Tag: complete streets

August 18, 2014

Pierce County passes complete streets ordinance

From now on, whenever Pierce County plans major road work the planners will need to consider the needs of all road users. Earlier this month, the Pierce County Council adopted a complete streets ordinance that “promotes roadways that are safe and convenient for those of all ages and abilities, including pedestrians, bicyclists, transit riders, and…
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tagged: complete streets, pierce county, pierce county council, washington bikes
August 5, 2013

City will study improvements to notorious section of Dexter between Denny and Mercer

Dexter Ave is among the busiest bike streets in the city. Unfortunately, it has also been the scene of far too many collisions, including a very serious one July 25 and, of course, the devastating collision that took the life of Mike Wang in 2011. Following Wang’s death, the city painted a couple feet of…
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tagged: brandon blake, complete streets, dexter, mike wang, sdot, streetmix
August 23, 2011

Changes to NE 125th create a better neighborhood street for all

One more street in Seattle is safer thanks to the city’s complete streets remake of NE 125th Street in Lake City. What used to be a dangerous, four-lane highway-style road dividing the neighborhood has been redesigned to meet the needs of all road users and improve safety for everyone.
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tagged: complete streets, lake city, ne 125th, road diets
May 4, 2011

Neighborhood-Powered Streets Part 3: Controversially less controversial

This story is part of a series about Seattle’s young neighborhood greenway movement. In part three, we look into hopes that greenway projects will be less controversial than arterial bike lanes and how that could impact the city’s bicycle infrastructure conversation for better and worse. For Councilmember Sally Bagshaw and some other neighborhood greenway supporters,…
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tagged: bike boulevards, cathy tuttle, complete streets, john mauro, ne 125th, neighborhood greenways, Neighborhood-Powered Streets, nickerson, north seattle industrial association, sally bagshaw, stone way, suzie burke
April 5, 2011

Complete streets bill passes House and Senate

The complete streets grant bill, HB 1071, passed the Senate yesterday 29-19. The bill needs a concurrence vote to settle differences in the Senate a House versions, then should go to the governor to be signed into law. With this vote, HB 1071 joins the Vulnerable Users Bill (SB 5326) as two good biking and…
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tagged: 20’s plenty, 2011 legislature, aashto, complete streets, HB 1071, hb 1217, HB 1700, nacto, SB 5326
March 31, 2011

SDOT recommends NE 125th changes

Pending approval by Mayor McGinn, SDOT is moving forward with plans to redesign NE 125th St to include a center left turn lane, bike lanes and improved pedestrian crossings. The proposed changes between Roosevelt and 28th Ave NE met with resistance last year, with some fearing that the changes would bring traffic to a standstill.…
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tagged: 2011 paving, complete streets, mike mcginn, ne 125th, road diets, road tailoring