Tag: upper west seattle bridge

September 15, 2020

Cascade launches flashy new resource to help people bike to and through West Seattle

Cascade Bicycle Club and IZIP electric bikes partnered to create a pretty great-looking map of popular bike routes to and through West Seattle to help more people visualize how they can shift more trips to bike. The illustrated map is cool because it’s a high-level look at the options. But once someone is interested in…
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August 28, 2020

Letter: Invest 1% of West Seattle Bridge budget to help meet biking goals

A collective letter from neighborhood and regional bike and safe streets advocacy groups calls on SDOT to invest at least 1% of the West Seattle Bridge replacement budget on improving bike connections. The city’s mode shift plan for helping people get around during the bridge closure calls for a massive increase in biking (from about…
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tagged: cascade bicycle club, duwamish valley safe streets, seattle neighborhood greenways, upper west seattle bridge, west seattle, west seattle bike connections
May 6, 2020

City develops emergency plan in case the West Seattle Bridge falls

The city of course hopes it never comes to this, but they are planning for a worst case scenario in which the bridge becomes so unstable it could collapse. After studying the extensive cracking on the West Seattle High Bridge that prompted its emergency closure in late March, SDOT has installed monitoring devices to alert…
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April 22, 2020

Some ways the city can help more people bike during the West Seattle High Bridge closure

Seattle needs to take bold, unprecedented action to help many more people get around by bike during the longterm West Seattle High Bridge closure. This isn’t just about improving cycling conditions, it’s one of the only ways the city can keep the whole transportation system moving. Every idea needs to be on the table, including…
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tagged: Delridge Way SW, duwamish trail, duwamish valley, marginal way, rapidride h, sdot, sw admiral way, upper west seattle bridge, west seattle
April 16, 2020

With the West Seattle High Bridge closed until at least 2022, talks begin about building a replacement

As we learn more about the unexpected and sudden closure of the West Seattle High Bridge at the end of March, it’s looking more and more like the decision to close the bridge prevented a horrific tragedy. Cracking on both sides of the support structure of the longest span was on a path to meet…
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tagged: city council district 1, Lisa herbold, lower west seattle bridge, sam zimbabwe, sdot, upper west seattle bridge, west seattle
March 31, 2020

Watch: With the West Seattle high bridge closed, here are some popular bike routes to get across the Duwamish River

Transcript (auto-generated .txt) There is still no timeline for reopening the West Seattle high bridge, by far the most-traveled way to get across the Duwamish River and connect to the rest of the city. In the meantime, the lower Spokane Street swing bridge and its walking and biking trail is still open, making biking a…
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