Tag: capitol hill

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
May 19, 2023

I love new Bike Lane Day

The other day my kid and I were biking the same route we bike every day on the way to preschool when something amazing happened: Part of the route had brand new bike lanes. We knew bike lanes were coming at some point, but it was still a wonderful surprise the day it happened. For…
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tagged: capitol hill, melrose, melrose promenade, sdot
May 8, 2023

City will add series of all-way stops to Pine Street on Capitol Hill

Here’s a somewhat unexpected note from SDOT: To enhance safety for people walking & rolling, we’re adding more 4-way stop signs on Pine St in the ❤️ of #CapitolHill. Crews worked in wind & rain today to add signs at Summit Ave & Boylston Ave. We’ll add one more at Belmont Ave as soon as…
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tagged: capitol hill, CapitolHill, not just bikes, pine, protected intersections, sdot, stop signs, VisionZero
November 16, 2022

To learn how to respond to community-created crosswalks, SDOT should look to their own past

In the dead of night in early April 2013, one First Hill resident dragged $350 worth of reflective plastic posts down the hill and glued them on top of the brand new bike lane line SDOT had painted on Cherry Street under I-5. He then went home and wrote an email to Seattle Bike Blog…
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tagged: capitol hill, guerrilla crosswalks, olive way, sdot
April 21, 2021

Video: SPD officer hits person biking next to East Precinct wall

A Seattle Police officer driving a police cruiser turned in front of and struck a person biking near the East Precinct Tuesday evening. The 31-year-old man was checked out by Seattle Fire Department medics, but was not transported to the hospital, according to SPD. Hopefully this means his injuries were not serious. The incident was…
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tagged: capitol hill, collisions, east precinct, spd
January 29, 2020

A look at the latest plans for connecting the 520 Trail to Capitol Hill, Eastlake

In our post about the planned Eastlake Ave bike lanes, we mentioned that the bike route there would be part of a regional network once the 520 Trail reaches across I-5. It might be hard to imagine what that connection will be like because it is so different from the way things are today, so…
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tagged: 520 trail, capitol hill, eastlake, roanoke, sr 520