Tag: cycle tracks

April 5, 2013

Now open: NE 65th Street cycle track near Magnuson Park

To use a summer blockbuster analogy, cycle tracks—essentially bike lanes that are protected from general traffic—are the next big thing dropping on Seattle’s streets. NE 65th Street is the trailer, and it was just officially released. SODT reports that the short cycle track connecting the Burke-Gilman Trail to Magnuson Park is now open. The project…
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tagged: cycle tracks, magnuson park, ne 65th, protected bike lanes, sdot
February 20, 2013

Mayor McGinn to Rahm Emanuel: Seattle will keep its bikers, thank you

In his State of the City address Tuesday, Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn responded to Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s threat to lure Seattle’s tech jobs to his city by creating a world-class bike lane network. We’re going to build world-class, safe bike lanes, too, the mayor said. And we’re going to keep those jobs here. From…
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tagged: chicago, cycle tracks, mike mcginn, rahm emanuel
January 21, 2013

Obama walks down that center-lane cycle track that would be great on Westlake

You know how Westlake Ave in South Lake Union is still super dangerous for cycling due to the streetcar tracks in the curb lane? Well we have argued that the city should design protected bike lanes in the center lanes of the road, like on Pennsylvania Ave in DC. If you want a better look…
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tagged: barack obama, cycle tracks, washington dc, westlake
January 11, 2013

Stranger: This is why we need protected bike lanes downtown

The Stranger’s Dominic Holden happened on the aftermath of a collision on 2nd Avenue’s notoriously dangerous bike lane downtown yesterday. The person hit was scraped up and shaking, but was not seriously injured. However, Holden notes that this collision is not rare, and makes the case that we need protected bike lanes (AKA cycle tracks)…
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tagged: 2nd ave, cycle tracks, dominic holden, downtown, the stranger
December 17, 2012

Chicago Mayor: I want Seattle’s bikers and the jobs that come with them

The great cities of the Pacific Northwest no longer have a free ride as the top bicycling cities in the United States. While Portland and Seattle have spent the past couple years making calculated, political moves to incrementally improve the conditions for residents who choose to get around town on bikes, the nation’s giant cities…
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tagged: chicago, cycle tracks, gabe klein, rahm emanuel
December 6, 2012

Broadway streetcar extention will include cycle track, open house Dec 13

With funding for the planning phase of the First Hill Streetcar secured, the city is holding a Broadway Extension open house to discuss what such an extension could look like for the neighborhood. The meeting will be 4–6 p.m. December 13 at the Silver Cloud Hotel at Broadway and Madison. The $25 million project will…
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tagged: broadway, broadway bikeway, capitol hill, cycle tracks, first hill streetcar, sdot