Tag: aurora

September 24, 2015

The massive casualty toll in the Ride the Ducks collision is hard to comprehend

From January through the end of August, five people had been killed in Seattle traffic. In a single collision today, four people were killed, eight were critically injured, eight more were seriously injured, and one is in “satisfactory” condition, according to the Seattle Times. Numbers like these are hard to wrap your head around. Each…
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tagged: aurora, ride the ducks
April 11, 2014

Work on Hwy 99 tunnel ramps will close Dexter bike lanes + Is this a chance to extend the redesign?

The state is set to start utility relocation work to prepare the area between South Lake Union and Lower Queen Anne for the Highway 99 tunnel’s new on and off ramps. That means crews need to dig up parts of Dexter Ave between Mercer and Thomas Streets starting next week. “A bicycle lane will be…
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tagged: aurora, construction, deep bore tunnel, dexter, highway 99 north portal, laura newborn, lower queen anne, south lake union, wsdot
February 10, 2014

Temporary Mercer walk/bike path under Aurora finally connects Dexter to Lower Queen Anne

After decades of being isolated from the city’s bicycle network, Lower Queen Anne is on the verge of a bike revolution. And a new temporary walk/bike path on Mercer under Aurora gives a preview of what it will be like to finally have a comfortable way to cross into the neighborhood from Dexter Ave. Marked…
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tagged: aurora, lower queen anne, mercer, mercer mess, peri hartman
November 27, 2012

Bike Master Plan: Northwest Seattle – UPDATED

This is the third post in a series analyzing Seattle’s draft Bicycle Master Plan update, which is currently taking public comments. This post will focus on the northwest neighborhoods, north of the Ship Canal and west of Aurora. Stay tuned for future posts looking at other parts of the city. Following our post last week…
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tagged: 15th ave NW, 2012 bicycle master plan update, aurora, ballard, crown hill, fremont, phinney ridge
December 7, 2011

Walking in Seattle: 1/3 of Seattle pedestrian deaths occur on state and federal roads

Almost all of Seattle’s streets are city-owned and operated. Yet one third of the people who die while walking in our city are killed on federal and state highways, Walking in Seattle reports: Of the 104 pedestrians that were killed in Seattle during that period, 31 were killed on state or federal highways. While these…
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tagged: aurora, deaths, lake city way, walking, walking in seattle, wsdot
October 21, 2011

Man biking on Aurora injured in collision with car

A man in his 40s went to the hospital with serious but not life-threatening injuries Thursday evening after colliding with a car while biking southbound on Aurora near 90th Ave N N 90th St. From SPD: On October 20th, at approximately 7:39 pm, an adult male bicyclist was travelling southbound in the 8900 Block of…
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tagged: aurora, greenwood, injuries, spd