Tag: westlake

October 25, 2013

Open house to discuss Westlake cycle track Monday

The city is holding an open house Monday to discuss plans for a cycle track on Westlake Ave N between the Fremont Bridge and South Lake Union. Backed by grant funding, the project is entering the early design phase, and they need your input on what you’d like to see. The open house runs from…
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tagged: meetings, westlake, westlake cycle track
October 2, 2013

Ahead of fundraiser by group opposing a Westlake cycle track, Murray says ‘I support cycle tracks’

I received an email about a fundraiser for mayoral candidate Ed Murray recently from a group opposed to the idea of a safe bikeway connecting the Fremont Bridge and South Lake Union along Westlake Ave. That project, which has received grant funding, is still early in the design process. But a group of people concerned…
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tagged: 2013 mayoral race, ed murray, mike mcginn, westlake, westlake cycle track
July 23, 2013

Karlyn Beer: ‘We’re all sharing the road. Let’s be on the same team’

Karlyn Beer, who we spoke with over the weekend shortly after she was struck by an apparently drunk driver on Westlake Ave, went on KOMO News to share her story. Her hand still bandaged after her thumb was severed at the nail in the collision, she brought of a message of calmness and care for…
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tagged: dui, karlyn beer, thomas brady, westlake
July 20, 2013

Longtime bike commuter left with severed thumb after drunk driver hit her on Westlake, is glad it wasn’t worse

Karlyn Beer was biking north on Westlake Ave Friday evening when a drunk driver made a left turn directly in front of her. “I slammed on my brakes of course, but plowed into the side of him,” she said via phone Saturday, still recovering from the trauma the night before. “The top of my thumb…
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tagged: dui, injuries, karlyn beer, westlake
May 14, 2013

City selects firm to lead Westlake Cycle Track project

The city has passed a milestone in the Westlake Cycle Track project, selecting a firm to lead design work on a safe connection between the heart of South Lake Union and Fremont, the Ship Canal Trail and beyond. Here’s a completely theoretical concept image from a 2012 Cascade Bicycle Club report to get those creative…
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tagged: sdot, south lake union, westlake, westlake cycle track
January 21, 2013

Obama walks down that center-lane cycle track that would be great on Westlake

You know how Westlake Ave in South Lake Union is still super dangerous for cycling due to the streetcar tracks in the curb lane? Well we have argued that the city should design protected bike lanes in the center lanes of the road, like on Pennsylvania Ave in DC. If you want a better look…
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tagged: barack obama, cycle tracks, washington dc, westlake