Tag: ballard
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Do neighborhood greenways increase cycling? Oh yes.
If you were wondering whether the city’s investments in neighborhood greenways are effective, here’s your answer: A resounding yes. The city wisely gathered bike use data on a couple proposed neighborhood greenway routes before work began. They then compared those numbers with bike counts after the street got the neighborhood greenway treatment, and the result…
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Business owner sends photos of people crashing on Missing Link, city (finally) finishes temporary bikeway
After five months in a state of partial completion, the city made substantial progress toward completing the temporary Burke-Gilman Missing Link improvements between Shilshole and Fred Meyer Sunday. The two-way bikeway on NW 45th Street is an attempt to increase safety on a notoriously dangerous stretch of road that has resulted in a huge number…
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See you at the Ballard Bike Street Party today?
An afternoon of bikes and car-free streets in the heart of Ballard? Where else would you want to be? The Ballard Bike Street Party is today (Thursday) on both Ballard Ave and 22nd Ave NW from the bell tower to Market St. It’s one part Cascade Bicycle Club party and one part Seattle Summer Streets…
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Weekend Guide: Alki Summer Streets, Bike to Farmer’s Market Day + 2 BTWD after parties
Bike Month is barely half over, and the number of bike events going on show no signs of slowing down. Here’s just a sample of some things to do this weekend, from our Events Calendar: Alki Summer Streets While not specifically a bike event, you gotta love any open streets event where you can hang…
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Tuesday open house will kick off plans for second Ballard neighborhood greenway
The city will host its first open house to get community input on a second neighborhood greenway in Ballard, this time a north-south route. The meeting is 6 – 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Ballard High School Commons Room. The presentation starts at 6:30. The city is considering a route somewhere in the 16th, 17th…
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Months later, ‘Missing Link’ Band-Aid still under construction
In late December, just two weeks before Mayor Mike McGinn left office, the city began work on a project to improve safety on a particularly troublesome section of the Burke-Gilman Missing Link in Ballard. While not a complete solution, the project is a Band-Aid for one of the worst sections while the city completes an…
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