Tag: cycle tracks

November 11, 2013

City Council wants to add $1M to speed building of downtown protected bike lanes

The City Council has proposed a change to outgoing Mayor Mike McGinn’s budget: Adding $1 million to the 2014 budget for design of protected bike lanes downtown. Designed so everyday people of all ages and abilities find them safe and comfortable to use, protected bike lanes (also called “cycle tracks”) include a barrier of some…
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tagged: 2014 budget, city council, cycle tracks, downtown
October 31, 2013

Listen to KPLU’s fantastic story about cycle tracks

KPLU’s Paula Wissel has a fantastic story about cycle tracks this morning. You can catch it online here. I met Paula next to the Linden Ave cycle track recently, and we chatted for a while, watching folks roll by. Her story this morning reflects what she saw and heard: The protected bikeway (the first of…
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tagged: bitter lake, cycle tracks, kplu, linden, paula wissel
October 24, 2013

Broadway is the new face of complete streets in Seattle (VIDEO)

The city of Seattle opened the first section of the Broadway Bikeway this week, showcasing how protected bike lanes can work on even the most active streets in the city. Broadway connects from Yesler Terrace and First Hill into the heart of Capitol Hill. It runs through some of the densest neighborhoods in the whole…
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tagged: broadway, broadway bikeway, capitol hill, cycle tracks, first hill, first hill streetcar, sdot, sound transit
October 21, 2013

City officially opens section of the Broadway Bikeway

The Broadway Bikeway is officially open between Union Street and Denny Way. This is the city’s first attempt at a two-way protected bikeway on a very busy commercial street. We will have more on the bikeway soon. Here’s the announcement just in from SDOT: Today the City of Seattle and Sound Transit officially opened a…
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tagged: broadway bikeway, capitol hill, cycle tracks
June 27, 2013

The Linden Cycle Track is Seattle’s first world-class protected bike lane + VIDEO

Seattle recently completed most work on the Linden Ave Complete Streets Project, which includes a world-class cycle track connecting the Seattle and Shoreline sections of the Interurban Trail and dramatically improving walking and ADA access along the street. Essentially, the design of the cycle makes it safe, intuitive and easy to use and interact with,…
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tagged: cycle tracks, interurban north, linden, protected bike lanes, shoreline, video
June 17, 2013

The Linden Ave cycle track is now complete

I’m still on vacation in Denver, so we will have more coverage of this soon. But for all you who are super eager to try out Seattle’s newest and longest protected bike lanes, the city has announced that the Linden Ave project is now essentially complete. The city will celebrate the opening July 13 at…
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tagged: cycle tracks, linden, sdot