Tag: 2nd ave

April 28, 2016

After weeks of tough closures, 2nd Ave bike lane is now permanent + Gets bike counter Monday

After weeks of tough construction closures, the 2nd Ave bike lane — downtown’s sole sliver of low-stress bike lane — has mostly reopened. And with new raised driveways, planter boxes and traffic signals, the pilot project created in 2014 is officially here to stay. There is still more signal work to complete, but most the…
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tagged: 2nd ave, commute seattle, sdot
March 29, 2016

2nd Ave ‘pilot’ bike lane getting permanent treatment, expect detours

When the 2nd Ave protected bike lane opened in October 2014, it was created using mostly paint and movable plastic posts because the city considered it a “pilot” project. Well, it’s been about a year and a half, and now it’s hard to imagine what biking downtown was like without it. So it’s officially becoming…
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tagged: 2nd ave, center city bike lane network, connect downtown, downtown, sdot
March 17, 2016

2nd Ave bike lane will go one block further south + North extension set to open in 2017

You may have noticed crews out painting what appears to be the first extension of the 2nd Ave protected bike lane since it opened in October 2014. Your eyes have not deceived you. Don’t get too excited, though, because it’s only going one block further to S Washington Street. But this is a rather important…
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tagged: 2nd ave, belltown, center city bike network, pioneer square, sdot
March 3, 2016

2nd Ave getting upgrades + Extension to Denny possible this year

After nearly a year and a half as a pilot project, the 2nd Ave bike lane is getting some significant — and hopefully more comfortable and attractive — upgrades. Among the improvements are new planter boxes to help separate the bike lane from travel and parking lanes in addition to the existing reflective plastic posts.…
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tagged: 2nd ave, belltown, cedar street, center city bike network, center city mobility plan, clay street, seattle bicycle advisory board, vine street
January 19, 2016

New 2nd Ave traffic signals clear up confusion

When the city finally upgraded the old skinny paint-only door zone bike lane on 2nd Ave in 2014, it was an incredible increase in biking comfort downtown. But almost immediately after opening one thing became clear: The array of signals hanging on just one street post was confusing people. Most of downtown Seattle has traffic…
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tagged: 2nd ave, dongho chang, protected bike lanes, protected intersections, sdot
November 24, 2015

Commute Seattle will install bike counter display on 2nd Ave

Downtown Seattle will get its first live-updated bike counter display soon thanks to Commute Seattle. Located on 2nd Ave between Madison and Marion Streets, the counter will tick away daily and annual totals as people bike by. As we’ve seen with existing counter displays on the Fremont and Spokane St Bridges, it’s a fun way…
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tagged: 2nd ave, bike counter, commute seattle