Tag: eastlake
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CHS: Eastlake community looks to improve and expand I-5 Colonnade Park
I-5 Colonnade urban mountain bike park is one of the city’s most unique public spaces. It’s a powerful reclaiming of a space destroyed by construction of the elevated I-5 structure separating Eastlake from Capitol Hill. Ten years later, the community wants to revist the park, improve walk/bike connections through the area and even expand the…
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Bike Master Plan Draft 2: Central Seattle
The last day to comment on the second draft of the Bicycle Master Plan is Friday. Email your comments to [email protected]. This post is a continuation of a series investigating some of changes in the newest draft of the Bike Master Plan. In general, the updated Bike Master Plan includes a lot of bold and…
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Montlaker: Seattle Design Commission endorses a complete biking/walking path on 520 bridge
As expressed in a letter to the 520 planners from Central Seattle Greenways, a biking and walking path across Portage Bay is an essential part of the 520 Bridge replacement project. This multi-billion-dollar project already includes such a path across Lake Washington, but it inexplicably stops in Montlake before connecting to North Capitol Hill, Eastlake…
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Fairview/Fairview changes almost complete
We first wrote about the proposed changes to the intersection of Fairview Ave N and Fairview Ave E back in October 2010. Currently under construction, the project is scheduled to open Friday. While the project is mostly about walking safety, it is also part of a key bike route and involves some bicycling improvements. People…
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Metro and SDOT keep bicycle groups in the dark about rushed Howell St plans
If you have been on Howell St in the past week or so, you may have noticed spray paint markings on the pavement between 9th Ave and Stewart. This key bicycle route from downtown to Eastlake Ave, Fairview Ave E, the University Bridge and half of north Seattle and beyond is going to be redesigned,…
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Woman with golf club attacks biker on Eastlake
Following yesterday’s story about a driver who tried to attack a biker with a Taser in Northgate comes this report from Jonah at Seattle Crime: In this most recent incident, a cyclist was riding north on Eastlake Ave E past Hamlin St around 6:30 p.m. on October 20t, and saw a woman standing next to…
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