Tag: capitol hill

March 3, 2014

City picks ‘hybrid’ route for Central Area Neighborhood Greenway

The city has announced the route for its longest neighborhood greenway yet. The Central Area Neighborhood Greenway clocks in around three miles, connecting from the I-90 Trail to Interlaken Park and traveling through the heart of the Central District, the Colman neighborhood, Miller Park and the eastern edge of Capitol Hill. The city will work…
(read more…)

tagged: 23rd ave, 24th ave, capitol hill, central area greenway, central district, miller park, montlake, sdot
February 18, 2014

City cuts safety out of 24th Ave plans + 2 chances to weigh in on high-budget street remake

Despite having a $45 million budget and being billed as a “complete streets” project, the city has proposed no safety improvements for the stretch of 24th and 23rd Avenues connecting the Montlake neighborhood to Capitol Hill and the Central District (north of Madison). Instead, the current proposal — which project heads will present to the…
(read more…)

tagged: 23rd ave, 24th ave, capitol hill, central district, madison valley, montlake, sdot
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…
(read more…)

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…
(read more…)

tagged: broadway bikeway, capitol hill, capitol hill seattle, sound transit
November 20, 2013

Mayor-elect Murray comes to aid of woman who crashed on Capitol Hill

Mayor-elect Ed Murray came to the aid of a woman who crashed this morning while biking near the Lakeview Boulevard overpass on Capitol Hill. The woman crashed shortly before 8:30 a.m. Wednesday morning, and Seattle’s next mayor himself helped her by talking to her and staying with her until medics arrived. Details from the Seattle…
(read more…)

tagged: capitol hill, ed murray, injuries, lakeview boulevard
November 5, 2013

Meeting will discuss options for neighborhood greenway near 23rd Ave

Yesterday, we reported on an expansion to the 23rd Ave complete streets and repaving project, making the case for safe bike lanes from Montlake to the Central District. But the primary focus of Wednesday’s open house is a planned neighborhood greenway near 23rd Ave through the CD. The main question is whether the east or…
(read more…)

tagged: 23rd ave, capitol hill, central district, montlake, neighborhood greenways