Tag: sodo

August 26, 2015

Summer Blockbuster Alert: Watch Feds analyze bike/truck interactions in SODO

Watch your back Jurassic World, because USDOT just dropped a pair of videos analyzing truck and bike interactions in SODO that will make your box office numbers look like that goat in the T-Rex habitat. As we reported in May, people from USDOT, SDOT, King County Metro, freight companies and bicycle advocacy groups got together…
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tagged: cascade bicycle club, sodo, usdot, west seattle bike connections
April 23, 2015

USDOT will host SODO bike/walk/freight safety assessment

The US Department of Transportation is headed to Seattle to assess bike/walk “safety challenges” in Seattle’s SODO neighborhood, where major bike commute routes mix with freight traffic. Unfortunately, this mix sometimes ends in tragedy or injury. The May 7 event will include a series of speakers, a review of routes, a chance to experience the…
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tagged: anthony foxx, safer people safer streets, sodo, usdot
August 5, 2014

26-year-old recovering after scary collision with semi in Sodo

Firefighters had to use emergency airbags to free a 26-year-old who was struck and trapped under a semi truck near 4th and Spokane in Sodo Monday. Images from the scene are frightening, and Seattle Police describe the victim’s injuries as “severe scrapes and fractures.” He was conscious at the scene and his injuries were described…
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tagged: injuries, sodo, spd
May 2, 2014

WSDOT opens bike path under new Atlantic St Overpass

The biking and walking trail under the newly-opened Atlantic Street Overpass is now open, fixing a confusing bike connection between E Marginal Way and the Alaskan Way Trail into downtown. When the overpass opened to traffic early this year, the bike path connection was not yet complete and many people voiced concerns that the new…
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tagged: alaskan way, alaskan way trail, alaskan way viaduct, deep bore tunnel, s atlantic st, sodo, wsdot
July 23, 2013

Bike Master Plan Draft 2: Sodo, Beacon Hill and Southeast Seattle

The last day to comment on the second draft of the Bicycle Master Plan is Friday. Email your comments to [email protected]. Southeast Seattle During review of the first draft of the Bike Master Plan, we said this: While changes to Rainier would certainly be the most controversial project in southeast Seattle, it also has the…
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tagged: 2013 bike master plan update, beacon hill, rainier valley, sodo
January 22, 2013

Why the Sonics Arena should take bike access seriously

The proposed Sonics Arena in Sodo goes before the Downtown Design Review Board tonight (5:30 p.m. in the Bertha Knight Landes Room at Seattle City Hall). Regardless of what you think of the architectural design, this is a great opportunity to kick-start a serious conversation about bicycle access to the city’s stadiums. First off, the…
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tagged: bike to sonics, international district, pioneer square, sodo, sodo arena, sonics