Tag: nickerson

July 17, 2013

Just 10 days after Dexter/Nickerson hit-and-run, city installs permanent curb to make intersection safer

My head is still spinning by how fast the city and SDOT responded to this dangerous right turn lane at Dexter and Nickerson. Friend and Seattle Bike Blog reader Maile Martinez got in touch last week with the story of her sister Alana’s nasty hit-and-run at Dexter and Nickerson late July 6. Alana, who was…
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tagged: dexter, dongho chang, maile martinez, nickerson, sdot
July 10, 2013

KOMO Video: Woman visiting her sister victim of hit and run at Dexter/Nickerson – UPDATED

Jake Vanderplas’ story of a road rage hit and run in West Seattle we published yesterday drudged up a lot of scary stories from readers, who left their tales in the comments. One of those comments was from a friend of mine: Maile Martinez. Her sister is in town visiting and has been biking around…
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tagged: alana martinez, dexter, hit and run, injuries, maile martinez, nickerson
March 1, 2012

Collisions drop 23 percent on redesigned Nickerson – UPDATED

Changes to Nickerson St in 2010 have resulted in a 23 percent drop in collisions, the city reported during a press conference today. Last year, Publicola reported that traffic volumes on Nickerson remained consistent, as the city had predicted. Average speeds dropped from over 40 mph to 34-37 mph, which is still higher than the…
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tagged: mike mcginn, nickerson, peter hahn, queen anne, road diets, ship canal trail
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

On the third day, He rode His cargo bike – UPDATED

Whether you celebrate the rising of Jesus from the dead, want to hold a feast in honor of the goddess Ēostre or just want to ride a bike, you are invited to join in on a slow cargo bike ride this Sunday. No cargo bike necessary. From Ride Your Bike: We will meet at the…
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tagged: cargo bike ride, easter, events, gas works park, go means go, nickerson, resurrection IV, ride your bike, zlog
February 2, 2011

Publicola reports: Nickerson changes appear to be working

Unsurprisingly, reconfiguring Nickerson from having four general purpose lanes to having two, a center turn lane and climbing lanes for bicycles has calmed traffic while still maintaining road capacity, according to preliminary data. This project was awfully controversial, with business groups and car drivers claiming the project would bring Nickerson to its knees despite studies…
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tagged: nickerson