connections … Continue reading
South Park trail celebration is Saturday
As we reported previously, the South Park neighborhood now has a way better connection to the Duwamish Trail. You can join community members, Councilmember Tom Rasmussen and other city officials for an opening celebration Saturday. Meet 10 a.m. at the … Continue reading
First look: South Park’s new connection to the Duwamish Trail
The city has completed a new connection between the South Park neighborhood and the Duwamish Trail. Officially, it is a multi-use trail because it is open to both walking and biking. But it certainly feels like the city’s newest and … Continue reading
South Park Bridge is now open, bike lanes ‘protected’ for a week
The rebuilt South Park Bridge is now open, improving access to the neighborhood and creating a link in what could someday be a very bikeable place to live, work and play. For at least the first week, cones will guide … Continue reading
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Tagged green river trail, king county, s portland st, sdot, south park, south park bridge
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Get involved in push for safe streets: Meetings in Central Seattle, South Park
The city team working on a neighborhood greenway near the 23rd Ave corridor will be holding a series of drop-in sessions this week to gather community input and answer questions about the project. Now dubbed the Central Area Greenway, the … Continue reading
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Tagged 23rd ave, central area greenway, central seattle greenways, meetings, south park
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Bike Master Plan Draft 2: West Seattle, Duwamish Valley, Queen Anne, Interbay and Magnolia
The last day to comment on the second draft of the Bicycle Master Plan is Friday (today!). Email your comments to [email protected] This post is a continuation of a series investigating some of changes in the newest draft of the … Continue reading
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Tagged 2013 bike master plan update, georgetown, gilman ave w, interbay, magnolia, queen anne, south park
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A look at the city’s planned trail connecting South Park to the 1st Ave Bridge
The West Duwamish Trail will connect into South Park as soon as the end of 2013 according to the city’s plans. The trail—which runs almost to the West Seattle Bridge and connects to the 1st Ave Bridge—will extend down W … Continue reading
Bike Master Plan: West Seattle, Sodo and South Park
This is the fourth post in a series analyzing Seattle’s draft Bicycle Master Plan update, which is currently taking public comments. This post will focus on West Seattle, Sodo, Georgetown and South Park. Stay tuned for future posts looking at … Continue reading
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Tagged 2012 bicycle master plan update, georgetown, sodo, south park, west seattle
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West Seattle resident Sally Eustice killed on morning ride near Walla Walla
The family and friends of Sally Eustice are in mourning after Sally was struck and killed on a bike ride near Walla Walla in the early morning of May 21. She was in Eastern Washington to attend her nephew’s college … Continue reading
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