Tag: montlake

May 18, 2012

Saturday: Tell WSDOT to build the 520 biking & walking trail to Capitol Hill

Look, here’s the thing, WSDOT: It would be completely absurd to build a whole new floating bridge from Medina to Montlake complete with a biking and walking trail, then stop the trail less than a mile from the end of the bridge where it can connect to the densest residential neighborhood in the state and…
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tagged: capitol hill, montlake, sr 520, wsdot
April 30, 2012

A look at plans for the new 520 Bridge through Montlake

This post was originally published at Capitol Hill Seattle. We’ve already looked at the state’s concepts for a walking and biking trail across Lake Washington via a reconstructed 520 floating bridge. But the reconstructed bridge will also come with redesigns for the entire section of highway between the lake and I-5. Earlier this month, the…
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tagged: arboretum trail, montlake, sr 520, wsdot
April 4, 2012

A look at the planned 520 bike trail (and why it should extend to N Capitol Hill) – UPDATED

Plans to replace the 520 Bridge are crawling along, and the state recently released concept images of the proposed floating bridge. Images show plans for the proposed walking and biking trail, which comes complete with “belvedere” resting and lookout points (as pictured above). It still amazes me the state actually built a mega project like…
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tagged: capitol hill, montlake, sr 520, wsdot
January 17, 2012

Madison Park Greenways looking to combine with neighboring areas

Bob Edmiston is driven — er, biken (?) — to make neighborhood greenways a part of his neighborhood’s future. As the main force behind Madison Park Greenways, Bob presented about neighborhood greenways at the Madison Park Community Council. The council loved the idea and unanimously created a neighborhood greenway planning group. Now, the group is…
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tagged: bob edmiston, madison park, madison park greenways, madison valley, montlake
August 4, 2010

Dan Bertolet hates cars because they kill your children

If only that headline were exaggerating. However, in his anti-car post on Publicola, Dan Bertolet points out that cars are the leading cause of death among American children: This is one reason I hate cars (but not the only one): They kill and maim an insanely high number of innocent people, and are a constant…
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tagged: anti-car, dan bertolet, montlake, publicola, utopia