Tag: parks and recreation

September 6, 2023

Seattle needs a permanently safe space for biking and walking on Lake Washington Blvd

After a failed attempt at convening a task force to discuss ways to make Lake Washington Boulevard safe for people walking and biking, Seattle Parks is now preparing to make some small adjustments to the street that fall far short of what is needed and what the vast majority of people have said they want…
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tagged: bruce harrell, lake washington blvd, parks and recreation, seattle neighborhood greenways, seattle parks district, tammy morales
April 26, 2023

Parks announces scaled-back schedule for 2023 Bicycle Weekends on Lake Washington Blvd

Seattle Parks announced a scaled-back schedule for Bicycle Weekends on Lake Washington Boulevard (known since 1968 as Bicycle Sunday). The route and number of weekends are the same, but the timeframes have been cut back significantly. The department also removed the July 4 holiday from the schedule. The lineup is still larger than years before…
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tagged: bicycle sunday, bicycle weekends, bicycle weekends 2023, parks and recreation
April 11, 2023

Rainier Valley Greenways: How to make ‘Bicycle Weekends’ on Lake Washington Blvd better

Since 1968, Seattle Parks has been hosting car-free days on Lake Washington Boulevard during the spring and summer. It’s one of the longest-running open streets events in the world, and the department partnered with SDOT in recent years to expand it to last full weekends. As planning gets underway for the 2023 season, Rainier Valley…
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tagged: bicycle sunday, bicycle weekends, lake washington blvd, parks and recreation, rainier valley greenways, sdot
December 2, 2022

I’m glad this Green Lake pool mural is no longer illegal

I thought I had seen all Seattle’s bike-themed public art, but I had never been inside the Evan’s Pool in Green Lake Park before this week. While my kid took a swim lesson, I found myself looking at this large hanging mural and thinking, “I’m glad this lizard is not breaking the rules anymore.” One…
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tagged: evans pool, green lake, murals, parks and recreation
September 29, 2022

Wheels will be allowed again on Green Lake inner loop path

The Seattle Parks Department has decided to go back to the lakeside path’s pre-pandemic rules, which allowed people on “wheels” to travel counterclockwise on the path. The decision, approved by the Board of Park Commissioners, follows a series of public meetings discussing whether 2020-era rule changes on the path should continue. The impetus for the…
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tagged: green lake, marlon herrera, parks and recreation
September 23, 2022

After a decade of community organizing, city will officially open the Cheasty mountain bike and hiking trails October 1

The Cheasty Mountain Bike and Pedestrian Trails project first won grant funding to clear out invasive greenery to create a recreation area between Rainier Valley and Beacon Hill in 2013, and supporters have been bushwhacking through the Seattle Process ever since. One decade later, Seattle is finally ready to cut the ribbon on the South…
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tagged: beacon bike park, cheasty greenspace, cheasty trails and bike park, evergreen mountain bike alliance, parks and recreation