Tag: neighborhood greenways

June 17, 2014

City on track to build 5.4 miles of neighborhood greenways this year

The city’s neighborhood greenway plans are moving ahead on schedule, with 5.4 miles of improved residential streets ready for construction in 2014 and another 18 miles in the planning stage. Meanwhile, Seattle Neighborhood Greenways continues its work inspiring neighbors across the region to change the transportation conversation where they live. While there are no south…
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tagged: construction, neighborhood greenways, sdot
May 30, 2014

Rainier Valley is getting an east-west neighborhood greenway, open house Monday

The city is planning two neighborhood greenways in Rainier Valley this year with hopes to have them ready to build next year. One route will travel north and south for much of the valley, and the other will travel east-to-west in the Othello neighborhood. A community open house Monday will look at options for that…
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tagged: neighborhood greenways, newholly, rainier valley, rainier valley greenways, s myrtle street, s willow street, sdot
March 13, 2014

City building and planning neighborhood greenways in all corners of the city this year

The city is catching its groove on neighborhood greenways this year, setting a pace for installing and planning them in all corners of the city simultaneously. While neighborhood greenways so far have been somewhat experimental and one-off projects, 2014 is set to be the year where — with the help of SDOT Community Liaisons Dawn…
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tagged: bike portland, dawn schellenberg, neighborhood greenways, portland, sdot, seattle neighborhood greenways
December 26, 2013

A bike tour of the now-open Beacon Hill Neighborhood Greenway

Two years in the making, the Seattle Department of Transportation completed the Beacon Hill Neighborhood Greenway this month and officially opened the route for business and bicycling. Proposed by the neighborhood group Beacon BIKES (“Better Infrastructure Keeping Everyone Safer”), the new greenway allows people of all ages and abilities to travel through Beacon Hill by…
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tagged: Beacon BIKES, beacon hill, neighborhood greenways, ryann child
November 5, 2013

Meeting will discuss options for neighborhood greenway near 23rd Ave

Yesterday, we reported on an expansion to the 23rd Ave complete streets and repaving project, making the case for safe bike lanes from Montlake to the Central District. But the primary focus of Wednesday’s open house is a planned neighborhood greenway near 23rd Ave through the CD. The main question is whether the east or…
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tagged: 23rd ave, capitol hill, central district, montlake, neighborhood greenways
September 18, 2013

Today: Scout out a neighborhood greenway route from Green Lake to Lake Union via Tangletown

Meet at 6 p.m. at NE 65th Street and 1st Ave NE near Green Lake Elementary. From Wallingford Greenways:
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tagged: green lake, neighborhood greenways, tangletown, wallingford