Tag: missing link

June 25, 2014

Ever crash on the Burke-Gilman Missing Link? This awesome sticker is for you

Peddler Brewing, located just a block or so from the Missing Link of the Burke-Gilman Trail, have created a nearly pitch-perfect sticker advocating for a complete trail through the bike-wreck-prone area. Proceeds from the sticker sales will go to advocacy efforts to complete the trail. The stickers play off a rather silly city sign posted…
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tagged: burke-gilman trail, missing link, peddler brewing company
June 2, 2014

Business owner sends photos of people crashing on Missing Link, city (finally) finishes temporary bikeway

After five months in a state of partial completion, the city made substantial progress toward completing the temporary Burke-Gilman Missing Link improvements between Shilshole and Fred Meyer Sunday. The two-way bikeway on NW 45th Street is an attempt to increase safety on a notoriously dangerous stretch of road that has resulted in a huge number…
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tagged: ballard, burke-gilman trail, dongho chang, michael marian, missing link, sdot
March 19, 2014

Months later, ‘Missing Link’ Band-Aid still under construction

In late December, just two weeks before Mayor Mike McGinn left office, the city began work on a project to improve safety on a particularly troublesome section of the Burke-Gilman Missing Link in Ballard. While not a complete solution, the project is a Band-Aid for one of the worst sections while the city completes an…
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tagged: ballard, burke-gilman trail, missing link, sdot
January 8, 2014

FamilyRide: Kidical Mass swings by the under-construction Missing Link, Ballard Greenway bike counter

Sunday’s Kidical Mass ride took us to Ballard for our first look at the new two-way bikeway for part of the Burke-Gilman Trail Missing Link. The paint isn’t down yet and I hope they’ll put more dividers in to make things clearer, but most of the signs are up. We only took it in the…
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tagged: ballard, ballard neighborhood greenways, familyride, kidical mass, missing link, nw 58th st
December 17, 2013

City will install two-way bikeway for part of the Burke-Gilman Trail Missing Link

The city will build a two-way bikeway this month in an attempt to increase safety on a notoriously dangerous stretch of the Burke-Gilman Trail Missing Link in Ballard. Previously-planned advisory bike lanes on NW 45th Street have been scrapped in lieu of a two-way bikeway that the city hopes will be safer. To make space…
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tagged: ballard, missing link, nw 45th st
October 8, 2013

Murray calls Burke-Gilman Trail a ‘treasure,’ hopes for a safe completion of the Ballard Missing Link

Ed Murray’s campaign issued a statement today saying that his comments to the Seattle Times’ Jonathan Martin came off as “overly skeptical” of the city’s plans to complete the Burke-Gilman Trail’s notorious “Missing Link” in Ballard. We wrote about his comments yesterday, as they seemed to imply that he opposed completing the long-sought trail segment.…
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tagged: ballard, burke-gilman trail, ed murray, missing link