Tag: trails upgrade plan
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Two chances to guide Seattle’s Trails Upgrade Plan + Check out this crazy trail condition monitoring bike
In recent weeks, workers have been biking a crazy bike outfitted with instruments to measure trail conditions all over the city. The results are just one tool the city will use to craft its Trails Upgrade Plan, which will guide investments in repaving and redesigning Seattle’s great, though sometimes incomplete or deteriorating trail system. For…
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City assessing the condition of trails, looking for spots in need of upgrades
Seattle’s trail network does a lot of heavy lifting for human-powered transportation around town. The Burke-Gilman Trail, for example, carries as many people during rush hour as a lane of a major freeway. But the condition of trail sections has declined over the decades. Some sections haven’t been paved since the 70s. To make things…
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