Tag: mercer

May 28, 2024

They did the thing I suggested at 9th and Mercer, and it almost works!

They did it! The Seattle Department of Transportation changed the order of the traffic signals at 9th Ave N and Mercer Street to allow straight traffic, the bike lane and the crosswalk to go before the left turns. This was an idea I first suggested more than six years ago shortly after the new Mercer…
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tagged: 9th ave n, mercer, sdot, south lake union, videos
October 14, 2022

Photo: Finally, an improvement to 9th Ave near Mercer

I noticed an improvement to 9th Ave this morning. I will admit that I was hoping for more, such as some physical bike lane protection or implementation of this $0 fix to help improve crosswalk and bike lane safety and accessibility. But hey, it’s something.
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tagged: 9th ave, mercer, photos
April 29, 2022

Watch: A $0 fix for the notorious 9th and Mercer intersection

Every day during busy travel times, people turning left from southbound 9th Avenue N block the bike lane and crosswalk across Mercer Street. This happens every signal cycle, forcing people to try to find a path through the mess of cars and trucks just to get across the street. It has been this way for…
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tagged: 9th ave n, mercer
September 8, 2017

City extends 9th Ave protected bike lanes + How can the city fix the Mercer crossing?

We are two blocks closer to a complete connection between downtown and the Westlake Bikeway. SDOT installed Phase II of their three-phase rollout of protected bike lanes on 9th Ave N in South Lake Union this week. The bike lanes now extend as far south as Harrison Street, where they transition into the existing painted…
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tagged: 9th ave n, mercer, mercer mess, protected bike lanes, sdot
August 25, 2015

5th Ave has a new protected bike lane … for one block

The city recently completed and opened a one-block section of protected bike lane on 5th Ave just south of Mercer. Like the Mercer bike lane, the lane is glorious where it exists. It’s bright green and separated from the street, sidewalk and bus stop. Not only is the bike lane raised above street level (but…
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tagged: 5th ave, mercer, mercer mess, seattle center, seattle public schools
May 5, 2015

Mercer Street: King of the Stroad

As we reported yesterday, the Great Bike Route Wall of Uptown/Lower Queen Anne has finally cracked with the opening of the new protected bikeway on Mercer Street under Aurora. But the bike lanes are just a small part of a $237 million car-focused remake of the Mercer corridor. It’s got lots of wide lanes and…
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tagged: mercer, mercer mess, mercer west, seattle bicycle advisory board