Tag: 520 trail

September 15, 2015

Ahead of public hearing, a couple ways to make the 520 Bridge plans better

In case you haven’t noticed, the state is building a new 520 Bridge. And as we noted back in February, the biking and walking elements of their Seattle-side plans have come a long way since the initial drafts. But there’s still a lot of work left to do. Since February, the state legislature passed a…
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tagged: 520 trail, city council, NOAA, sr 520
March 17, 2015

Bellevue installs its first bike counters + First look at the data

The City of Bellevue and WSDOT have installed the city’s first ever electronic bike counters to track hour-by-hour usage of the I-90 and 520 Trails. As we’ve seen with Seattle’s counters (the oldest being the Fremont Bridge counter), having daily and hourly data gives a much more clear insight into actual bike use. Previously, the…
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tagged: 520 trail, bellevue, bike counter, I-90 trail, kevin mcdonald, wsdot