Tag: waterfront

July 11, 2013

Updated waterfront plans lay out more bikeway, street design details

Waterfront Seattle recently held a public meeting to unveil updated plans for the streetscape, transit, walking and biking experience on the soon-to-be renovated downtown waterfront. Plans include a two-way bikeway on the waterfront side of the street, separated from both vehicle traffic and the walking promenade. If you are biking from the Alaskan Way Trail…
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tagged: alaskan way, downtown, waterfront
June 26, 2013

Waterfront meeting will showcase updated plans for new Alaskan Way

Redesigning Alaskan Way is an incredible opportunity to create a people-centered downtown waterfront. With the viaduct out of the way, the city and state have a relatively blank slate to create a new street that makes it easy an comfortable to access Elliott Bay. The best way to squander this opportunity: Make Alaskan Way a…
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tagged: alaskan way, waterfront
February 8, 2012

Tonight: Help save the waterfront

Remember when one of the biggest promises of the Alaskan Way Viaduct removal project was that it would reconnect downtown to the waterfront? Well, that’s not going to happen unless we speak up to make sure the walking and biking environment is not crushed by a massive, 100-foot-wide speedway. Plans for the new surface boulevard…
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tagged: alaskan way, deep bore tunnel, events, waterfront
November 4, 2011

City will retime short Alaskan Way walk signal

During the viaduct walk event a couple weeks ago, I noticed the walk signal at Alaskan Way and King St near the waterfront seemed awfully fast. So I posted a video I shot and sent an email to SDOT. Turns out, SDOT also found the light to be too fast. They are lengthening the countdown…
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tagged: downtown, sdot, traffic signal, walking, waterfront
September 21, 2010

Clash of the Powerpoints: Waterfront edition – UPDATED

UPDATE: Here’s the winner, as announced by the city this afternoon: James Corner Field Operations. 10 0915 jcfo__seattle cw final public meeting View more presentations from tfooq. The city is set to announce it’s design leadership for the waterfront today. Here’s a side-to-side comparison of their Powerpoint presentations from last week’s evening event downtown (first…
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tagged: deep bore tunnel, waterfront