Tag: wsdot

July 31, 2023

Alert now-Spring 2024: I-90 Trail detour in Factoria

Well, I hope you enjoyed that new section of the I-90 Trail in Factoria, because a section of it will be detoured to the other side of SE 36th Street until Spring 2024. As part of work on the really cool I-90 Sunset Creek Fish Passage project, crews will be detouring the I-90 Trail between…
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tagged: Bike Route Alert, I-90 trail, sunset creek fish passage, wsdot
July 13, 2023

After 6 years of red tape, SDOT is linking the Rainier Valley Greenway to the I-90 Trail

The Rainier Valley Neighborhood Greenway opened in 2017 with a key piece missing: A connection the final block or so to the I-90 Trail in Sam Smith Park. “One of the coolest ideas in the plan is the new connection to the I-90 Trail,” I wrote in a September 2015 post about the greenway plan.…
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tagged: greg spotts, I-90 trail, rainier valley neighborhood greenway, sdot, wsdot
April 19, 2023

Watch: We know this street design is deadly, so why do we keep building them this way?

Seattle’s recent Vision Zero review noted that 80% of people killed while walking on Seattle streets are killed on streets with multiple lanes in the same direction. So why are we on the verge of opening a brand new streets through Belltown near Pike Place Market with multiple lanes in the same direction? I ride…
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tagged: belltown, pike place market, sdot, videos, vision zero, waterfront, western ave, wsdot
March 30, 2023

Alert 3/31-4/3: 520 Bridge Trail closed over the weekend

From WSDOT: CLOSURES 3/31-4/3 WB 520 off-ramp to Montlake Blvd will close from 8 p.m. on Friday to 5 a.m. on Monday. WB 520 off-ramp to Lake Washington Blvd will close from 6 p.m. on Friday to 5 a.m. on Monday. The 520 trail will also close 11 p.m. on Friday to 5 a.m. on…
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tagged: Bike Route Alert, sr 520, wsdot
February 23, 2023

Alert 2/25-26: The 520 Trail will be closed (along with the rest of the bridge)

SR-520 will be closed this weekend as crews install girders for the future walking and biking bridge that will cross the freeway heading toward the Arboretum, among other work. The cross-lake trail will be closed along with the rest of the freeway this time. The work is scheduled to begin 10 p.m. Friday and end…
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tagged: 520 trail, Bike Route Alert, sr 520, wsdot
January 19, 2023

State Routes lead Washington’s horrible increase in deaths of people walking, biking or rolling

The Washington Traffic Safety Commission has put together a new dashboard breaking down the conditions surrounding traffic deaths of people walking, biking or rolling. The data covers ten years from 2012 through 2021 (2022 data is not yet finalized), and there are some undeniable trends that point to the problems. First off, the worst chart…
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tagged: data, deaths, fatal crashes involving active transportation users, washington traffic safety commission, wsdot