Tag: wallingford

September 3, 2013

A closer look at the city’s plans for Green Lake Way

We wrote a couple weeks ago about plans to redesign Green Lake Way between 50th and the lake. Below are more details on the city’s plans, from an open house presentation. Beyond just the merits for this project, it also seems like SDOT is getting a lot better at making a clear case for road…
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tagged: green lake, green lake way, road diets, sdot, wallingford
August 19, 2013

City plans to extend Stone Way bike lanes to Green Lake

At the urging of the Wallingford and Green Lake Community Councils, the city is planning road design changes on Green Lake Way N between N 50th Street and Green Lake. The safety-oriented plan would redesign the street to more closely match the sections of road on its north and south ends (Stone Way and E…
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tagged: eric fisk, green lake, green lake way, meetings, road diets, sdot, wallingford, wallingford community council
May 6, 2013

Two Burke-Gilman improvements in the works in Wallingford and Frelard

The city has scheduled two Burke-Gilman Trail improvements this week: Improved ADA ramps in Frelard and an improved crossing at Latona Ave in Wallingford. Expect delays and detours starting today. Details on the Frelard work, from SDOT: Seattle Department of Transportation crews will begin upgrading ramps at three locations next week on the Burke-Gilman trail…
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tagged: burke-gilman trail, construction, frelard, sdot, wallingford
February 5, 2013

On building safe streets like the Dutch

At some point during Fred Young’s presentation on Dutch cycling infrastructure and safe street designs, the mood of the crowd packed into Wallingford’s Mosaic Coffee shifted from wonder to depression: Seattle has such a long way to go, it can be overwhelming. But, having already gone through that depression phase some time ago, I got…
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tagged: netherlands, wallingford, wsdot
January 31, 2013

Bike Master Plan: NE and SE Seattle

This is the fifth post in a series analyzing Seattle’s draft Bicycle Master Plan update. The deadline to comment on the draft map is today (January 31). This post will focus on the Northeast and Southeast neighborhoods. Northeast Seattle Northeast Seattle, which for the sake of this post is anything east of Aurora and north of…
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tagged: 2012 bicycle master plan update, Beacon BIKES, beacon hill, northeast seattle, rainier valley, rainier valley greenways, south seattle, wallingford
July 6, 2012

Weekend Guide: Kids bike parade in Wallingford + World Naked Bike Ride

Kids biking down the center of the typically car-filled N 45th Street through Wallingford? Sounds like a good time to me. Details from Family Ride: Kids on kid bikes (with parents riding or walking along separately) Kids on balance bikes (with parents riding or walking along separately) Kids in on-bike kid seats Kids in bike…
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tagged: capitol hill, downtown, events, familyride, wallingford, world naked bike ride