Tag: 2nd ave

August 29, 2014

Truck strikes and kills woman biking on 2nd Ave

A woman biking died today after colliding with a large box truck at 2nd Ave and University Street in downtown Seattle. Exact details of how the collision happened are not yet clear, though police say the driver of the truck was making a left turn when the collision happened. The bike lane is on the…
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tagged: 2nd ave, deaths, downtown
August 21, 2014

New SDOT Director wisely adds bike signals to 2nd Ave bike lane design, could open by Sept. 8

The 2nd Ave protected bike lane project appears to be ahead of its original ambitious schedule, and Publicola reports that the lane could open as early as Labor Day weekend (UPDATE: SDOT’s Dawn Schellenberg says their current goal date is September 8, not Labor Day weekend). But that’s not even today’s best news about downtown…
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tagged: 2nd ave, downtown, protected bike lanes, publicola, scott kubly
July 31, 2014

I talk 2nd Avenue with KUOW

This morning, I had the opportunity to sit down with KUOW’s Ross Reynolds and producer Hannah Burn to chat about 2nd Avenue downtown and the city’s plans to build a protected bike lane there by September. Burn actually took an audio recorder with her for a bike ride down 2nd the other day and chatted…
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tagged: 2nd ave, hannah burn, kuow, ross reynolds, the record
July 25, 2014

Seattle gets stack of Federal funds for protected bike lanes downtown, on Broadway

Seattle will officially receive a stack of Federal cash to build protected bike lanes downtown and on Broadway (we reported on the recommendation earlier this month). The city has also received nearly $400,000 to help low-income residents access Pronto bike share (I will write more about this in a future post, so stay tuned). The…
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tagged: 2nd ave, 4th ave, 7th Ave, broadway bikeway, broadway streetcar extension, downtown, federal government, protected bike lanes, psrc
July 11, 2014

2nd Ave protected bike lane on schedule to meet bike share launch

In a city known for it’s overly-laborious process for just about any significant decision, Mayor Ed Murray has given the green light to build an ambitious protected bike lane on 2nd Ave to be in place by the time Pronto Cycle Share launches in September. The two-way bike lane will be a relatively low-budget pilot…
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tagged: 2nd ave, downtown, ed murray, protected bike lanes, sam woods, sdot
May 6, 2014

Murray: Seattle will build pilot protected bike lane on 2nd Ave this year

Seattle will build a protected bike lane on 2nd Ave downtown before Pronto Cycle Share launches later this year, Mayor Ed Murray announced during the Cascade Bicycle Club Bike to Work Breakfast Tuesday. The pilot bike lane project will be built in part with help from the Green Lane Project and will stretch from Pike…
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tagged: 2nd ave, bike to work breakfast 2014, cascade bicycle club, downtown, ed murray, protected bike lanes