Tag: burke-gilman trail

November 20, 2014

City Light project closes Burke-Gilman under U Bridge

An ongoing Seattle City Light project has moved to its next phase, closing a section of the Burke-Gilman Trail passing underneath the University Bridge and stretching from Adams Ln on UW campus to the crazy intersection of NE 40th/NE 40th/NE 40th/NE 40th/7th Ave NE/Burke-Gilman Trail (oh, Seattle, your street grid can be so silly). Yes,…
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tagged: burke-gilman trail, construction, seattle city light, uw
November 17, 2014

Burke-Gilman Trail alerts: New 4-way stop near UW + Trail work near NE 145th St

UPDATE: Nevermind! After many years of confusion and frustration, the UW has decided to turn the intersection of the Burke-Gilman Trail and Pend Oreille Road into a four-way stop. The trail crossing is confusing because while it has a marked crosswalk, trail users have a stop sign while people driving do not. The law requires…
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tagged: burke-gilman trail, pend oreille road, uw
November 12, 2014

Raised crosswalk, bike leaning rail, better signal timing coming to Burke-Gilman near U Village

The city will complete a series of bike/walk improvements to the Burke-Gilman Trail near U Village in the next couple months, including retiming the signals at 25th Ave NE and a new raised crosswalk at 30th Ave NE next to Counterbalance Bicycles. The trail upgrades were identified in a 2008 transportation study of the area…
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tagged: 25th ave ne, 30th ave ne, burke-gilman trail, sdot, u village
October 27, 2014

No TIGER grant for Burke-Gilman Trail + UW is now a gold-level bike friendly campus

Once again, the University of Washington was not selected for a competitive TIGER grant to upgrade the entirety of the Burke-Gilman Trail through their campus. The university manages the section of the popular regional trail that passes through their campus, and they have plans to fully rebuild and widen the bumpy, deteriorating trail as soon…
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tagged: andy clarke, burke-gilman trail, league of american bicyclists, TIGER, uw
October 6, 2014

Why the so-called Burke-Gilman ‘Plan B’ is not a solution to the Missing Link

After well more than a decade and dumping cement trucks full of private and public money into design and legal battles over the Ballard Missing Link of the Burke-Gilman Trail, I can understand why people’s ears might perk up when they hear that there could be a Plan B. The idea certainly captured the imagination…
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tagged: ballard, burke-gilman trail, jonathan martin, missing link, sally bagshaw
September 2, 2014

Small Burke-Gilman work zone in Lake Forest Park this week

To get the McAleer Creek bridge ready for fall rains, King County Park will need to work on the Burke-Gilman Trail in Lake Forest Park this week. So be ready to dismount and walk through the short work area. Details from King County Parks: Beginning today, Sept. 2, bicyclists will be asked to dismount through…
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tagged: burke-gilman trail, construction, king county parks, lake forest park