Tag: ballard
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Neighbors create detailed plan for how the 15th Ave NW paving project can ‘Reconnect Ballard’
SDOT’s most recent plans for the department’s 15th Ave NW repaving project, which includes the Ballard Bridge, would make very few if any tangible safety improvements for people biking. But neighbors are organizing in an effort to get some key safety improvements added to the $16.2 million project. Ballard-Fremont Greenways created an effort they call…
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SDOT will try again to make rail crossing under the Ballard Bridge safer
SDOT is set to start work as soon as Monday on another fix to hopefully prevent people from crashing while biking across the train tracks under the Ballard Bridge as they navigate the notorious Burke-Gilman Trail Missing Link. Crews will tear out sections of the roadway and replace it with gravel in hopes that this…
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Cycle Dogs needs support after troubled move to brick and mortar shop
When I think of Cycle Dogs, I think of sitting in the backyard of Peddler Brewing eating a creative and delicious vegan dog. What started as a hot dog cart in a bike trailer (we wrote about the initial Cycle Dogs cart back in 2014) grew into a food truck and, in 2021, a brick…
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Burke-Gilman Missing Link permit approved, though litigation is not over yet
SDOT has gained permit approval to build the Ballard Missing Link of the Burke-Gilman Trail, though the project is not out of the woods yet. Litigation is ongoing and will continue into 2023. But the Shoreline Permit brings the trail one more step closer, and the official timeline calls for construction in the middle of…
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Eight people injured while biking the Missing Link file lawsuit against city, railroad
“Countless people” have crashed on the railroad tracks while biking on the streets just west of the abrupt terminus of the Burke-Gilman Trail in Ballard, and now eight of them have joined together in a lawsuit against both the Ballard Terminal Railroad and the City of Seattle. The suit (PDF), filed by Washington Bike Law…
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After 9 years as a cornerstone of the Seattle bike scene, Peddler Brewing will close March 5
Peddler Brewing is closing in march, nine years after opening its bike-loving doors on Leary Way just west of the Ballard Bridge. Owners Haley and Dave made their bike-friendly intentions very clear from the start by dedicating a front corner of the taproom to indoor bike parking. With the space mostly constructed, they ran a…
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