Tag: international district

March 21, 2023

Some thoughts on the Chinatown-International District Station planning debate

Seattle Bike Blog is not where people usually go to read about light rail station placement debates. But as a Seattle resident who cheers for both an affordable and thriving International District as well as the best transit service we can create, it’s been tough to watch the conversation about station planning for the second…
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tagged: 4th ave s, international district, sound transit
January 21, 2021

Jose Rizal bridge bike lane is in place, another harrowing slip lane closed

The painted bike lane is now in place on the Dr. Jose P Rizal Bridge on 12th Ave S, a big construction milestone in the 12th Ave Vision Zero project, which is creating a bike connection between Little Saigon and the Mountains to Sound Trail at the north end of Beacon Hill. Still to come:…
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tagged: 12th, beacon hill, international district, little saigon, mountains-to-sound
October 2, 2019

Crews are currently building Seattle’s most important new bike connection in years

It may be short, but don’t let that fool you. The protected bike lanes currently under construction on a few blocks of S Main St and 5th Ave S between the International District and the 2nd Ave bike lane should easily be the most important improvements to bike access Seattle has completed since, well, 2nd…
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tagged: 5th ave, downtown, international district, king st, Main St, sdot
August 6, 2018

Downtown-to-ID bike lane options are proving difficult, city plans subpar route

Connecting the 2nd Ave bike lane to the International District and the Southeast Seattle bike routes beyond is proving to be very difficult. This connection is the single most important missing piece of the downtown bike network, and the City Council this week included it in the resolution listing projects they want SDOT to complete…
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tagged: 5th ave, 6th ave s, dearborn st, downtown, first hill streetcar, international district, jackson, pioneer square, sdot
September 18, 2017

New downtown vision includes 4th Ave bike lanes, new transit pathway on 6th Ave

After months of talks, agency leaders have a near-term plan for downtown streets that both builds a two-way protected bike lane on 4th Ave and creates a transit pathway to keep buses moving once they are kicked out of the transit tunnel next year. The plan as presented to the Once Center City Advisory Group…
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tagged: 4th ave, downtown, international district, one center city
May 15, 2016

Man killed and woman seriously injured in shared-bike collision with bus

A man and woman sharing a bike collided with a Sound Transit bus at 5th and Main at 10:40 p.m. Saturday night. The woman was seriously injured, but conscious at the scene. The man died. Our condolences to his friends and family. KIRO TV reports that the man was 41 and the woman is 37.…
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tagged: 5th ave, deaths, injuries, international district, kiro, s main street, sound transit, spd