Tag: u district

March 17, 2016

U Link opening is the perfect chance to show Seattle why they bought Pronto

Now that the city owns Pronto (or will very soon, anyway), the people of Seattle need to understand why they bought it. Well, Saturday, big crowds are expected to turn out at Capitol Hill and UW Stations for the long-awaited opening of the U-Link light rail extension. You could hardly find a better time to…
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tagged: capitol hill, james wing, pronto emerald city cycle share, prontolyzer, sound transit, u district, university link, uw
February 10, 2016

Bike share can flourish in Seattle

With the City Council debating whether to buy out the 54-station Pronto Cycle Share system already in need of a buyout, the main question on people’s minds is: How do we know it will be successful going forward and worth that investment? Bike share in Seattle absolutely can succeed and flourish, but it’s not guaranteed.…
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tagged: bike share, center city bike network, helmet laws, pronto emerald city cycle share, puget sound bike share, u district
January 14, 2016

U District Station open house will discuss bike access

Tunneling for the Northgate Link extension is on schedule for completion this year, meaning station construction work will begin shortly after. So now is the time to make sure bike parking and safe bike route connections are not only included in the final design work, but are high quality. Sound Transit is hosting an open…
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tagged: sound transit, u district, u district station
September 21, 2015

Campus Parkway protected bike lanes will come tantalizingly close to connecting U Bridge, Burke-Gilman

The city has started laying out the spray-paint outlines for new protected bike lanes on NE Campus Parkway and one block of Brooklyn Ave NE in the U District. The project should be complete by the end of September. The new bike lanes will connect much of UW campus and the U District to the…
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tagged: brooklyn, brooklyn station, campus parkway, protected bike lanes, u district, uw
September 11, 2015

Man biking hits person in crosswalk on the Ave, both seriously injured

A man in his 20s biking on the Ave collided with a man in his 40s walking in a crosswalk Thursday evening, sending both people to the hospital. When Medics transported them shortly after 4:30 p.m., the man walking had serious injuries and the man biking was in critical condition. We send them both our…
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tagged: injuries, the ave, u district
August 31, 2015

Salomon: Why construction can’t just close a neighborhood greenway without a safe detour

EDITOR’S NOTE: Andres is a family-biking father dedicated to safe streets. He’s the leader of NE Seattle Greenways and sometimes contributes to Seattle Bike Blog. I encountered this closure the other day on a ride with several people, including Madi Carlson and her two kids, who were riding a tandem with a trail-a-bike on the…
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tagged: 12th ave ne, andres salomon, neighborhood greenways, ravenna, seattle neighborhood greenways, sound transit, u district