Tag: road tailoring

July 29, 2010

Bike lanes proposed for Greenwood Ave, open house Tuesday

View Larger Map SDOT is proposing changes to Greenwood Ave between 85th and 105th that will attempt to reduce speeding and increase safety for everyone. No parking will be removed. Similar to other recent road projects, the current four-lane design will be changed into one lane in each direction with a turn lane. Bike lanes…
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tagged: greenwood, road diets, road tailoring, sdot
July 26, 2010

Reminder: Open house today to discuss bike lanes on NE 125th

In another road tailoring project, SDOT is holding an open house today to show off changes to NE 125th Street between Roosevelt and 35th NE. The open house is from 4-7 p.m. at the Lake City Library. From our previous post:
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tagged: lake city, ne 125th, open houses, road diets, road tailoring, sdot
July 26, 2010

After Mercer Island road changes scrapped, another teen is hit by car

Ira Appleman ran for the Mercer Island City Council with his opposition to changes to Island Crest Way as the key to his campaign. He lost. The council originally voted to go ahead with the controversial road changes, which would have changed the four-lane road into one in each direction and a turn lane. Then,…
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tagged: ira appleman, island crest way, mercer island, pedestrians, road diets, road tailoring, safety
July 24, 2010

Survey Says: Without my car lanes I’ll die!

Seattle does want bike lanes … but not if they take lanes away from cars. This is according to a survey by Survey USA. Only 46 percent of respondents said the city needs more bikes lanes (43 percent say the city has enough). However, if you mention taking out car lanes, people knee jerk and…
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tagged: publicola, road diets, road tailoring, surveys