Tag: capitol hill seattle

January 31, 2020

You spoke up, and city plans now extend E Union St bike lanes through 23rd Ave

Thanks to everyone who voiced their concerns about SDOT’s incomplete plans for E Union Street bike lanes in the Central District, the project team has changed their designs to now extend the new bike lanes through the intersection with 23rd Ave. You can support the complete bike lanes by completing the project survey by February…
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tagged: 23rd ave, capitol hill seattle, central district, sdot, the urbanist, union street
February 28, 2019

CHS: City wants to install electric car charger in future path of Broadway bikeway

Seattle is about to invest to build a public car charger directly in the path of the on-hold Broadway Bikeway extension north or Denny Way. Once complete, people biking northbound in the Broadway protected bike lane would need to merge into mixed traffic at Denny Way to go around a parked electric car using the…
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tagged: capitol hill, capitol hill seattle, car charging stations
January 2, 2018

Family of Desiree McCloud files lawsuit over fatal streetcar track crash

The family of Desiree McCloud has sued the City of Seattle for yet undetermined wrongful death damages following the 27-year-old woman’s fatal crash allegedly caused by the First Hill Streetcar tracks on Yesler Way near 14th Ave. McCloud was biking with friends May 2016 when she crashed, passing away a week and a half later.…
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tagged: capitol hill seattle, cody mccloud, desiree mccloud, first hill streetcar, lynsi burton, suzanne greenberg, yesler
April 3, 2017

A note about Capitol Hill Seattle’s Justin Carder

Capitol Hill Seattle’s Justin Carder (or as his close friends call him, “@jseattle“) is likely the hardest-working journalist this side of West Seattle. His dedication to the grind of very-local news has been a remarkable thing to witness, and he has been a major inspiration and mentor for my work. Carder announced an indefinite sabbatical Monday, effective…
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tagged: capitol hill seattle, justin carder
March 28, 2017

Capitol Hill groups come together to host hyperlocal Transportation Action Day

Several Capitol Hill community groups are working together to host a free training for anyone who wants to learn how to advocate and organize for safer streets Sunday. Afterwards, attendees will immediately put their new knowledge into action by heading out to businesses in the neighborhood to help gather support for safer streets and connected bike…
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tagged: alex brennan, capitol hill, capitol hill eco district, capitol hill renters initiative, capitol hill seattle, cascade bicycle club, marley blonsky, seattle neighborhood greenways
January 10, 2017

Don’t stop the Broadway streetcar and bikeway now

Today, the First Hill Streetcar and Broadway Bikeway end unceremoniously at Denny Way just before reaching the North Broadway business district. People biking are forced to choose between merging into mixed traffic on the busy commercial street, trying to navigate using side streets with poor business access and poor crossings at busy streets like John/Olive,…
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tagged: broadway, broadway bikeway, broadway streetcar extension, capitol hill, capitol hill seattle, first hill streetcar