Tag: chief sealth trail

March 12, 2024

The 20-year bike plan for S/SE Seattle: Beacon Hill and Rainier Valley

Mayor Bruce Harrell’s proposed Seattle Transportation Plan (“STP”) is now in the hands of the City Council, who can make some final changes before adopting it as official city policy. The STP will supersede the 2014 Bicycle Master Plan, so it’s important to take a close look at its vision for the next 10–20 years…
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tagged: 2024 Seattle Transportation Plan, beacon ave, beacon hill, chief sealth trail, lake washington loop, mlk way, rainier ave, rainier valley, s graham street, sdot, seward park ave s, wsdot
April 23, 2019

Trail Alert: Chief Sealth Trail detour at S Graham St

The Chief Sealth Trail will be detoured for about two blocks along S Graham St and 31st Ave S starting today (April 22) and lasting up to one month. The closure is for a project to make crossing improvements where the trail route crosses Graham, so that’s the good news. The bad news is that…
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tagged: Bike Route Alert, chief sealth trail
September 12, 2012

Have you seen the Chief Sealth Trail’s new biking angel sculptures?

I haven’t been by to see the new dual bike-riding angel sculptures on the Chief Sealth Trail yet, but they look pretty cool. Then again, I like just about any public art featuring bicycles. The sculptures are by Dan Webb and funded through 1% for the Arts. Have you seen them yet? Thoughts? Details from…
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tagged: 1% for art, chief sealth trail, sdot
August 1, 2012

Man robbed at gunpoint while biking to Beacon Hill bus stop

A man was robbed at gunpoint while biking to a bus stop on Beacon Hill early Tuesday, according to SPD. The robber stopped him where the Chief Sealth Trail crosses Beacon Ave and pointed a gun at him, demanding his backpack and the contents of his pockets. More details from SPD: An armed man flagged…
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tagged: beacon hill, chief sealth trail, crime, robbery, spd
November 8, 2010

Chief Sealth Trail extention will help connect from Othello station to SoDo, Capitol Hill

Paving is complete for the north extension of the Chief Sealth Trail on Beacon Hill. Work is still needed to make curbs and ramps. The trail will end at 15th Ave S a couple blocks south of the new climbing lane installed on 15th, which stretches north just past Beacon Ave. The trail’s south end…
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tagged: 15th ave s, beacon hill, brighton, chief sealth trail, othello
October 18, 2010

Why do you ride?

I ride a bike because sometimes, the most direct route by bike looks like this. Both Dan Bertolet and Josh Cohen wrote posts over at Publicola about some reasons why they ride bikes. Often, bike advocacy seems to concentrate on the emissions-free, environmentally-friendly aspects of bicycling. This turns some people off (which is unfortunate), but…
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tagged: chief sealth trail, dan bertolet, josh cohen, why i ride