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SDOT is reopening the Spokane Street Bridge, will remove 1st Ave bike lanes Saturday

Posted on January 13, 2023 by Tom Fucoloro

After three weeks stuck in its waterway-priority position, the Spokane Street Swing Bridge to West Seattle will be usable again this afternoon. SDOT noted in an announcement that it should be fully open by 2 p.m. today (Friday). This is … Continue reading →

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SDOT’s emergency bike lanes are glorious

Posted on January 5, 2023 by Tom Fucoloro

I’m pecking this post out on my phone from beneath the West Seattle Bridge after biking SDOT’s temporary, emergency bike lanes on 1st Ave S and on W Marginal Way, and I’m just beaming. It’s so good. Everyone involved should … Continue reading →

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20 year old charged with vehicular homicide and hit and run for killing Robb Mason

Posted on January 4, 2023 by Tom Fucoloro

Mohamed A Yusuf, a 20 year old living in West Seattle, faces counts of vehicular homicide and felony hit and run after allegedly striking and killing Robb Mason with his Hyundai Elantra while Mason was biking in a crosswalk just … Continue reading →

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The case for an emergency SoDo bike path in response to the Spokane Street Bridge closure

Posted on December 30, 2022 by Tom Fucoloro

The Spokane Street Bridge Connecting West Seattle to the mainland closed during the holiday ice storm and has been out of operation ever since. Repairs will take a minimum of two weeks, SDOT said earlier this week, pegging the earliest … Continue reading →

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Alert: The Spokane Street Bridge will be closed ‘at least two weeks’

Posted on December 27, 2022 by Tom Fucoloro

SDOT posted an update Tuesday evening with terrible news for people who walk or bike between mainland Seattle and West Seattle: The Spokane Street Bridge, the lower swing bridge with the biking and walking path, will be out of commission … Continue reading →

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Alert: Spokane Street Bridge closed ‘all weekend’

Posted on December 24, 2022 by Tom Fucoloro

The Spokane Street Bridge to West Seattle didn’t make it through the ice storm, and it will likely remain closed for the rest of the weekend. SDOT Director Greg Spotts said on Twitter that the mechanical problem on the swing … Continue reading →

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Man struck and killed on Harbor Island identified. RIP Robert Mason

Posted on July 20, 2022 by Tom Fucoloro

The man struck and killed while biking on Harbor Island Friday has been identified as Robert Mason, West Seattle Blog reports. He was 63. We send our deepest condolences to his loved ones. Police are still looking for the person … Continue reading →

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Driver kills person biking near Spokane Street Bridge then flees the scene

Posted on July 15, 2022 by Tom Fucoloro

Someone driving struck and killed a 63-year-old man on a bike at the east end of the Spokane Street Bridge to West Seattle Friday evening. The suspect then fled the scene in a white or silver sedan. Our deepest condolences … Continue reading →

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Vashon and West Seattle Water Taxis can now take wide tire bikes (but still no long bikes)

Posted on September 20, 2021 by Tom Fucoloro

The King County Water Taxi bike racks can now take bikes with tires as wide as 4.6 inches, nearly double the size of the old bike racks. This should significantly expand compatibility, especially as many of today’s most popular bikes … Continue reading →

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Watch SDOT’s virtual tour of the Duwamish Trail connection & crossing improvements

Posted on February 10, 2021 by Ryan Packer

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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Local groups speak up in favor of protected bike lane on West Marginal Way

Posted on January 28, 2021 by Ryan Packer

The plan to finally connect the Duwamish Trail by installing a protected bike lane along the west side of West Marginal Way SW continues to face an uncertain future, as SDOT continues to conduct outreach before a final decision is … Continue reading →

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West Seattle Greenway to bridge 35th and connect to the Junction this year

Posted on January 22, 2021 by Ryan Packer

This month SDOT says they are starting work on an extension of the West Seattle Neighborhood Greenway, which will finally connect the current greenway in the south end of the neighborhood with Alaska Junction. Most notably, the project will bring … Continue reading →

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Proposed Duwamish Trail extension could make everyone safer on West Marginal Way

Posted on January 4, 2021 by Ryan Packer

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

Posted on September 15, 2020 by Tom Fucoloro

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 … Continue reading →

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

Posted on August 28, 2020 by Tom Fucoloro

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 … Continue reading →

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E Marginal Way remake and bikeway heads into final design, construction could begin in 2021

Posted on July 6, 2020 by Tom Fucoloro

With the fate of the West Seattle Bridge still unknown, SDOT is fast-tracking projects to improve other connections to and around the bridge. That includes the long-planned E Marginal Way remake, which has been a priority for both the Port … Continue reading →

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West Seattle safe streets archaeologists unearth long-lost sidewalk

Posted on July 2, 2020 by Tom Fucoloro

Safe streets archaeologists in West Seattle made an astounding discovery this month, unearthing a long-forgotten sidewalk and path connecting the Duwamish Trail to some greenbelt trails off Highland Park Way SW. While waiting for city plans to help ease the … Continue reading →

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With the upper West Seattle Bridge closed, bike trips across the low bridge are higher than non-outbreak years

Posted on May 28, 2020 by Tom Fucoloro

As we already saw in our previous post, the covid-19 pandemic has totally scrambled the typical ridership data collected by Seattle’s 24/7 bike counters. On the Fremont Bridge, for example, total ridership is down about 20% compared to the 2013-19 … Continue reading →

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Alert: Lower Spokane Street Bridge will close overnight May 29-31

Posted on May 27, 2020 by Tom Fucoloro

The lower Spokane Street Bridge to West Seattle, a vital lifeline for the neighborhood since the upper West Seattle Bridge closed, will itself close for evening-to-overnight work Friday, Saturday and maybe Sunday. That means anyone biking will need to detour … Continue reading →

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City develops emergency plan in case the West Seattle Bridge falls

Posted on May 6, 2020 by Tom Fucoloro

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 … Continue reading →

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