Category: news
-
SDOT finalizes RapidRide J design with complete Eastlake bike lanes, plans to begin construction in summer 2024
Seattle has completed the design for the RapidRide J project, which includes complete and protected bike lanes on Eastlake Ave. The design even includes protected bike lanes on the block immediately south of the University Bridge, which was lacking protection in an earlier design. Thanks to many years of persistent advocacy, the project is poised…
-
Council approves deal to pave over the Missing Link tracks under the Ballard Bridge
Within hours after the City Council approved a deal with the railroad now formerly known as the Ballard Terminal Railroad Tuesday, SDOT crews had already marked out the area under the Ballard Bridge where they plan to pave over both the railroad tracks and gravel pits in order to create a safe bicycle pathway. Work…
-
E Marginal Way remake delayed due to old railroad agreement confusion
Confusion over the rights to a mostly unused and perhaps even forgotten rail line has delayed work on a major designed and funded remake of East Marginal Way between downtown and the West Seattle bridges. As we reported in April, the contract for construction has been awarded with work scheduled to begin right about now.…
-
Transportation advocacy endorsements for the 2023 general election
Your ballot for the November 7 general election should be in your mailbox or in the mail. If you have not yet registered, don’t worry. Eligible voters have until October 30 to register or update your address online. After that date, voters will need to register in person at a voting center. With all Seattle…
-
Greenways: How to improve the Seattle Transportation Plan
The Seattle Transportation Plan will guide the next 20 years of local investments in our streets, so it’s very important that we get this right. Most immediately, the plan will form the basis for the transportation funding measure that Seattle will need to send to voters in 2024 to replace the expiring Move Seattle Levy.…
-
Wednesday: Catch my all-new book presentation at Cascade’s HQ
If you have already attended one of my Biking Uphill in the Rain presentations, then you’ve heard about the early history of biking in Seattle. I’m excited to debut an all-new presentation at Cascade Bicycle Club’s Magnuson Park headquarters 6 p.m. Wednesday (October 18). Register on the Cascade website. The new talk picks up where…
Join the Seattle Bike Blog Supporters
As a supporter, you help power independent bike news in the Seattle area. Please consider supporting the site financially starting at $5 per month:
Latest stories
- Gone bikin’
- ‘Our kid is biking on MLK!’
- Alert 8/24: 520 Trail closed across the Lake Washington Saturday
- Seattle decided 9 years ago to kill the SLU Streetcar
- $115/mo for an electric cargo bike? Wombi launches bike subscription service in Seattle, sets up in the old G&O space
- You did it! WSDOT will not cut the Harvard Connection path to planned Roanoke Lid
Bike Events Calendar
Latest on Mastodon