Tag: neighborhood greenways

September 16, 2013

Bike trips spike on Ballard Greenway after opening celebration

Early counts show that the number of people biking on the NW 58th Street neighborhood greenway in Ballard has already dramatically increased, according to Seattle Neighborhood Greenways. Before the September 7 greenway opening celebration, usage was already up compared to earlier this spring. But after the celebration, usage remained abnormally high for at least another…
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tagged: ballard, neighborhood greenways, nw 58th st
August 12, 2013

Ballard lemonade stand owner Helen explains how neighborhood greenways are good for business

I went on a bike tour of the nearly-completed NW 58th Street neighborhood greenway in Ballard Sunday with Cathy Tuttle and Andres Salomon of Seattle Neighborhood Greenways. After climbing up the hill from the Burke-Gilman Trail at the west end of the route, we discovered Helen, a young entrepreneur who explained how the neighborhood greenway…
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July 9, 2013

Open house will discuss planned Highland Park/Delridge neighborhood greenway

The city is continuing it’s outreach on new neighborhood greenway projects around the city. Next up: Highland Park/Delridge in West Seattle connecting from White Center to the West Seattle Bridge. For this project, the city is pursuing a new strategy, teaming up with Seattle Public Utilities on a project that will both make the streets…
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tagged: delridge, highland park, neighborhood greenways, sdot, west seattle
June 25, 2013

Initial planning for Olympic Hills neighborhood greenway underway + open house Thursday

Work on neighborhood greenways across the city are humming along. We reported earlier today on a proposed greenway makeover in Greenwood. But if you live on the other side of North Seattle, you also have a meeting to get to this week. The city is holding an open house Thursday to discuss plans for a…
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tagged: neighborhood greenways, olympic hills
June 25, 2013

Fremont Ave in Greenwood is getting a full neighborhood greenway makeover

The Interurban North bike route has been getting quite the makeover in recent years. In 2011, a section of Dexter Ave was redesigned with wide bike lanes and bus islands. Just this month, the city finished work on the Linden Ave protected bike lanes near Bitter Lake (stay tuned for more on that). Now, the…
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tagged: fremont ave, interurban north, neighborhood greenways
May 21, 2013

Work progressing on NW 58th Street neighborhood greenway in Ballard

After many delays to projects across the city, Seattle is set to get its first real miles of neighborhood greenways this year. Delayed last year, the city is now constructing a modified version of the NW 58th Street neighborhood greenway in Ballard, which will connect all the way from the Burke-Gilman Trail on the western…
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tagged: ballard, neighborhood greenways, nw 58th st