Tag: marginal way

May 14, 2013

Mayor announces $900K for E Marginal Way safety improvements, West Seattle trail projects

Mayor McGinn announced Tuesday that the city will spend $700,000 on near-term paving work and a possible temporary cycle track on E Marginal Way. The city will also spend $200,000 on design work for a permanent longterm solution, which will likely include a future full reconstruction of the street. A dangerous stretch of industrial road,…
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tagged: marginal way, mike mcginn, sdot, west seattle
May 6, 2013

Tuesday ride from West Seattle will honor Lance David

Friends, family and coworkers of Lance David held a bike ride and memorial Friday afternoon, gathering at E Marginal Way and S Hanford Street to honor him and support each other (see photos here). The collision that took Lance’s life on his bike ride to work May 1 has shaken not only those who knew…
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tagged: deaths, lance david, marginal way, west seattle, west seattle bike connections
May 3, 2013

Lance David was husband, father of twins and loved cycling

1st bike ride since I got hit in December. Honoring my friend LD, not as lucky as me. Ride on Friend #ghostbike twitter.com/luchavino/stat… — Lucha Vino (@luchavino) May 2, 2013 Lance David was a father of twins, now 23 years old, and husband of 31 years. He lived in Federal Way and biked several…
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tagged: deaths, lance david, marginal way
May 1, 2013

Man cycling on E Marginal Way killed in collision with semi truck

A man was killed in a collision with a semi truck this morning while biking on East Marginal Way. Seattle Fire responders reported he was in his 30s (UPDATE: SPD reports he was 54). SPD is investigating the incident. We will update when we know more. From SPD (UPDATED at 7:30pm): An adult male cyclist…
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tagged: deaths, marginal way, west seattle
August 5, 2011

Driver flees after striking a person cycling near Georgetown

The driver of a truck that struck a 25-year-old person cycling on E Marginal Way near S Dawson St near Georgetown around 2 a.m. this morning fled the scene. The victim went to the hospital, but none of the injuries were life-threatening. A witness followed the truck after the hit-and-run and was able to get…
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tagged: georgetown, hit and run, injuries, marginal way
April 18, 2011

Freight group upset that city cares about bike safety

There are these wonderful moments where opponents to bicycle projects just come right out and say what they mean. It’s refreshing to hear a group’s arguments against lanes without them being distorted into, say, an Orwellian desire to “protect” cyclists from dangerous roads by not building bike lanes. Some freight groups oppose proposed changes to…
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tagged: 2011 paving, airport way, bike lanes, georgetown, industry, manufacturing Industry council, marginal way, mic, publicola, sharrows