Tag: parks and recreation

April 26, 2012

Parks Department recommends making Bike Polo a permanent court use

Following an 18-month pilot program, Parks Department staff recommends permanently designating courts at Judkins and Cal Anderson Parks for “alternative uses” like bike polo, Capitol Hill Seattle reports. If approved, the city would more or less officially designate the Judkins Park tennis courts as bike polo courts. It would also open the door for other…
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tagged: bike polo, capitol hill seattle, judkins park, parks and recreation
April 6, 2012

New Arboretum trail would bypass Lake Washington Blvd

The addition of a biking and walking trail to the proposed 520 bridge is not the only part of the state’s plan that will affect people on bikes. As a way of mitigating traffic issues on Lake Washington Boulevard through the Arboretum, the state is currently working on the design of a new multi-use trail…
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tagged: arboretum, arboretum trail, parks and recreation, sr 520, wsdot
June 8, 2011

Mercer West and Arboretum meetings tonight

The Mercer West project involves widening the Mercer underpass at Aurora and turning both Mercer and Roy into two-way streets. Under the plan, Roy would likely become the preferred bicycle route, having bike lanes in each direction and hopefully a good, easy connection to a new bicycle facility under the Aurora overpass. Here’s a rendering…
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tagged: arboretum, mercer mess, mercer west, parks and recreation, public meetings
April 25, 2011

Biking Bis: Fewer Bicycle Sundays scheduled this year

The first Bicycle Sunday of 2011 is May 8, kicking off a series of car-free Sundays on Lake Washington Boulevard this summer. The event stretches from Mt. Baker Beach to Seward Park, creating a long, temporary lakeside park. This year, there will be a couple fewer Bicycle Sundays compared to the past two years, according…
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tagged: bicycle sundays, biking bis, ciclovia, events, parks and recreation
April 8, 2011

Landslide-prone stretch of Burke-Gilman closed for weekend – UPDATED

UPDATE 4/12 – The trail is open now, but may need to be closed again tomorrow. Will update when I learn more. UPDATE 4/11 – The trail is still closed as of Monday and may be closed for a couple more days, according to Parks. Will update when we find out more information. Just got…
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tagged: burke-gilman, parks and recreation
December 13, 2010

Mudslides obscure parts of Burke-Gilman near Lake City – UPDATED

Several mudslides are obscuring the Burke-Gilman Trail near Lake City. One of the slides has taken out power lines and will not be cleared until the line work is finished. Reader David Walls reports how he got around the slides this morning: Just got in off the BG and there is one slide that is…
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tagged: burke-gilman, parks and recreation