Tag: seattle transit blog

July 22, 2016

Bike and transit advocacy should work together, meetup Saturday

Washington State’s downtown Seattle highway tunnel is at least $223 million over budget and 2 and a half years behind schedule. All for one highway tunnel expected to carry 40,000 motor vehicles per day once it opens with no transit and no walking or biking access. When thinking about urban transportation in terms of mega-projects…
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tagged: cascade bicycle club, feet first, seattle neighborhood greenways, seattle transit blog, transit and bicycles, transportation choices coalition
December 14, 2015

Who is going to step up and fix the planned waterfront surface highway?

So many of you submitted comments shocked by the gigantic waterfront highway presented in the most recent Waterfront Seattle plans that you triggered a requirement mandating the city study a road design that has fewer lanes to cross between the downtown core and the rebuilt waterfront. The proposed eight-lane road is so wide that people…
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tagged: alaskan way, seattle transit blog, waterfront, zach shaner
November 12, 2015

Help keep Madison BRT and bike route designs bold at Monday open house

A truly rapid bus on Madison Street from Colman Dock to Madison Valley? Protected bike lanes on E Union Street? Major walking improvements at every terrible Madison intersection? Now that Move Seattle has passed, all this is on track to actually happen. In fact, the Madison project was basically the Move Seattle poster child, and…
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tagged: madison, madison brt, seattle transit blog, union street, zach shaner
December 11, 2014

Construction Updates: U Village Burke work underway + Dexter bus stop, 9th Ave N bus lane, South Park trail

Below is a look at some of the work going on around town folks on bikes should be aware of. City starts work on Burke-Gilman improvements near U Village We already told you about the city’s planned crossing and access improvements to the Burke-Gilman Trail near the U Village. Well, the city has already broken…
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tagged: construction, seattle transit blog
March 25, 2014

City adding sidewalks, bus islands to Greenwood Ave between 90th and 105th

The city is in the final stages of designing a big upgrade to Greenwood Ave N between N 90th and 105th Streets, a busy street with few sidewalks and inadequate bus stops. Billed as a transit improvements project, most the sidewalk improvements will be on the east side of the street to provide a connected…
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tagged: greenwood, greenwood ave, meetings, sdot, seattle transit blog, transit islands
October 1, 2013

Young Professionals in Transportation will feature bike share Director Holly Houser

Adam Parast, one of the leaders of the fairly new Young Professionals in Transportation group and a frequent contributor to Seattle Transit Blog, sent along this note that Puget Sound Bike Share Director Holly Houser will present to the group Thursday to discuss the area’s upcoming public bikes system. Should be a great way to…
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tagged: adam parast, holly houser, puget sound bike share, seattle transit blog, young professionals in transportation