Tag: broadway bikeway

June 19, 2014

CHS: Broadway Bikeway ridership on the rise despite north end closure

Biking on Broadway with the new two-way protected bike lane is night-and-day compared to the previous road design, which required people on bikes to mix with busy traffic on one of the city’s busiest commercial streets. But use has been limited by a closure at the bikeway’s current northernmost point. People headed southbound on Broadway…
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tagged: bike counter, broadway, broadway bikeway, bryan cohen, capitol hill, capitol hill seattle
June 16, 2014

Plans to extend Broadway Bikeway moving forward, open house Tuesday

The biggest complaint I hear about the city’s new protected bike lanes on Broadway is the most obvious one: They end abruptly at Denny Way just south of the northern Brodaway commercial area. Well, the city is still moving forward on plans to extend the bikeway (and the streetcar) at least as far as E…
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tagged: broadway, broadway bikeway, broadway streetcar extension, capitol hill, protected bike lanes, sound transit
May 9, 2014

A tour of Seattle’s new Broadway Bikeway + How it makes life better for people walking

It’s finally mostly open! While the usefulness of the Broadway Bikeway is still severely limited due to bike detours at its north end, the 1.1-mile two-way protected bike lane opened Wednesday. Simply put: Broadway is the city’s most ambitious complete street project to date. The first benefit I want to highlight really has very little…
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tagged: broadway bikeway, capitol hill, protected bike lanes, sdot
May 6, 2014

Broadway Bikeway (mostly) opens Wednesday

The Broadway Bikeway is finally ready to (mostly) open. The two-way protected bike lane will stretch all the way from Yesler Way to Denny Way, connecting Yesler Terrce, First Hill and Capitol Hill. The city is scheduled to fully open the bikeway Wednesday, though no official celebration is currently planned. While the opening is a…
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tagged: broadway bikeway, capitol hill, first hill, first hill streetcar, protected bike lanes, sound transit, yesler terrace
March 11, 2014

CHS: Person struck trying to access Broadway Bikeway in construction zone

When the northernmost block of the Broadway Bikeway was closed suddenly in January to accommodate Capitol Hill Station construction, many people voiced concerns that the changes were dangerous and confusing for people on bikes. Sound Transit responded by adding more detour signs to make it clear that the bikeway is closed, and that their preferred…
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tagged: broadway, broadway bikeway, capitol hill, capitol hill seattle, injuries
February 12, 2014

Broadway Bikeway likely to open fully in May

The Broadway Bikeway is getting so close to being paved all the way to Yesler, but it may not be fully opened until project work wraps up in May. This late opening is to avoid situations where people encounter unexpected closures due to continued construction, as has been a problem at the north end of…
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tagged: broadway bikeway, columbia, first hill streetcar, marion