Tag: parks and recreation
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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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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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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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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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Status of Cal Anderson bike polo looking better under new Parks rules, but remains ambiguous
The Board of Park Commissioners has recommended an 18-month pilot for a new tiered court use policy that could allow dodgeball and bike polo to play at Cal Anderson without being renegade activities. People have continued playing both games, even though they were not technically allowed. But the new rules are more complicated than necessary,…
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Parks Athletic Manager suggests banning bike polo from Cal Anderson
Capitol Hill Seattle reports that Dennis Cook, the Athletics Manager for Seattle Parks, has recommended banning bike polo, but not dodgeball, from Cal Anderson tennis courts:
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