Tag: ballard
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My Ballard: Bikesport is moving closer to the Burke-Gilman Trail
A seven-story development project in Ballard is about to get under way at Bikesport‘s current location on 24th Ave NW, so the longstanding shop is getting ready to move to a new space closer to the Burke-Gilman Trail. “We’ve been in Ballard 20 years, and we’ll be in Ballard another 20, just off the trail,”…
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FamilyRide: Kidical Mass swings by the under-construction Missing Link, Ballard Greenway bike counter
Sunday’s Kidical Mass ride took us to Ballard for our first look at the new two-way bikeway for part of the Burke-Gilman Trail Missing Link. The paint isn’t down yet and I hope they’ll put more dividers in to make things clearer, but most of the signs are up. We only took it in the…
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City will install two-way bikeway for part of the Burke-Gilman Trail Missing Link
The city will build a two-way bikeway this month in an attempt to increase safety on a notoriously dangerous stretch of the Burke-Gilman Trail Missing Link in Ballard. Previously-planned advisory bike lanes on NW 45th Street have been scrapped in lieu of a two-way bikeway that the city hopes will be safer. To make space…
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Last Ballard rail study open house is Thursday
The Ballard High Capacity Transit project is holding its final early public meeting Thursday to discuss route options to finally connect the neighborhood with truly fast and expandable transit service. Event Details: Ballard High School Commons 1418 NW 65th Street, Seattle, WA 98117 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm, Thursday, December 5th Opening remarks begin at…
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Amsterdamer biking 17,000 miles for charity will host ride in Seattle Saturday
Dirk Spits worked for years in a Hosteling International in Amsterdam when he got an itch to do something bold for the world. So he started a charity called 99% Ride. The “gimmick,” as he put it, is that the world would be a better place if everyone gave just 1 percent of their money,…
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The Ballard Locks have reopened
Just in time to add it to your fall colors bike ride, the Chittenden Locks in Ballard have reopened. This is the first time the key biking and walking route across the ship canal has been open since the partial government shutdown went into effect October 1. The Locks are a government facility, and the…
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