Tag: protected bike lanes

September 30, 2014

Dexter protected bike lane plans include shared turn lanes, bus stops

When the state finally finishes its Hwy 99 utility work that has torn up half of Dexter Ave near Harrison Street in recent months, they will put the road back together and repaint it. But instead of returning the street to its former dangerous design, which was the scene of more than its share of…
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tagged: dexter, protected bike lanes, sdot
September 23, 2014

Mayor’s budget: More downtown bike lanes, bike share in the CD, revamped Summer Streets

Mayor Ed Murray unveiled his first ever city budget Monday afternoon, which includes big investments in neighborhoods, an expansion of the Summer Streets program, more funding for protected bike lanes downtown and an expansion of Pronto Cycle Share into the Central District and Yesler Terrace. But the mayor also noted that some big changes in…
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tagged: 2015 budget, bicycle sunday, downtown, ed murray, pronto emerald city cycle share, protected bike lanes, summer streets, sunday parkways
September 16, 2014

Bike traffic on 2nd Ave triples after city builds protected bike lane

UPDATE: Here’s a graph from SDOT: It was clear from day one that bike use on 2nd Ave was higher than normal. But new data collected by SDOT staff shows just how much a safe bike lane can draw people. Bike trips on the street tripled. Part of this increase is certainly the fact that…
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tagged: 2nd ave, protected bike lanes, sdot
September 10, 2014

2nd Ave bike lane continues to wow, city plans a few tweaks

In its third day of operation, the 2nd Ave protected bike lane continues to wow people and transform the way people (and goods) get around downtown. The new bike lane — separated from car traffic by either a row of parked cars or a painted buffer lined with reflective plastic posts — feels far safer…
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tagged: 2nd ave, downtown, protected bike lanes
September 8, 2014

The new 2nd Ave bike lane revolutionizes biking downtown

Biking downtown will never be the same again. Monday morning, city workers completed work on a protected bike lane on 2nd Avenue connecting from Pike to Yesler, ringing in the beginning of a more family-friendly streetscape in the heart of the city’s downtown neighborhood. “I live two blocks away, and I’m somebody who almost gave…
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tagged: 2nd ave, downtown, protected bike lanes
September 5, 2014

Some updates on the Westlake bikeway design

The city revealed a few more details about the developing plans for the Westlake bikeway. In documents presented to the Design Advisory Committee in August, planners appear to be primarily focused on the so-called “sidewalk concept,” which would route a two-way bikeway on the east side of the giant parking lot. As we reported previously,…
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tagged: protected bike lanes, westlake, westlake cycle track, westlake design advisory comittee