Tag: 15th ave s

February 22, 2021

After years of delay, improvements coming to 15th Ave S & S Columbian Way intersection

Later this year, the Seattle Department of Transportation is set to complete improvements that will make it easier to bike through one of Beacon Hill’s trickiest intersections. The changes planned at 15th Ave S and S Columbian Way come three years after the department was originally scheduled to implement a much bolder reconfiguration of the…
(read more…)

tagged: 15th ave s, beacon hill
November 19, 2019

I guess I need to take back some of the nice things I said about the Neighborhood Street Fund… UPDATED

UPDATE: Be sure to read to the bottom of this post for an update from SDOT. This specific Neighborhood Street Fund project is dead, but the department has not abandoned this intersection, a spokesperson said. Yesterday’s post was supposed to be about a neighbor-led SDOT program focused on investing significantly into ideas generated from the community…
(read more…)

tagged: 15th ave s, beacon hill, neighborhood street fund, s columbian way
March 4, 2011

Still not convinced of the benefits of complete streets?

SDOT published a post on their blog with great before and after shots of the redesigned intersection at 15th Ave S and S Lander St. Sited a block from the light rail station, the intersection’s former design can be seen in many places around our city. Wide curb-to-curb distances force people walking to stay in…
(read more…)

tagged: 15th ave s, 2011 legislature, beacon hill, complete streets, HB 1071, HB 1700, sdot
November 8, 2010

Chief Sealth Trail extention will help connect from Othello station to SoDo, Capitol Hill

Paving is complete for the north extension of the Chief Sealth Trail on Beacon Hill. Work is still needed to make curbs and ramps. The trail will end at 15th Ave S a couple blocks south of the new climbing lane installed on 15th, which stretches north just past Beacon Ave. The trail’s south end…
(read more…)

tagged: 15th ave s, beacon hill, brighton, chief sealth trail, othello
August 26, 2010

Beacon Hill changes looking strong, but can we go a step further?

I attended the open house Tuesday to take a look at the plans for 15th Ave S and Columbian Way S, and response to the projects seemed mostly positive.
(read more…)

tagged: 15th ave s, beacon hill, s columbian way, sdot
August 23, 2010

Open house Tuesday to discuss several Beacon Hill road changes

Map by the city’s Beacon Hill Blog SDOT is proposing changes to 15th Ave S and S Columbian Way that would add much-needed bike infrastructure in Mid-Beacon Hill and will help connect much of south Seattle to downtown. There will be an open house tomorrow, August 24, at the Jefferson Community Center to give residents…
(read more…)

tagged: 15th ave s, beacon hill, s columbian way, sdot, south seattle