Tag: lake washington blvd

September 6, 2023

Seattle needs a permanently safe space for biking and walking on Lake Washington Blvd

After a failed attempt at convening a task force to discuss ways to make Lake Washington Boulevard safe for people walking and biking, Seattle Parks is now preparing to make some small adjustments to the street that fall far short of what is needed and what the vast majority of people have said they want…
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tagged: bruce harrell, lake washington blvd, parks and recreation, seattle neighborhood greenways, seattle parks district, tammy morales
April 11, 2023

Rainier Valley Greenways: How to make ‘Bicycle Weekends’ on Lake Washington Blvd better

Since 1968, Seattle Parks has been hosting car-free days on Lake Washington Boulevard during the spring and summer. It’s one of the longest-running open streets events in the world, and the department partnered with SDOT in recent years to expand it to last full weekends. As planning gets underway for the 2023 season, Rainier Valley…
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tagged: bicycle sunday, bicycle weekends, lake washington blvd, parks and recreation, rainier valley greenways, sdot
November 11, 2022

Take the city’s ‘visioning’ survey about the future of Lake Washington Blvd.

The Seattle Parks District has budgeted $404,000 to develop a new design for the Bicycle Sundays section of Lake Washington Boulevard, and they need your input on what is important. Take the city’s “Visioning Process Survey” now to let them know. This is a whole new survey, so fill it out even if you already…
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tagged: lake washington blvd, SEAbikes, seattle neighborhood greenways
September 28, 2022

Park District Board approves Lake Washington Blvd. path funding 7–1

The Seattle Park District Board approved funding a path on Lake Washington Boulevard, voting 7–1 to include $404,000 to the 2023-24 budget plan. The historic boulevard is one of the city’s original Olmsted Boulevards, which were constructed in the early 1900s as Parks projects. Even though it looks like a regular street, the boulevard is…
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tagged: city council district 2, debora juarez, lake washington blvd, sara nelson, seattle parks district, tammy morales
September 27, 2022

Morales proposes funding for a walking and biking path on Lake Washington Blvd. – UPDATED

UPDATE: It passed by a vote of 7-1 (Nelson no, Pedersen abstain). After a series of successful and popular experiments with extended car-free days on Lake Washington Boulevard in recent years, District 2 City Councilmember Tammy Morales has proposed $404,000 in Parks District funding in 2023 and 2024 to construct a permanent biking and walking…
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tagged: city council district 2, lake washington blvd, seattle parks district, tammy morales
September 6, 2022

Seattle Parks forgot to make Bicycle Weekends car-free, so riders moved the signs themselves

Labor Day weekend was supposed to be the penultimate Bicycle Weekend on Lake Washington Boulevard for the year, a chance to experience the storied lakeside street without cars. Bicycle Weekend is an expansion of Seattle Parks’ Bicycle Sunday program, which has been opening this street for people outside of cars since 1968. But when people…
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tagged: bicycle sunday, bicycle weekends, lake washington blvd, parks and recreation