Tag: university greenways

October 30, 2014

City will install temporary protected bike lane on Roosevelt + Neighbors urge city to extend plans further

For much of northeast Seattle, Roosevelt Way is the primary bike route connection to the University of Washington, the University Bridge and beyond. Unfortunately, it is also a hotspot for collisions and injuries for people biking. Nearly 20 people have been injured in collisions while biking on Roosevelt in just the past four years. As…
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tagged: protected bike lanes, roosevelt, sdot, u district, university greenways
March 18, 2014

The U District’s first neighborhood greenway takes shape

To complement big changes coming from the University of Washington and Sound Transit, the city is close to completing design for the U District’s first ever neighborhood greenway. Located on 12th Ave NE, the neighborhood greenway will connect from the Burke-Gilman Trail to Ravenna Boulevard and includes a desperately-needed traffic signal at NE 50th St…
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tagged: 12th ave ne, sdot, u district, university greenways, uw
November 19, 2013

Open house Wednesday will discuss the U District’s first neighborhood greenway

The U District has car ownership levels on par with Manhattan. This very dense neighborhood depends on transit, walking and biking perhaps more than any other in the city. And while the stretch of the Burke-Gilman Trail that runs through the neighborhood might be among the most heavily-used stretches of bike trail in the nation,…
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tagged: 12th ave ne, u district, university greenways
October 7, 2011

Weekend Guide: Ride for safer streets in the U District

The good folks behind University Greenways are holding their first event Sunday, and you’re invited! The group will discuss potential neighborhood greenway routes through the neighborhood before embarking on a biking tour of some potential route options. Anyone interested in safe streets in the University District should attend and weigh in. The group is still…
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tagged: events, neighborhood greenways, rides, university greenways
September 27, 2011

Tuesday afternoon theater: An inspiring neighborhood greenways presentation

If you didn’t make it to last week’s neighborhood greenways presentation and discussion with Portland’s Greg Raisman and Mark Lear, you’re in luck! University Greenways caught the whole thing on video (Mark and Greg’s talk gets going around the 8:00 mark). The whole meeting was exciting and empowering, but particularly the first portion of Greg…
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tagged: eli goldberg, greg raisman, mark lear, neighborhood greenways, portland, university greenways