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How bikeable are the roads and paths near you? – UPDATED
PM UPDATE: It sounds like a lot untreated surfaces have turned to smooth ice after sundown. Take care. I biked to play hockey last night, and the roads between the U District and Kraken Community Iceplex in Northgate were in fairly good condition. As noted in our post yesterday, the city prioritizes arterial streets and…
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How to check which Seattle streets have been plowed
If you’re heading out on a bike in the snow, you’ll quickly figure out that a lot of the slower streets and bike paths you typically ride have not been plowed. So unless you have a fully winterized bike with snow tires and everything, you may need to reroute to the priority snowplow streets until…
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SDOT will upgrade part of the 8th Ave bike lane downtown
SDOT will upgrade the 8th Ave bike lane between Pike Street to Westlake Avenue to replace the paint and plastic posts with concrete barriers. Work will start in early January and continue for up to 3 months. The project was funded thanks to a community-led effort to secure a variety of street improvements from the…
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Here’s why the new signal at 83rd and Greenwood still isn’t fully operational
The crosswalk signal at 83rd and Greenwood made some headlines a few months ago in large part because it was constructed in the same place as a community-made crosswalk that was painted in September 2021. The crossing is part of the neighborhood greenway connection between Greenwood and Green Lake, and the improved crosswalk even garnered…
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Amber Weilert: ‘Nothing can change this reality, but we can change the future’
Amber Weilert’s 13-year-old son Mikey was killed in July while biking in a crosswalk on Pacific Avenue S in Parkland. Since then, she’s been sharing her devastating story in an effort to make changes. She spoke during an event for World Day of Remembrance in November, and last week penned a heartbreaking and powerful piece…
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SDOT will try again to make rail crossing under the Ballard Bridge safer
SDOT is set to start work as soon as Monday on another fix to hopefully prevent people from crashing while biking across the train tracks under the Ballard Bridge as they navigate the notorious Burke-Gilman Trail Missing Link. Crews will tear out sections of the roadway and replace it with gravel in hopes that this…
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