Tag: king county parks

August 4, 2017

You can now take a bus hiking on weekends, and there are spaces for bikes

King County Metro and King County Parks have partnered to launch a new transit-to-trailheads service that starts tomorrow. And each shuttle will have two spaces for bicycles. The shuttle starts at Issaquah Transit Center and makes stops at trailheads throughout the “Issaquah Alps” at Margaret’s Way, Poo Poo Point and East Sunset Way before swinging…
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tagged: issaquah, king county metro, king county parks, transit to trails
December 21, 2016

Construction begins on penultimate segment of the E Lake Sammamish Trail

King County has started construction to pave 1.3 miles of the East Lake Sammamish Trail, bringing the key walking and biking link between Redmond and Issaquah that much closer to completion. The trail, funded by a combination of Federal, state and regional sources, has been a long time coming. So many people have worked to…
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tagged: e lake sammamish trail, king county, king county parks
October 19, 2016

$10M committed to rehab historic trestle. Can the Eastside Trail open by 2020?

King County Executive Dow Constantine and Governor Jay Inslee shared the podium Tuesday to announce $10 million dollars in funding commitments from local, regional, state and private partners to rehab the most difficult and stunning parts of the planned Eastside Trail: The Wilburton Trestle. The historic trestle towers above local streets and I-405 with sweeping…
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tagged: bellevue, dow constantine, eastside rail corridor, eastside trail, jay inslee, king county parks
October 3, 2016

White Center’s newest playground also helps kids learn to bike safely

It’s been a while since I was a kid, but I remember spending hour-upon-hour playing games where I pretended to do mundane things my parents did. I scanned play vegetables across a cash register (I don’t think I understood how bar codes work). I scribbled on carbon copy form paper and filed the sheets in…
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tagged: bike playground, cascade bicycle club, Dick Thurnau Park, king county parks, traffic gardens, white center, yes! foundation
October 22, 2015

Be prepared for Burke-Gilman Trail detour in Lake Forest Park starting Monday

King County Parks will remove 40 poplar trees along the Burke-Gilman Trail in Lake Forest Park starting next week. This work will require trail detours for two weeks, so be prepared. Luckily, the detours don’t look bad, using nearby low-traffic streets. A portion of one of the trees fell onto the highway in an August…
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tagged: burke-gilman trail, king county parks, lake forest park
October 14, 2015

For community fun and safety education, White Center will get state’s first ‘traffic garden’

With mini versions of streets, traffic control signs, crosswalks and other elements of a real life street, a traffic garden is a safe and fun place for people (especially kids) to learn and practice the rules of the road. Such gardens are somewhat common in other parts of the world, but they are rare in…
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tagged: cascade bicycle club, Dick Thurnau Park, ed ewing, king county parks, Lakewood Park, pat thompson, traffic gardens, white center, yes! foundation