Tag: capitol hill

December 10, 2012

Melrose Promenade kicks off new phase with community walk Wednesday

The Melrose Promenade Advisory Committee is getting ready to hold their first community visioning meeting with the project’s consultant team. The group is meeting Wednesday at 5 p.m. at Bauhaus Coffee at Melrose and Pine. The project aims to redesign Melrose Ave and the trail through Bellevue Place Park into a more inviting place to…
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tagged: capitol hill, melrose promenade
December 6, 2012

Broadway streetcar extention will include cycle track, open house Dec 13

With funding for the planning phase of the First Hill Streetcar secured, the city is holding a Broadway Extension open house to discuss what such an extension could look like for the neighborhood. The meeting will be 4–6 p.m. December 13 at the Silver Cloud Hotel at Broadway and Madison. The $25 million project will…
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tagged: broadway, broadway bikeway, capitol hill, cycle tracks, first hill streetcar, sdot
December 4, 2012

Nap Cantwell memorial scholarship fund raises over $32K for Bike Works

In the wake of 18-year-old Nap Cantwell’s tragic death following a May 29 collision at Pike and Boren, his family asked that donations in his honor be made to Bike Works. In the first week, $11,000 were donated to the organization, which put the money toward their youth programs. As of today, more than $32,000…
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tagged: bike works, boren, capitol hill, capitol hill seattle, deaths, nap cantwell, pike
December 3, 2012

New service hopes to fill long-term bike rental gap

There are several places in town where you can rent a bike to ride around town for the day. But at $30/day and up, bike rental fees add up quickly if you need a ride for a week or more. That’s where Lucas Nivon, founder of Seattle Monthly Bike Rental, comes in. “I did some research…
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tagged: bike rentals, business, capitol hill, lucas nivon, seattle monthly bike rental
November 20, 2012

Bike Master Plan: Central Seattle and downtown

This is the second post in a series analyzing Seattle’s draft Bicycle Master Plan update, which is currently taking public comments. This post will focus on the central neighborhoods south of the Ship Canal and north of I-90. Stay tuned for future posts looking at other parts of the city. Central Seattle is, not surprisingly,…
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tagged: 2012 bicycle master plan update, 23rd ave, capitol hill, central district, central seattle greenways, downtown, gilman ave w, interbay, magnolia, queen anne, south lake union, thomas, westlake
November 8, 2012

People tracking a stolen bike help bring down alleged Capitol Hill theft operation

A bike theft victim, a responsible soul in Baltimore and a person with iPad tracking software all helped police bust an alleged stolen goods online sales operation at 12th and Mercer on Capitol Hill. The operation was busted last week when a stolen iPad was tracked to the building. But Capitol Hill Seattle reports that…
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tagged: bike thefts, capitol hill, capitol hill seattle