Tag: capitol hill

March 2, 2015

Following strong Seattle sales, Public Bikes will open store on Capitol Hill

Public Bikes will open its first ever retail location outside the Bay Area in Seattle this spring. With stylish, often solid-colored city bikes priced in the low-to-mid range, Public Bikes will be moving into the bike shop vacuum Velo left when it moved to 6th and Blanchard in 2013. “In the five years of data…
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tagged: capitol hill, dan nguyen-tan, pike/pine, public bikes
October 6, 2014

UW, Capitol Hill Station bike detour updates + Trail bridge over Montlake Blvd could open in 2015

If your bike travels take you near the future Capitol Hill or UW light rail Stations, then you are no stranger to frustrating detours. Well, don’t get your hopes up, they’re not getting any better any time soon. But they are changing. Capitol Hill Station Sound Transit is moving to the second phase of work…
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tagged: capitol hill, capitol hill seattle, capitol hill station, montlake bridge, sound transit, uw, uw station
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
July 16, 2014

Balk: Seattle car ownership is down, but it’s up in places you’d least expect

You almost cannot stand anywhere in the city center or Capitol Hill without seeing construction cranes. The number of residences in these walkable, bikeable and transit-rich areas is rising fast. It’s clear that people want to live where they have more transportation options. But analysis by Gene Balk at The Seattle Times found something interesting:…
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tagged: capitol hill, downtown, gene balk, gentrification, seattle times
June 24, 2014

Streetcar extension will complete the Broadway Bikeway, should set-up 10th Ave bike lanes

The Broadway Bikeway will extend the entire length of the central commercial drag from Yesler to Roy if and when plans for the extended streetcar are completed. If the city can find the funding, the bikeway could be ready to open in 2016. The city held an open house last week to show updated plans…
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tagged: 10th ave, broadway bikeway, broadway streetcar extension, capitol hill
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