Tag: uw

June 13, 2014

Trail updates: Sammamish River Trail repaving + More UW Station detour changes

Here’s a look at some work on major trails in the region next week you should be aware of. First up, King County will repave sections of the Sammamish River Trail near 60 Acres Park in Redmond. Details from King County Parks: A King County Parks crew will repair and repave portions of a one-mile…
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tagged: burke-gilman trail, king county parks, redmond, sammamish river trail, sound transit, uw, uw burke-gilman construction 2014, uw station
May 28, 2014

Think the UW trail detour is bad? City Light work could detour Burke-Gilman into traffic

During peak commute hours, the Burke-Gilman Trail through UW campus carries 1,200 or so people every hour. So it is more than a little bit crazy that the ever-changing detours are so confusing even regular trail users and people familiar with UW campus are getting lost along the way. People have been frustrated by the…
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tagged: burke-gilman trail, detours, seattle city light, uw, wallingford
May 14, 2014

After delays, big Burke-Gilman detours begin + Support the UW TIGER grant

The UW is finally set to start the set of big Burke-Gilman Trail detours Wednesday. So be prepared for delays through the area, whether you travel through the area on the trail or get there from the Montlake Bridge. We wrote about the upcoming detour back in April, but construction got pushed back a month.…
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tagged: burke-gilman trail, construction, TIGER, uw, uw burke-gilman construction 2014
April 16, 2014

Think the UW Burke-Gilman detour is big now? It’s just getting started

Today, the Burke-Gilman detour around the UW’s Montlake Triangle construction site is pretty big, but comfortable. Just few minutes around the construction zone on a newly-paved path and you’re back on your way. But the current detour is just a taste of things to come. By summer, a much larger detour will be in place…
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tagged: construction, montlake triangle, uw, uw burke-gilman construction 2014
April 10, 2014

City installs two blocks of protected bike lanes in U District

The city is nearly finished with work on two blocks of protected bike lanes on NE 40th Street in the U District. As we reported last week, the section is intended to serve both as a permanent addition to the bike network and to help people detouring around construction on the Burke-Gilman Trail and on…
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tagged: dongho chang, NE 40th Street, protected bike lanes, u district, uw
March 19, 2014

Walk signals are shorter in Rainier Valley, but the city will improve them this year

If you live in the Rainier Valley, many traffic signals in your neighborhood force you to walk faster than if you live in Ballard. Sometimes, you have to walk twice as fast to get across the street before traffic gets a green light. A 2013 study by Seattle Neighborhood Greenways and the UW School of…
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tagged: dongho chang, public health, rainier ave, rainier valley, sdot, seattle neighborhood greenways, seattle times, uw