Tag: burke-gilman trail

August 15, 2024

Let SDOT know the Market/Leary Burke-Gilman route needs to separate walking and biking near storefronts

It is a great idea to redesign Leary Way NW and NW Market Street so they are safer for everyone while also connecting the Burke-Gilman Trail through Ballard, but SDOT’s current design needs significant work in order to achieve those goals. SDOT has not released any new details about Councilmember Dan Strauss’ Market/Leary plan since…
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tagged: ballard, burke-gilman trail, dan strauss, leary way, market st, missing link, sdot
July 26, 2024

The photo Mayor Royer sent CM Williams after the opening of the Burke-Gilman Trail

First-year Seattle Mayor Charley Royer sent this photo to City Councilmember Jeanette Williams following the opening of the first section of the Burke-Gilman Trail in 1978. On it he wrote, “Jeanette — If they get one with training wheels, I’ll race you home. — Charley.” Williams died in 2008, and now Royer died Friday morning,…
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tagged: burke-gilman trail, charley royer, jeanette williams
July 10, 2024

In last-minute effort, Strauss successfully adds $20M for Burke-Gilman Trail via Leary/Market to the transportation levy proposal + The current design needs to get better

I was all set to write up a story about the uncertain future of the Ballard Missing Link of the Burke-Gilman Trail when, in a last-minute Hail Mary minutes before official adoption, Councilmember Dan Strauss reintroduced his previously-failed amendment to fund his trail connection plan via Leary Way and Market Street and found the votes…
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tagged: ballard, burke-gilman trail, dan strauss, josh brower, leary way, market st, missing link, sdot
March 15, 2024

Parks Dept will fix Burke-Gilman bumps north of Matthews Beach + Transpo Plan looks to future trail rebuild

The signs are already up along the Burke-Gilman Trail alerting riders to the Parks Department’s plans to fix some bumps along the oldest stretch of the stories rail-trail north of Matthews Beach Park. Some of the pavement along this stretch is 46 years old. It may have helped launch the nation’s rails-to-trails movement, but it…
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tagged: 2024 Seattle Transportation Plan, Bike Route Alert, burke-gilman trail, parks and recreation, sdot
December 5, 2023

Alert: Slide blocking Burke-Gilman Trail in Lake City

UPDATE: The trail reopened Wednesday. The atmospheric river inundating Seattle has triggered a small landslide along a slide-prone section of the Burke-Gilman Trail in Lake City between Lakeside Place NE and NE 112th Street. Seattle Parks says they hope to clear the trail by 4:30 p.m. The (hopefully) good news is that this section of…
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tagged: Bike Route Alert, burke-gilman trail, lake city, parks and recreation
November 28, 2023

Alert 11/27-12/8: Burke-Gilman Trail closed for repairs near Matthews Beach – UPDATED

UPDATE 12/1: Reader Chris says the trail is temporarily open again, and the signs now say that the detour will return 12/4-8. The Fix the Burke-Gilman Facebook page (definitely worth following to stay up to date on these closures) posted an update from the project team: “They moved some of the detour signs around and…
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tagged: Bike Route Alert, burke-gilman trail, parks and recreation