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From our Bike Events Calendar
Sep15Sun8:30 am Beacon Hill History Ride @ Jefferson Community CenterBeacon Hill History Ride @ Jefferson Community CenterSep 15 @ 8:30 am – 3:00 pm
This will be a leisurely pace history ride to visit and learn facts about various historic and interesting sites around parts of Seattle’s Beacon Hill. Meet at 8:30 am, wheels rolling at 9. How did Seattle almost have a South … Continue reading10:00 am Bicycle Sunday! @ Lake Washington BlvdBicycle Sunday! @ Lake Washington BlvdSep 15 @ 10:00 am – 6:00 pmOn scheduled Sundays from May to September, a portion of Lake Washington Boulevard will be closed to motorized vehicles from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Seattle Parks and Recreation invites everyone in the community to bike, jog or stroll along … Continue reading10:00 am Bike Works Volunteer Repair Party @ Bike Works ClassroomsBike Works Volunteer Repair Party @ Bike Works ClassroomsSep 15 @ 10:00 am – 1:00 pmDetails: Volunteer Repair Parties (VRP) are drop-in, weekly bike repair parties for adults (age 18 and up). You do not need to be a skilled bike mechanic to help out. This is how most volunteers with Bike Works get their … Continue reading
Tag Archives: stone way
Couple healing up after struck by car while walking across Stone Way
A couple active in the Seattle theater scene was struck by a car while crossing Stone Way January 11 on their way to a show at Stone Soup Theater. Both Zach and Ashley Adair were hospitalized, though Zach’s injuries were … Continue reading
Mostly-finished Green Lake Way project reconnects neighbors with their parks
While we here at Seattle Bike Blog spend a lot of time urging the city to invest in protected bike lanes, it’s important to remember that simply redesigning a street using paint can completely revolutionize a street. The city’s in-process … Continue reading
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Plans for key Wallingford neighborhood greenway crossing scaled back
Plans for a key crossing for the Wallingford neighborhood greenway has been scaled back in response to concerns from residents. The crossing at N 43rd St and Stone Way is the biggest component of the project, giving people on foot … Continue reading
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Tagged 2012 paving, neighborhood greenways, sam woods, sdot, stone way, wallingford
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Wallingford neighborhood greenway details revealed
Plans for the first segment of the Wallingford neighborhood greenway are the beginnings of something exciting. At an open house December 8, SDOT unveiled some more details, including plans for making the crossings safer and helping people find their way. … Continue reading
Neighborhood-Powered Streets Part 3: Controversially less controversial
This story is part of a series about Seattle’s young neighborhood greenway movement. In part three, we look into hopes that greenway projects will be less controversial than arterial bike lanes and how that could impact the city’s bicycle infrastructure … Continue reading
Greenwood Ave a great tailored road case study
There should be little concern about the proposed changes to Greenwood Ave between 85th and 105th/Holman affecting vehicle capacity. According to SDOT data, this stretch handles nearly the same number of cars as the stretch of Greenwood south of 85th, … Continue reading
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Road diet proposed for NE 125th, open house Monday
View Larger Map SDOT will hold an open house Monday, July 26 to give a glimpse at plans to reconfigure a 1.3 mile stretch of NE 125th between Roosevelt and 35th Ave NE. The plans sound similar to other so … Continue reading
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Nickerson ‘road diet’ work to start next week
Work on Nickerson is scheduled to begin next week. This comes after a brief fight over the proposal, which will eliminate a traffic lane in each direction and add a center turn lane, a bicycle lane and safe crosswalks. Resistance … Continue reading
‘Road diet’ for Admiral includes more buffered bike lanes
SDOT has released details about the proposed reconfiguration of SW Admiral Way between SW Olga St. and the West Seattle bridge.
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