Tag: 3rd ave

July 17, 2024

SDOT begins work on permanent remake of 3rd/Yesler

After years of piloting solutions and testing how they impact transit service, SDOT is beginning work on a rebuild of the complicated intersection at 3rd Ave and Yesler Way in Pioneer Square that they hope will prevent the potentially deadly collisions that were unfortunately common there previously. “The intersection of 3rd and Yesler has experienced…
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tagged: 3rd ave, dilling way, downtown, pioneer square, sdot, yesler
September 2, 2015

SPD officer responding to call strikes man biking downtown

Yet again more evidence for need for separated bike paths. 3rd/pine. pic.twitter.com/5j5rxWxp5h — Marley Blonsky (@MarleyBlonsky) September 1, 2015 A Seattle Police officer driving a cruiser was responding to a high-priority call Monday evening when she collided with someone biking at 3rd and Pine. The man was transported to the hospital, but SPD said his…
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tagged: 3rd ave, downtown, pine, spd
April 28, 2014

Artist paints scenes of people on bikes mixing with ‘giants’ on downtown streets

Of all the action on downtown Seattle streets, it was the “fascinating ballet” of people biking among the buses on 3rd Ave that caught William Houston‘s eye. After painting a series of scenes from area bridges, he found that people biking were his favorite part of the scenes. From an email to Seattle Bike Blog:…
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tagged: 3rd ave, art, riding with giants, william houston