Tag: ne 125th

May 21, 2014

National report on dangerous streets cites NE 125th redesign as an example of success

If you moved to the north end of Seattle after the summer of 2011, you may have no idea that there was an epic debate over city plans for a road safety project on NE 125th Street. That’s because the project, once completed, was a slam dunk. The street became safer for all users, easier…
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tagged: dangerous by design, ne 125th, smart growth america
November 18, 2013

An archaeological dig on NE 125th Street, one of the final battles in the War on Cars

The lucky among you do not remember the vicious fight over a 2011 road diet on NE 125th Street, which pitted neighbors against neighbors in a drawn-out and ugly battle over ten feet of road space in North Seattle. Prompted by rampant speeding and a pattern of dangerous collisions, the city proposed changes that would…
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tagged: lake city, mike mcginn, ne 125th, road diets, seattle neighborhood greenways, war on cars
August 24, 2011

Blinded by mayoral vendetta, the Weekly wildly misses the point of the NE 125th project

So, in case you haven’t been paying attention, the Seattle Weekly is a little upset with the mayor. Ever since Mayor McGinn put his sights on the Weekly and the Village Voice’s backpage.com for doing a piss-poor job of preventing their online service from enabling child prostitution, the Weekly has been pushing every little fragment…
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tagged: mike mcginn, mike seely, ne 125th, seattle weekly
August 23, 2011

Changes to NE 125th create a better neighborhood street for all

One more street in Seattle is safer thanks to the city’s complete streets remake of NE 125th Street in Lake City. What used to be a dangerous, four-lane highway-style road dividing the neighborhood has been redesigned to meet the needs of all road users and improve safety for everyone.
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tagged: complete streets, lake city, ne 125th, road diets
May 4, 2011

Neighborhood-Powered Streets Part 3: Controversially less controversial

This story is part of a series about Seattle’s young neighborhood greenway movement. In part three, we look into hopes that greenway projects will be less controversial than arterial bike lanes and how that could impact the city’s bicycle infrastructure conversation for better and worse. For Councilmember Sally Bagshaw and some other neighborhood greenway supporters,…
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tagged: bike boulevards, cathy tuttle, complete streets, john mauro, ne 125th, neighborhood greenways, Neighborhood-Powered Streets, nickerson, north seattle industrial association, sally bagshaw, stone way, suzie burke
April 22, 2011

Mayor McGinn gives go-ahead for NE 125th redesign

In a lengthy email summarizing the public comments he received and the reasoning behind his decision, Mayor Mike McGinn announced that he has accepted SDOT’s approval for a road diet on NE 125th St. The project, which we have written about many times, drew the ire of drivers and neighbors who were afraid the project…
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tagged: mike mcginn, ne 125th, road diets, sdot