Tag: elliott bay trail

May 22, 2020

Bike counters show weekend and trail rides are up as much as 70% since the outbreak began

The number of bike trips across the Fremont Bridge in February was 47% higher than the February average from 2013-19, continuing a trend of strong year-over-year bike trip growth in recent years. But then March happened, and employers shut down offices and fired workers. Unemployment skyrocketed along with working at home as our city attempted…
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tagged: bike counter, burke-gilman trail, elliott bay trail, fremont bridge, ride bicycles
September 16, 2019

Watch: Biking Expedia’s amazing Elliott Bay Trail remake

Expedia is preparing to start moving from Bellevue into their new campus on the Seattle waterfront starting as soon as next year. And work is very clearly in high gear across their huge new space. For the past year, the Elliott Bay Trail has been detoured around the campus work zone while crews went to…
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tagged: elliott bay trail, expedia, interbay, video
September 5, 2019

Saturday: Expedia will open revamped Elliott Bay Trail with celebration and bike ride

Expedia has been working on rebuilding a section of the Elliott Bay Trail near their under-construction future headquarters in Interbay for the past year, and they’re nearly ready to unveil the new trail and open space improvements. They’re hosting a celebratory walk and bike ride Saturday morning with Cascade Bicycle Club. So if you want…
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tagged: elliott bay trail, expedia, interbay
July 11, 2018

Year-long Elliott Bay Trail detour near future Expedia campus starts Aug 1

Construction of the huge new Expedia campus along the Seattle waterfront includes a rebuild of a section of the Elliott Bay Trail as the path transitions from industrial Interbay to the waterfront. The new trail will soften what today is a sharp turn in the trail at the mouth of the Smith Cove Waterway, which…
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tagged: elliott bay trail, expedia
January 12, 2017

Trail Alert: Year-long County wastewater project could create some Elliott Bay Trail delays

King County is beginning work this week on a delayed waterwater regulator project in Myrtle Edwards Park that could disrupt the Elliott Bay Trail. The project worksite entrance is at the south entrance to the trail near the Sculpture Garden, an area that can get congested with people biking and walking. The County says flaggers…
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tagged: bike route alerts, construction, denny way regulator station, elliott bay trail, myrtle edwards
August 13, 2014

Hempfest is this weekend, so expect big delays on Elliott Bay Trail (or give in and join them)

Hempfest is back for its annual bike-trail-closing pro-marijuana fest in Myrtle Edwards Park. The good news is that, if you are headed to Hempfest, bike access is excellent. Hempfest even recommends arriving by bike and will have racks set up at the north entrance. But if you are just trying to bike through the area…
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tagged: elliott ave, elliott bay trail, hempfest, hempfest 2014, myrtle edwards