Tag: delridge

January 10, 2024

Seattle’s mixed history building neighborhood greenways

Neighborhood greenways have a hit and miss history in Seattle. Sometimes they create fantastic all ages and abilities walking and biking connections, and sometimes they are so heavily compromised that they do very little. So as Seattle prepares to create a new transportation plan and craft a new transportation funding measure, we should probably get…
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tagged: 2024 transportation funding measure, beacon hill, delridge, neighborhood greenways, parks and recreation, rainier valley neighborhood greenway, ryan packer, sdot, seattle transportation plan, the urbanist
February 26, 2020

Seattle’s new ‘mandatory’ bike lane law faces its first real test on Delridge Way SW – UPDATED

Led by former Councilmember Mike O’Brien, Seattle passed an ordinance last year that all but requires SDOT to build out the planned bike network as part of any major repaving projects along a planned route. And the ordinance faces its first test as SDOT does not plan to build complete bike lanes on Delridge Way…
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tagged: delridge, Delridge Way SW, Lisa herbold, rapidride h, west seattle
February 13, 2015

Work to finally widen W Seattle trail connection to Delridge starts Monday

The city is ready to start construction on a much-needed trail connection improvement between the Delridge neighborhood and the trail hub under the West Seattle Bridge. Today, people biking or walking from the bridge to Delridge are spit out onto a skinny sidewalk on the east side of Delridge Way SW that is not wide…
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tagged: construction, delridge, Delridge Way SW, sdot, west seattle
July 23, 2014

Do neighborhood greenways increase cycling? Oh yes.

If you were wondering whether the city’s investments in neighborhood greenways are effective, here’s your answer: A resounding yes. The city wisely gathered bike use data on a couple proposed neighborhood greenway routes before work began. They then compared those numbers with bike counts after the street got the neighborhood greenway treatment, and the result…
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tagged: ballard, bike counter, delridge, neighborhood greenways, sdot, west seattle
January 21, 2014

Delridge neighborhood greenway now officially open

The city has officially completed the first neighborhood greenway in West Seattle, a 1.5-mile stretch of 26th Ave SW from SW Andover Street to the SW Graham Street stairway leading to the High Point neighborhood. The stretch is the first route in what neighbors hope will be a network of low-stress bike routes connecting homes…
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tagged: 26th ave sw, construction, delridge, north delridge neighborhood council, sdot, west seattle, west seattle greenways
October 15, 2013

Woman charged with assault for road rage attack on West Seattle Greenways founder

Erika Soerensen, 37, has been charged with second degree assault for allegedly attacking Jake Vanderplas with a deadly weapon July 8. Vanderplas, who was luckily not seriously injured in the attack at 26th Ave SW and SW Andover Street, reached out via email shortly after it happened. We published his account in full. Witnesses who…
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tagged: 26th ave sw, crime, delridge, erika soerensen, jake vanderplas, king county prosecutor, road rage, west seattle