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Alert: PSE working on Interurban Trail in Auburn/Algona
Starting today, Puget Sound Energy crews will be working along the Interurban Trail between 37th Street NW in Auburn and the Boeing Auburn facility near 5th Ave N in Algona. The trail should generally be open, but crews will close it as needed while installing utility poles. Flaggers will instruct trail users on what to…
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Seattle is testing an electric bike lane sweeper
OK Broomer is starting to look like a boomer compared to the all-electric eSwingo 200+ bike lane sweeper SDOT is currently renting. The new style of sweeper is part of the city’s goal of electrifying as many city vehicles and machines as it can. Tenting before buying is wise because while the sweeper is rated…
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Bainbridge Ferry reopens for biking (and other vehicles)
Despite a scary incident moving the spans from the barge to the terminal, early in the project, crews reopened access to the vehicle deck on the Bainbridge Ferry Tuesday evening, hours earlier than originally planned. So people can now bike onto the ferry again after nearly a week operating as walk-on only. Crews closed all…
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Someone installed a ramp over the Missing Link gravel pit
Seattle’s Department of Transportation created a new way to bike through the notoriously dangerous track-crossing section of the Ballard Missing Link: A ramp. Though now that I look a little closer, I’m beginning to wonder if this really is an official piece of transportation infrastructure. Something about the font doesn’t seem quite right. But is…
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Last day to complete Leary/Market Missing Link survey
You’ve been asking—no, begging—the city for more surveys about road safety projects. Luckily, the city has heard you. Today (9/8) is the final day to fill out this short survey about the Leary/Market concept for connecting the Burke-Gilman Trail through Ballard. In classic Seattle survey fashion, it asks a handful of questions the public really…
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Seattle needs a permanently safe space for biking and walking on Lake Washington Blvd
After a failed attempt at convening a task force to discuss ways to make Lake Washington Boulevard safe for people walking and biking, Seattle Parks is now preparing to make some small adjustments to the street that fall far short of what is needed and what the vast majority of people have said they want…
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