Tag: protected bike lanes

June 11, 2015

Salomon: Seattle’s newest protected bike lane just part of normal street maintenance

EDITOR’S NOTE: Andres Salomon is a father and active member of NE Seattle Greenways, as well as an occasional contributor to Seattle Bike Blog. Seattle has just added a brand new protected bike lane to its repertoire. Last month, the city finished up work on a half-mile stretch of bike lanes in North Seattle. The…
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tagged: andres salomon, college way n, north seattle community college, protected bike lanes, sdot
June 9, 2015

A block-by-block look at the planned Broadway Bikeway extension + Let’s connect to 520

As construction on Capitol Hill Station enters its final phases, the long closure at the north end of the Broadway Bikeway may finally open up in the next month. But the true glory of the bikeway won’t be realized until it extends through the rest of the Broadway business district at least to E Roy…
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tagged: broadway, broadway bikeway, capitol hill, protected bike lanes, steve durrant
May 4, 2015

Mercer bike lanes open, the Bike Route Wall of Uptown finally cracks

For the first time in a generation or more, the bicycle-repelling wall of dangerous or uncrossable streets surrounding Uptown and Seattle Center has sprung a leak. The brand new, very green bike lanes on Mercer Street passing under Aurora Ave have finally open, at least for the month of May. This is the first time…
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tagged: lower queen anne, mercer, mercer mess, protected bike lanes, seattle center, south lake union, uptown
January 23, 2015

The interim Roosevelt bike lane upgrade is now open

The interim protected bike lane is now open on Roosevelt Way between NE 45th Street and the north end of the University Bridge. This project is something of a demonstration for what a more complete Roosevelt bike lane upgrade could look like after the street is repaved and redesigned starting fall 2015. The city plans…
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tagged: protected bike lanes, roosevelt
January 15, 2015

More Westlake Bikeway design details + Construction will start in the fall

After an extensive and essentially unprecedented community planning process (at least for a bikeway project), the city is moving into more detailed final design work for the Westlake Bikeway, which will connect the Fremont Bridge and Lake Union Park. After a huge number of comments, several very large open houses and a series of Design…
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tagged: protected bike lanes, westlake, westlake cycle track, westlake design advisory comittee
January 9, 2015

Roosevelt bike lane will get safety upgrade from U Bridge to NE 65th

One of the most dangerous streets in the city for people on bikes will get a big bike lane upgrade when the city repaves Roosevelt Way from NE 65th Street to the University Bridge. Around 20 people on bikes have been injured in collisions on this street in the past four years. Though the street…
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tagged: protected bike lanes, roosevelt