Tag: northgate station

December 22, 2014

Regional leaders ask for more time to find Northgate bike/walk bridge funding

A group of regional elected leaders, including two members of the Sound Transit Board — Seattle City Councilmember Mike O’Brien and King County Councilmember Larry Phillips — have asked the agency to disregard the July 2015 funding deadline for the Northgate bike/walk bridge, Publicola reports. After the project failed to win a competitive TIGER grant…
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tagged: david frockt, gerry pollet, jessyn farrell, larry phillips, mike o’brien, northgate, northgate station, northgate station bridge, sally bagshaw, sound transit, tom rasmussen
September 11, 2014

No TIGER grant for the Northgate bike/walk bridge

An attempt to quickly fill the funding gap for the Northgate bike/walk bridge has failed. Seattle and Sound Transit did not win the TIGER grant they hoped would bring in the $15 million needed to make the bridge happen, Publicola reports. TIGER is a very competitive Federal transportation grant program, and projects rarely win the…
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tagged: northgate, northgate station, northgate station bridge, sound transit, TIGER
June 6, 2014

The Northgate bike/walk bridge designs are stunning, could be a neighborhood icon

So we’ve already established that the Northgate bike/walk bridge is a good idea from a neighborhood connectivity perspective. But another important benefit of the bridge is the chance to create a truly spectacular and maybe even iconic piece of infrastructure for Northgate. In a neighborhood known best for its mall, one of the first post-war…
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tagged: northgate, northgate mall, northgate station, northgate station bridge, sdot, sound transit
June 2, 2014

Support the Northgate bike/walk bridge at Tuesday open house + A look at the updated concept

The Northgate bike/walk bridge is among the smartest investments the city and Sound Transit can make to both ensure that the planned light rail station maximizes its ridership and reconnect a neighborhood long divided by I-5. But I-5 is wide and elevated between North Seattle Community College and Northgate Mall/the future light rail station, raising…
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tagged: northgate, northgate station, northgate station bridge, sdot, sound transit
March 11, 2014

Sound Transit wants feedback on Northgate Station bike plans

While the biking and walking discussions surrounding the planned Northgate Station have focused heavily on building a bike/walk bridge over I-5, there are other station design elements that affect bikeability, too. Will it be comfortable and easy to bring your bike from the street level to the station platform? Will there be enough bike parking…
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tagged: meetings, northgate, northgate station, sound transit
October 28, 2013

Murray flips again, now wants to ‘fully fund’ Northgate bike/walk bridge

Ed Murray has issued another clarification about a biking and walking transportation issue: the Northgate biking and walking bridge across I-5. The bridge would dramatically increase the ability for people to bike and walk to the upcoming light rail station. Both Sound Transit and the city have pledged millions toward the project, but a funding…
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tagged: 2013 mayoral race, ed murray, mike mcginn, northgate, northgate station, northgate station bridge