Tag: rainier ave

April 12, 2018

Rainier RapidRide remake concepts fall short + Mayor Durkan should push SDOT for a more visionary plan

Rainier Ave is the only flat and direct street between Mount Baker and the International District/downtown. If southeast Seattle is ever going to have good bike access to the jobs and other major destinations downtown, Rainier Ave will need bike lanes. It is a diagonal street through the low point in a valley. There are…
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tagged: jenny durkan, rainier ave, rainier rapidride
August 31, 2017

Last day to tell SDOT Rainer Ave needs bike lanes

Rainier Ave needs bike lanes. There’s just no way around it. It’s the flattest and most direct way between Rainier Valley’s biggest business districts and downtown. The neighborhood cannot be truly accessible by bike without Rainier Ave bike lanes. Today (Thursday) is the final day to complete SDOT’s online open house and survey about plans…
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tagged: rainier ave, rainier valley
May 19, 2017

Rainier Ave ride demos huge potential for bike lanes + City leaders support bike network at rally

I biked on Rainier Ave from Columbia City to downtown during rush hour this morning, and it was peaceful, easy and fast. As part of the Bike Everywhere Day celebration, Cascade Bicycle Club and Bike Works partnered to host a group ride to City Hall that travelled down the notoriously stressful and dangerous street. With…
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tagged: bike everywhere day 2017, cascade bicycle club, ed murray, gordon padelford, kelsey mesher, rainier ave, rob johnson, sally bagshaw, scott kubly, seattle neighborhood greenways, tina bechler
May 18, 2017

Four neighborhood rides will meet at City Hall for a Friday rally + Map of Bike Everywhere Day stations

Cascade Bicycle Club is hosting four rides from different ends of town that will converge at City Hall Friday for a rally to support a Basic Bike Network to and through downtown. The rides are part of the annual Bike Everywhere Day celebration (formerly known as “Bike to Work Day”). As always, there will be…
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tagged: bike everywhere day 2017, bike to work day 2017, cascade bicycle club, rainier ave
February 23, 2017

Rainier Ave safety project worked even better than planned, city will extend it south

A 2015 safe streets redesign on Rainier Ave is working even better than expected by nearly every measure. Just by repainting the lines on the major street, the city’s Vision Zero team was able to dramatically reduce the number of dangerous collisions, nearly eliminate high-end speeding, speed up transit, and fully eliminate serious injuries and deaths.…
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tagged: rainier ave, rainier valley, road safety corridor, vision zero
November 29, 2016

Seattle’s new budget speeds up bike plan, boosts major Rainier Ave remakes + more

Mayor Ed Murray signed the 2017-18 Seattle budget last week, which includes some major short-term and long-term investments in safe streets. We already reported on the most immediately-dramatic budget change, when the City Council pulled funding for Pronto Cycle Share beyond March 31. The Council did preserve Mayor Murray’s bike share expansion funds pending further…
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tagged: 2017 budget, rainier ave