Tag: sodo

March 22, 2024

The 20-year bike plan for S/SW Seattle: West Seattle and SoDo

Mayor Bruce Harrell’s proposed Seattle Transportation Plan (“STP”) is now in the hands of the City Council, who can make some final changes before adopting it as official city policy. The STP will supersede the 2014 Bicycle Master Plan, so it’s important to take a close look at its vision for the next 10–20 years…
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tagged: 1st ave s, 2024 Seattle Transportation Plan, georgetown, holgate, sodo, south park
February 26, 2024

Georgetown to downtown bike route fully designed, construction could start in summer

A project to finally connect across one of the worst bike network gaps in Seattle should begin construction in the summer. The Georgetown to Downtown Safety Project will build missing bike lane sections to the north and south of the SoDo Trail, connecting the International District to Georgetown. The plans are final, and the city…
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tagged: 6th ave s, georgetown, georgetown to downtown bike connection, s lander street, sdot, sodo, sodo trail
November 30, 2023

SDOT is nearing final design for the Georgetown to Downtown bike route

The design for the Georgetown to Downtown Safety Project, which will build a long-awaited and sorely needed bike connection, is nearing completion. The biggest changes are that the route will now access the SoDo Trail via S Lander Street rather than S Forest Street, which the SoDo Business Improvement Area requested. They have also revealed…
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tagged: georgetown to downtown bike connection, sdot, sodo, sodo bia
April 21, 2023

Seattle needs to do some major soul searching after what happened to Mamy Mbiya Lutumba

A single mother of four was killed, the person responsible fled, and nobody even bothered to tell her children. This happened in our city, Seattle, and everyone needs to stop what they’re doing and acknowledge it. The story of what happened to Mamy Mbiya Lutumba and her four children is inexcusable on many levels. Our…
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tagged: 4th ave s, deaths, mamy mbiya lutumba, s lander street, sodo
January 30, 2023

Sen. Cantwell: Seattle wins $25.7M grant for safe streets, mostly in SoDo

Seattle will receive a $25,654,000 grant from the USDOT’s Safe Streets for All program, Senator Maria Cantwell announced. Under the city’s $30 million proposal (PDF), the bulk of the funds would have focused on SoDo and Rainier Valley with spot improvements mostly focused in and near downtown, First Hill, Capitol Hill and the U District.…
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tagged: maria cantwell, safe streets for all, sdot, sodo, usdot
January 5, 2023

SDOT’s emergency bike lanes are glorious

I’m pecking this post out on my phone from beneath the West Seattle Bridge after biking SDOT’s temporary, emergency bike lanes on 1st Ave S and on W Marginal Way, and I’m just beaming. It’s so good. Everyone involved should be commended. Like, I just biked through Georgetown to the start of the Alki Trail,…
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tagged: 1st ave s, sodo, west seattle