Tag: open streets

September 18, 2015

Huge open streets weekend: Bicycle Sunday extended into Mt Baker, Ballard Summer Parkways + Park(ing) Day

Summer ain’t over yet, dammit. This weekend is by far the biggest open streets weekend Seattle has ever seen. We’ve already told you about today’s Park(ing) Day, the biggest in Seattle yet. More than 50 pop-up parks will appear in on-street parking spaces throughout the city, including some ambitious bike lane and safe streets demos.…
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tagged: ballard, bicycle sunday, mt baker, open streets, park(ing) day 2015, summer parkways
April 29, 2015

~~For 50th year,~~ Bicycle Sundays kicks off on Lake Washington Blvd this weekend – UPDATED

UPDATE: After digging around in the Central Library archives, it appears that the first Bicycle Sunday was actually held in April 1968. That would make 2015 the 47th anniversary, not the 50th. I’m working to confirm and clarify this as well as dig up more details on the history of the event. Stay tuned for…
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tagged: bicycle sundays, open streets
July 31, 2014

It’s time to give Summer Streets and Bicycle Sunday an energizing makeover

People love Summer Streets, Seattle’s summertime open streets events on neighborhood commercial streets in Greenwood, Alki, Ballard and Rainier Valley. They also love Bicycle Sunday, Seattle’s innovative open streets event that has been making sections of Lake Washington Boulevard car-free for a handful of Sundays every summer for decades. Now, imagine if next year Seattle…
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tagged: bicycle sunday, open streets, portland, sally bagshaw, summer parkways, summer streets
February 14, 2014

Bicycle Sunday dates announced + When will we hold the first SEAclovia?

The city has announced 12 Bicycle Sundays for 2014, the same number of events as 2013. The open streets events on Lake Washington Boulevard in south Seattle date back to the 1970s. The iconic and beautiful lakefront road is closed to cars and opened to people running, biking, scootering and any other happy, people-powered way…
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tagged: bicycle sundays, open streets, seaclovia, sunday parkways