Tag: roosevelt

May 13, 2014

Ride Bicycles moves to larger shop at 64th and Roosevelt

Ride Bicycles opened nearly four years ago in a tiny storefront at Ravenna Blvd and Roosevelt, and they packed that shop from floor to ceiling with products and service stands. But after years of growth, it was well past time for a bigger space. “We can have more than two parties in our shop at…
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tagged: christiaan bourdrez, ride bicycles, roosevelt
October 10, 2013

A quick look at the new bike lane on Roosevelt Way (VIDEO)

The city this week is finally installing an uphill bike on Roosevelt Way between NE 75th Street and NE 85th Street. This closes a missing link in a popular bike route stretching from NE 125th Street to the University Bridge. While not even close to being a facility that will be comfortable for people of…
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tagged: maple leaf, roosevelt, sdot, videos
September 18, 2013

City finally starts work to close Roosevelt bike lane missing link

After years of delay and some significant changes in response to neighbor concerns, the city is finally completing the ten-block section of missing bike lanes on Roosevelt between 75th and 85th. Well, more accurately, bike “lane,” not “lanes.” The project would continue the Roosevelt pattern of climbing lane uphill, sharrow downhill that was installed years…
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tagged: maple leaf, roosevelt
August 27, 2012

Reminder: Roosevelt bike lane open house Tuesday

The city is finally going to fill the Roosevelt bike lane missing link between NE 75th and NE 85th. The open house is Tuesday from 7 – 8:30 p.m. at Northgate Community Center. Two years ago, the city installed bike lanes on Roosevelt/11th Ave from the University Bridge all the way to NE 115th St,…
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tagged: 2012 paving, bike lanes, maple leaf, roosevelt
July 12, 2012

City study supports completing Roosevelt bike lane in Maple Leaf

You may remember back in 2010 when concerns from some Maple Leaf neighbors delayed the completion of the Roosevelt bike lane between 75th and 85th. It was my first month of writing Seattle Bike Blog and I made a rookie mistake: I supported going back for more study. Ugh. I have since come to realize…
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tagged: bike lanes, maple leaf, maple leaf life, roosevelt, sdot
February 14, 2012

Neighborhood greenways groups multiplying: Now forming in W, NE Seattle

The call for neighborhood greenways just keeping gaining momentum. Within just the past week, Central Seattle Greenways held its first meeting (post on that coming soon!), West Seattle Greenways has announced its first big meeting and NE Seattle Greenways is holding a formative organizational meeting. The people behind the West Seattle group have already had…
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tagged: bryant elementary, eckstein middle school, laurelhurst, neighborhood greenways, northeast seattle, ravenna, roosevelt, view ridge, west seattle