Tag: beacon hill

November 19, 2010

Beacon BIKES to hold neighborhood transportation summit Saturday

Beacon BIKES is on a mission to encourage new safe routes for all people moving around on Beacon Hill. They have hired a consultant and the groups hopes the work will influence next year’s revision of the city’s bicycle master plan. Join them Saturday morning for a chance to talk Beacon Hill bike routes and…
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tagged: Beacon BIKES, beacon hill
November 17, 2010

Bike lanes part of repaved S Columbian Way

Beacon Hill now has some more bike lanes. Some day this project will meet up with plans for S Columbian Way/Alaska between Beacon Ave and MLK, greatly enhancing connectivity between Beacon Hill (and the Chief Sealth Trail) and Columbia City. There are few good interneighborhood east-west routes in this area, so the new lanes should…
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tagged: beacon hill, bike lanes, columbia city, s columbian way, sdot
November 8, 2010

Chief Sealth Trail extention will help connect from Othello station to SoDo, Capitol Hill

Paving is complete for the north extension of the Chief Sealth Trail on Beacon Hill. Work is still needed to make curbs and ramps. The trail will end at 15th Ave S a couple blocks south of the new climbing lane installed on 15th, which stretches north just past Beacon Ave. The trail’s south end…
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tagged: 15th ave s, beacon hill, brighton, chief sealth trail, othello
September 13, 2010

City proposes Beacon Hill bike trail to connect I-90 to Sodo

SDOT is proposing a bike trail along the west side of Beacon Hill that would connect the I-90 trail to Beacon Ave near I-5. The project will provide a nice route through the greenbelt to people riding from the east side and along the I-90 trail to Sodo. From Mike Lindblom at the Seattle Times:…
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tagged: beacon hill, bike trails, I-90 trail, sodo
September 7, 2010

Beacon BIKES! picks consultant

Beacon BIKES!, a group pushing for bike infrastructure within neighborhoods, has chosen a consultant for their “Family Bike and Pedestrian Circulation Plan.” The citizen group is organizing in part to influence next year’s neighborhood and bicycle master plan updates. Group representative David Ahearn told Publicola he thinks the bicycle master plan is a little too…
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tagged: Beacon BIKES, beacon hill
September 1, 2010

A bike boulevard for Beacon Hill

Dylan from Beacon BIKES, a recently-formed group focused on advocating for more bike infrastructure within neighborhoods, created an interesting walk-through of a potential bike boulevard route through Beacon Hill. Move the map behind the video player to see the route and where each video segment was shot.
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tagged: Beacon BIKES, beacon hill, bike boulevards