Tag: lake washington blvd

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
May 11, 2022

Bicycle Sundays are now called ‘Bicycle Weekends’ + City begins ‘visioning process’ for Lake Washington Blvd’s future

54 years after the first Bicycle Sunday on Lake Washington Boulevard, the car-free event has long solidified as a beloved tradition. As was the case in 2021, SDOT and Seattle Parks will expand Bicycle Sundays into what they are now calling “Bicycle Weekends,” a series of car-free weekends during the summer. The first 2022 Bicycle…
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tagged: bicycle sunday, bicycle weekends, lake washington blvd, parks and recreation, sdot
April 26, 2021

City considering car-free(ish) Lake Washington Blvd all summer + More Keep Moving Streets updates and a survey

The city may close a three-mile section of Lake Washington Boulevard to most motor vehicles (people accessing homes and parking lots allowed) from Memorial Day to Labor Day. This would be like making every day Bicycle Sunday. You can support this idea by taking SDOT’s online survey before May 10. Seattle already has more than…
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tagged: alki, golden gardens, green lake, keep moving streets, lake washington blvd, parks and recreation, sdot
April 5, 2021

Lake Washington Blvd ‘Keep Moving Street’ returns Friday + Campaign seeks permanent design

Lake Washington Blvd is reopening to people walking and biking Friday as the city’s Keep Moving Street program returns. The street will remain mostly car-free between Mount Baker Beach and Genesee Park from April 9 through 18. Seattle has experimented with various versions of this Keep Moving Street for the past nine months, and they…
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tagged: keep moving streets, lake washington blvd, rainier valley greenways
February 8, 2021

Segment of Lake Washington Boulevard to reopen for Winter, Spring breaks UPDATED

Update: due to the anticipated snow event this weekend, the closure of Lake Washington Boulevard outlined below has been postponed to Monday February 15. It will run through Sunday the 21st as planned. A stretch of Lake Washington Boulevard just south of Mount Baker Beach will open to people walking, biking, and rolling starting this…
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tagged: keep moving streets, lake washington blvd