Tag: fremont

November 18, 2024

Major Burke-Gilman detours in Fremont and Ballard end as sewer work progresses

Seattle’s least-discussed infrastructure megaproject has wrapped up a pair of multi-year, trail-disrupting closures in Fremont and Ballard in recent weeks. Work on the $561 million Ship Canal Water Quality Project has taken place in multiple locations, including bike-route-disrupting closures on Stone Way in Fremont and near Fred Meyer in Ballard. Work at both sites is…
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tagged: ballard, best side cycling, burke-gilman trail, fremont, ship canal water quality project, wallingford
June 19, 2024

June 22: The 2024 Fremont Solstice Parade will follow shorter route + How to join the naked bike ride

Despite packed crowds last year, the 2024 Fremont Solstice Parade will return to a shortened route it used in 2022. But that won’t stop hundreds of people from stripping down, painting their bodies and biking together ahead of the parade as they have for decades (you can learn more about the history of the ride…
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tagged: fremont, fremont solstice parade, fremont solstice parade 2024, naked bike ride
June 14, 2023

The 2023 Fremont Solstice Parade will mark 30 years of naked people crashing the parade on bikes + How to join

The Fremont Solstice Parade is perhaps Seattle’s happiest day of the year, and that’s in no small part thanks to the explosion of brave creativity that is the pre-parade bike ride featuring hundreds of people using their bodies as art canvases. The solstice bike ride is still an unofficial part of the Solstice Parade, but…
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tagged: fremont, fremont arts council, fremont solstice parade, fremont solstice parade 2023, solstice cyclists
January 11, 2023

SPU plans temporary bikeway during Stone Way overflow pipe construction starting late January

Seattle’s least-discussed megaproject is coming to Stone Way in Fremont/Wallingford, but crews have plans to maintain space for biking and walking. Seattle Public Utilities’ Ship Canal Water Quality Project is estimated to total $570 million, a cost that could still increase before it is complete, the Seattle Times reported. The project will build large new…
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tagged: fremont, ship canal water quality project, spu, stone way, wallingford
June 9, 2021

N 34th Street bike lanes fix some of the challenges near the Fremont Bridge

The latest upgrade to the bike connections around the Fremont Bridge make some very significant improvements, though larger solutions are still needed to make it truly comfortable for people of all ages and abilities. The Burke-Gilman Trail is the region’s busiest bike trail, and it travels under the Fremont Bridge, which is the region’s busiest…
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tagged: fremont, fremont bridge, N 34th St, sdot
April 21, 2020

Fremont Solstice Parade (and painted bike ride) cancelled for 2020

It’s not a surprise, but the 2020 Fremont Solstice Parade has officially been cancelled. And that means the annual painted bike ride is also cancelled. Of course the ride and parade shouldn’t happen amid the outbreak, but it’s still tough news. The Solstice Parade and the pre-parade painted bike ride are among the iconic events…
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tagged: fremont, fremont arts council, fremont solstice parade 2020