Tag: streetcars

August 12, 2019

Four years later, city settles with man terribly injured following streetcar track crash

Daniel Ahrendt was biking westbound on Jackson Street in May 2015 when he crossed the very wide five-way intersection with Rainier, Boren and 14th Avenues. A bus was stopped next to the curb, so he changed lanes to pass. That’s when everything went horribly wrong. The track grabbed his bike wheel, sending him crashing to…
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tagged: daniel ahrendt, first hill streetcar, pete holmes, streetcars
December 15, 2017

Bike share pilot’s daily ridership blows past Pronto’s lifetime totals, rivals both streetcars combined

As bike share companies added more bikes to Seattle streets during late summer and early autumn, the number of trips accelerated, too. Combined, Spin, ofo and LimeBike are carrying nearly as many daily riders as both the First Hill Streetcar and the South Lake Union Streetcar combined. For the first two months, the brand new…
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tagged: bike share, pronto emerald city cycle share, streetcars
September 28, 2016

Mayor’s budget funds downtown streetcar, will form bike/streetcar safety review board

Mayor Ed Murray’s proposed budget would fund the Center City Connector streetcar, providing $45 million over the next half decade to match Federal grant funds and funds from City Light and Public Utilities for relocation work, Seattle Transit Blog reports. As we reported in depth back in June, we have some serious bike safety concerns…
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tagged: 2017 budget, center city connector, ed murray, streetcars
June 23, 2016

Downtown streetcar plans would make 1st Ave, Stewart more dangerous for biking

Despite ample evidence that streetcar tracks injure and maybe even kill people biking, plans for a downtown streetcar line on 1st Ave and Stewart Street do not include any adjacent bike lanes or any other measure to make the tracks safer. To put it bluntly, the $135 million Center City Connector Streetcar as currently planned…
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tagged: 1st ave, center city connector, sdot, stewart, streetcars
July 28, 2014

I test ride a Pronto bike (and yes, it can climb hills)

Pronto Cycle Share has a couple prototypes of the 500 public bikes they will put into service around the city center and the U District in September, and I had the chance recently to test one out. The bike is the product of a new supply chain for Alta Bicycle Share, who used to get…
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tagged: alta bicycle share, arcade, bike share, holly houser, pronto emerald city cycle share, streetcars
October 28, 2013

Downtown streetcar plans don’t include safe bikeway

Plans for the City Center Connector streetcar do not currently include a safe bike facility. Analysis of the options for a streetcar through downtown to connect the South Lake Union and First Hill lines has settled on First Avenue as the best option both for speed and ridership. As advertised on this site, streetcar planners…
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tagged: center city connector, downtown, first avenue, streetcars