Tag: cycle tracks

August 26, 2010

Buffered bike lanes a much better fit for Dexter

Dexter is going to be pretty nice once the new plans are paved. First, look at the image above. For those who ride across the Fremont bridge to Dexter, you know this spot pretty well. Usually there are no cars from Nickerson turning right onto Dexter. But when there is one, you never know if…
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tagged: buffered bike lanes, cycle tracks, dexter, sdot
August 5, 2010

Dexter cycle track plans changed, wide buffered bike lanes proposed

Commenter Andreas pointed out that the plans for Dexter have changed. Instead of placing cycle tracks between the parked cars and the sidewalk, the new plans place large buffered bike lanes between the general travel lanes and parked cars. Here is the old proposal:
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tagged: bike lanes, buffered bike lanes, cycle tracks, dexter, road tailoring
July 29, 2010

SDOT working on plans to continue the Broadway cycle track on Yesler

SDOT is working on plans that would extend the proposed cycle track on Broadway down Yesler (download the PDF of the above image to see more detail). Ethan Melone, Rail Transit Manager for SDOT, said they are still studying the idea and are not yet sure if they will pursue the track.
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tagged: cycle tracks, sdot, streetcars, yesler
July 28, 2010

Cycle Tracks and Seattle, Part 3: The Great City presentation

Great streets brownbag View more presentations from tfooq. Great City hosted a so-called “brown bag” discussion (no one brings a brown bag lunch to these things…) about cycle tracks last week. In part three of our series on cycle tracks, inspired by the discussion, we take a look at the presentation slideshow.
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tagged: brown bag, cycle tracks, cycle tracks and seattle, great city, roger geller, slideshow, vehicularists
July 23, 2010

Cycle Tracks and Seattle, Part 2: Look, the Canucks can do it, too!

This video demonstrating the two-way cycle track on Dunsmuir in Vancouver has come up often lately. In many ways, it is similar to the cycle track proposed for Broadway (and perhaps Yesler) to coincide with the installation of the First Hill Streetcar.
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tagged: broadway, cycle tracks, cycle tracks and seattle, dunsmuir, vancouver
July 22, 2010

Cycle Tracks and Seattle, Part 1: But the Danes can do it!

The Green Wave in Copenhagen from Copenhagenize on Vimeo. After attending the Great City brown bag this afternoon, I decided Seattle bikers need to take a closer look at cycle tracks and work to better define what we need and what will work best for our city. Cycle tracks may or may not fit those…
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tagged: broadway, buffered bike lanes, copenhagen, cycle tracks, cycle tracks and seattle, dexter, great city, vehicular riding, yesler