Tag: south lake union

February 4, 2020

Watch: Mayor Durkan celebrates downtown bike lanes, says more to come

(Video transcript) Mayor Jenny Durkan has completely changed her tune about bike lanes since her first year in office. Well, that’s not entirely accurate because in her first year in office, she said very little about bike lanes at all. Projects were quietly delayed, scaled back or, in the case of 35th Ave NE, cut…
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tagged: 5th ave, 8th ave, 9th ave, basic bike network, bell street, center city bike network, clara cantor, downtown, jenny durkan, Main St, south lake union, vicky clarke
September 17, 2019

This is your final week to cross the Fairview Ave N bridge until 2021

The Fairview Ave N Bridge connecting South Lake Union to Eastlake will close for 18 months Monday. As we reported previously, the biking, walking and transit detour will be routed via Eastlake Ave and Aloha Street. People driving southbound will be directed to continue south on Eastlake Ave to Stewart Street or any of the…
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tagged: eastlake, fairview ave n, sdot, south lake union
June 14, 2017

9th Ave bike lanes carve out a real transportation option in South Lake Union

People using the Westlake Bikeway can now, finally, get to and through South Lake Union via a mostly uninterrupted route of bike lanes. It’s not the most direct route, and the connection into downtown is still incomplete. But for an interim solution, wow, it’s a lot better. And as a video by Seattle Neighborhood Greenways’…
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tagged: 9th ave n, dexter, roy, sdot, south lake union, tim fliss, westlake cycle track
December 17, 2015

It’s time for a transportation revolution east of Lake Union

Imagine a direct, fully connected and protected bike route from Roosevelt and Green Lake all the way to downtown. The city is studying how to make it happen. And not only could the project fix some consistently dangerous collision hot spots, but the project would also fill in the last major missing piece in a…
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tagged: eastlake, fairview ave n, rapidride j, roosevelt to downtown hct, south lake union
November 10, 2015

The new Fairview Ave Bridge should be a nexus for major bike routes

The Fairview Ave N bridge is part of a major bike route hub, and major improvements and new connections on Westlake, Eastlake, 9th Ave N, Lakeview Blvd E and the 520 Bridge will only make it more important in the years ahead. Now that Move Seattle has been approved (again, thank you Seattle voters!), the…
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tagged: eastlake, fairview ave n, sdot, south lake union
October 7, 2015

SNG: Imagining a truly bike-friendly Uptown and South Lake Union

EDITOR’S NOTE: The only thing worse than biking in South Lake Union is driving in South Lake Union. But unlike driving, there are some relatively easy and quickly-achievable ways to dramatically improve bike routes to and through our city’s fastest-growing neighborhood. Over the summer, I joined Seattle Neighborhood Greenways, local residents, city staff and City…
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tagged: cathy tuttle, gordon padelford, lower queen anne, lyle bicknell, sally bagshaw, seattle neighborhood greenways, south lake union, uptown