Tag: bellevue

May 13, 2020

Bellevue has launched its own car-light ‘Healthy Streets’ program

Seattle has been making headlines nationally for announcing that the city would make its Stay Healthy Streets program permanent, so you may have missed that Bellevue has started its own people-first street program it’s calling simply “Healthy Streets.” The Eastside city rolled out two of these temporary projects last week in the Northeast/Crossroads/Lake Hills area.…
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tagged: bellevue, bellevue healthy streets, covid-19
April 7, 2020

Improved I-90 Trail connection in Factoria still aiming for a late 2020 opening

Work is still continuing on an improved I-90/Mountains to Sound Trail connection over Factoria Blvd SE in Bellevue. The project broke ground in the fall and is still aiming for completion in late 2020, according to project manager Chris Masek. Previously, the trail dumped users onto the sidewalk at the southwest corner of the intersection…
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tagged: bellevue, bellevue gap, I-90 trail
March 24, 2020

Person driving struck and killed a 63-year-old Newcastle man biking in Bellevue Sunday

A man turning left from Northrup Way onto NE 8th Street struck and killed a 63-year-old man from Newcastle who was riding his bike just west of Lake Sammamish Sunday afternoon. Though the collision is still under investigation, the City of Bellevue said in a statement that the 44-year-old person driving turned in front of…
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tagged: bellevue, deaths
February 11, 2020

Trail Alert 2/12-14: Eastrail closure near I-405/SR-520 interchange

Sound Transit is resurfacing a stretch of the Eastrail between the South Kirkland Park and Ride and the intersection of 120th Ave NE and Spring Blvd in Bellevue. So anyone trying to get through will have to detour via Northrup Way and 120th Ave NE. Construction is scheduled to close the trail Wednesday through Friday,…
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tagged: bellevue, Bike Route Alert, eastrail, eastside trail, kirkland, sound transit
May 22, 2019

Biking increased 32% thanks to downtown Bellevue bike lane + City will keep it, debates expanding network

The City of Bellevue may have just conducted the most thorough study of a bike lane pilot project ever. The 31-page report (PDF) about the 108th Ave NE bike lane in the Eastside city’s downtown core found that bicycling increased 32%, sidewalk biking rate was reduced by more than 60% and zero collisions involving people…
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tagged: 108th ave ne, bellevue
January 8, 2019

Bellevue is creating a Vision Zero ‘action plan,’ take their survey

The Bellevue City Council unanimously endorsed Vision Zero in 2015, and now they are putting together an action plan to help eliminate deaths and serious injuries on city streets by 2030. City staff have put together an online survey to gather perceptions of traffic danger and stories of how traffic collisions have affected people’s lives.…
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tagged: bellevue, vision zero bellevue