Tag: u village

January 4, 2017

$3.6M paving project must make 25th Ave NE safer, improve access to U Village

25th Ave NE is a wide, unfriendly street separating the U Village shopping center from bus stops and its neighbors in the Ravenna/U District area. Nearby residents have among the lowest car ownership rates in the whole city, yet 25th Ave NE has an outdated, cars-first design that makes it difficult and even dangerous for…
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tagged: 2017 paving, 25th ave ne, ravenna, u district, u village
April 27, 2015

Burke-Gilman Trail crossings get big upgrades near U Village

The city completed work on some significant upgrades to two busy Burke-Gilman Trail intersections near University Village in recent months. As shown above, wider curb cuts and new separate bike/walk and right turn phases have dramatically improves comfort and safety at 25th Ave NE. And an awesome and very hard to miss no right turn…
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tagged: burke-gilman trail, u village
November 12, 2014

Raised crosswalk, bike leaning rail, better signal timing coming to Burke-Gilman near U Village

The city will complete a series of bike/walk improvements to the Burke-Gilman Trail near U Village in the next couple months, including retiming the signals at 25th Ave NE and a new raised crosswalk at 30th Ave NE next to Counterbalance Bicycles. The trail upgrades were identified in a 2008 transportation study of the area…
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tagged: 25th ave ne, 30th ave ne, burke-gilman trail, sdot, u village