Tag: capitol hill seattle

August 20, 2014

The Green Lane Project loves the Broadway Bikeway (but illegal turns a problem)

You’ve already seen our thoughts on the Broadway Bikeway, but the lanes caught the eye of Michael Andersen at the national Green Lane Project due to the lengths the city went to work around the street’s many turning conflicts. His observations were posted at StreetsBlog USA. The Broadway Bikeway is a two-way bike lane included…
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tagged: broadway, broadway bikeway, capitol hill, capitol hill seattle, first hill streetcar, green lane project, michael andersen
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
April 9, 2014

Lose the delivery truck: New business will haul your cargo by bike

In a way, Freewheel is just rediscovering what the founders of UPS knew when they started the business in downtown Seattle back in 1907: Bikes are a fast, cheap and easy way to move goods around town. UPS has long lost sight of the power of the humble bicycle, but after their drivers circle the…
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tagged: business, capitol hill, capitol hill seattle, dan kohler, freewheel carbon free cargo, komo
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 11, 2014

CHS: Capitol Hill’s Seattle Bicycle Collective is small, but fills a big bike shop need

When Velo Bike Shop left it’s longtime home at 11th and Pine nearly one year ago, the shop was hoping to fill a need for a big bike shop in the rapidly-growing Denny Triangle area. But they left a void on Capitol Hill, one of the city’s bikiest neighborhoods. Amazingly, that void largely remained until…
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tagged: capitol hill, capitol hill seattle, jt lawson, overbuilt, seattle bicycle collective
January 31, 2014

After sudden closure of Broadway bikeway section, Sound Transit creates a bike detour

Two weeks ago, people biking southbound on the new Broadway Bikeway were met with a surprise: Oncoming cars. No, these were not scofflaws behind the wheel, they were following a new detour put in place by Sound Transit as part of the Capitol Hill Station construction. Unfortunately, there was little warning to people on bikes…
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tagged: broadway bikeway, capitol hill, capitol hill seattle, sound transit