Tag: redmond

May 14, 2020

Redmond is building a 520 Trail tunnel under NE 40th St, route detoured until 2021

Redmond is constructing an underpass for the 520 Trail at NE 40th Street, so the trail route will be detoured through May 2021. The closure started this week. Users are directed to side streets near the Microsoft and Nintendo campuses between NE 36th and 51st Streets. Most of the detour route has painted bike lanes.…
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tagged: 520 trail, redmond
May 4, 2018

Do you travel to or from the Eastside? You gotta give biking the 520 Bridge a try

Biking across the 520 Bridge during a sunny evening commute this week, I was floored by the sheer number of people biking across Lake Washington. I knew demand for a biking connection on this bridge was going to be big, but seeing it in action is still inspiring. In fact, as more and more people…
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tagged: 520 trail, bellevue, kirkland, redmond, wsdot
November 16, 2017

Big 2020-23 King County sewer project could impact Sammamish River Trail in Redmond

Attention Sammamish River Trail users: A big King County sewer project that could impact the trail near Redmond is in planning now. The project is still years away from breaking ground, but now is the time to get involved if you want to support high quality detour options. It is always better to get involved…
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tagged: lake hills and nw lake sammamish sewer upgrade project, redmond
May 15, 2017

Cascade: Redmond stations are a chance to go all out on Sound Transit station access

Transit works better when people can get to the stations. This might seem like an extremely obvious point, but many of the region’s biggest rail and express bus stations have awful walking and biking access problems. Like truly awful: And it’s a lot harder to go back and fix station access problems once the core…
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tagged: cascade bicycle club, redmond, sound transit, st3, vicky clarke
March 1, 2016

Eastside Trail takes big step forward, comments on draft plan due March 31

The Eastside Trail made a big step closer to reality this week when King County released its draft Master Plan and Environmental Impact Statement. These plans now head into public outreach, setting the trail up for a summer preferred alignment selection and an autumn King County Council vote. Once the plan is official, work can…
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tagged: bellevue, cross kirkland corridor, dow constantine, eastside rail corridor, eastside trail, king county, kirkland, redmond, renton, woodinville
February 8, 2016

LATE NOTICE: Redmond Bike Plan open house is tonight

Apologies for the late notice, but Redmond is hosting an open house tonight (Monday) to get feedback on the city’s Bicycle Strategic Plan. Feedback at the meeting will help “generate at least 2 different investment scenarios,” according to the meeting details. The open house goes from 5 – 7:30 p.m. at Redmond City Hall. “We’re…
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tagged: mckayla dunfey, redmond, redmond bicycle strategic plan