Tag: wallingford

January 23, 2012

City plans 11 miles of neighborhood greenways in 2012

By this time next year, there should be 11 miles of neighborhood greenways completed in Seattle, with an additional 11 miles planned for 2013. The 2012 total includes seven miles paid for by the city (in Ballard, Beacon Hill, Greenwood, North Delridge, Wallingford and the University District) and four miles in Laurelhurst paid for by…
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tagged: ballard, beacon hill, greenwood, neighborhood greenways, north delridge, sally bagshaw, seattle children’s, university district, wallingford
January 6, 2012

No slowing down for citizen neighborhood greenway organizers

It might be winter, but the citizen neighborhood greenway organizers are still moving full speed ahead, and their numbers are steadily growing. They held a meeting for residents of Phinney Ridge and Greenwood Wednesday, they are organizing a community bike ride on the Wallingford Greenway route to the UW bike stations Saturday, they are presenting…
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tagged: beacon hill, david amiton, madison park, neighborhood greenways, spokespeople, uw, wallingford
December 14, 2011

Spot with most bike-involved collisions gets new bike lane

As reported in October, the stretch of N 45th Street in front of the Wallingford Dick’s Drive-In saw the highest number of traffic collisions between cars and bikes in the whole city. Responding to the issue, SDOT has installed a buffered bike lane in front of the popular burger joint. The lane replaces what previously…
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tagged: buffered bike lanes, dick’s drive-in, n 45th st, sdot, wallingford
December 11, 2011

Wallingford neighborhood greenway details revealed

Plans for the first segment of the Wallingford neighborhood greenway are the beginnings of something exciting. At an open house December 8, SDOT unveiled some more details, including plans for making the crossings safer and helping people find their way. First, a factoid that might ease some of your Portland envy: Average speeds on N…
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tagged: n 44th st, neighborhood greenways, sdot, stone way, wallingford
November 29, 2011

City installing runnel for bikes on N 41st St walking bridge

This just in from Wallyhood‘s Margaret Steck: A runnel is basically a groove on the side of a stairway that allows you to push your bike up and down instead carrying it. Here’s an example of one built as part of the Lake Forest Park Burke-Gilman Trail detour:
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tagged: fremont, N 41st St, neighborhood greenways, wallingford, wallyhood
November 23, 2011

A friendly Thanksgiving weekend road safety reminder…

Have fun this weekend, but be safe out there! The Wednesday before Thanksgiving may be the biggest drunk driving night of the year. Judging by the looks of the this photo sent in from Geoff in Wallingford, I’d say somebody got an early start this afternoon. (Note: I do not know the circumstances of the…
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tagged: burke-gilman trail, drunk driving, thanksgiving 2011, wallingford, wrecks