Tag: bicycle master plan implementation plan

June 24, 2024

Here are the 8 neighborhood greenways SDOT paused until after November’s transportation levy vote

SDOT announced that eight neighborhood greenway projects previously scheduled for construction and/or planning have been put on pause because “inflation is affecting our large-scale project budgets more than initially expected,” according to the department. The Central District and Capitol Hill were hit the hardest by the pauses, though there are pauses in all districts other…
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tagged: 2024 seattle transportation levy, bicycle master plan implementation plan, capitol hill, central district, central ridge, move seattle levy, neighborhood greenways, sdot
February 11, 2021

Report details how much catching up Seattle has to do in 2021 on bike lanes

A report completed by the Seattle Department of Transportation in December but not released until this week shows how much catching up the department is planning to do in 2021 to complete installing bike facilities that it had originally planned to install last year. This report is the most recent update on SDOT’s progress on…
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tagged: bicycle master plan, bicycle master plan implementation plan, protected bike lanes
April 10, 2019

City announces bike plan update open houses, Barnett uncovers 11 missing projects

SDOT has announced a series of four “café-style conversations” about the latest short-term bike plan, which includes significant cuts through the life of the Move Seattle Levy. The events, produced with help from the Department of Neighborhoods, will be a bit more informal than a typical open house. Staff will give a presentation and be…
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tagged: bicycle master plan implementation plan, erica barnett
April 2, 2019

SDOT and Mayor Durkan release more transparent, less visionary bike plan

26 miles of bike facilities are gone completely, and another 27 are at risk. That’s the harsh reality of the latest iteration of the Bicycle Master Plan Implementation Plan (the “Bike Plan Plan”). The result is what could be a more transparent bike plan the city has put forth in the years since voters approved…
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tagged: bicycle master plan, bicycle master plan implementation plan, jenny durkan, sdot
April 6, 2017

SDOT shows off improved short-term bike plan

When SDOT released the 2016 short-term bike plan, I suggested the department “burn it and try again.” Well, they more or less did just that. The new plan is far from perfect, and it doesn’t make up for lost time resulting from the major cuts in the 2016 plan. But downtown has reappeared, and the plan’s…
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tagged: bicycle master plan implementation plan, genesee adkins, move seattle levy, sdot
January 5, 2017

2016 was the year of bike plan delays, will 2017 be any better?

The biggest story for biking in Seattle in 2016 can be summed up in one terrible word: Delayed. After riding an incredible safe streets funding high for a few months following the November 2015 passage of the Move Seattle transportation levy, popular hopes for real action on safe streets projects slammed into the rocks. In…
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tagged: #WeCantWait, bicycle master plan implementation plan, ed murray