Tag: westlake
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Mercer construction closes 9th Ave N sidewalks
People who have been using 9th Ave N in South Lake Union to get to Westlake Ave N will have to change routes. Due to Mercer project construction, both sidewalks on 9th Ave N between Broad and Mercer have been closed. SDOT suggests you take the sidewalk on Westlake, but getting from the west sidewalk…
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9th Ave closing at Aloha next week, but a sidewalk will remain open for cyclists
As part of the giant Mercer East project, Ninth Ave N will be closed from Aloha to Republican starting the morning of Tuesday, October 12. Motor vehicles will be detoured along a new two-way Westlake Ave, but people on bikes will be able to use the sidewalk, according to Peg Nielsen at SDOT. Detour signs…
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One block of Terry Ave to become ‘green street’
SDOT has started work on on block of Terry Avenue between Virginia and Lenora that will turn it from a street that has some parking into a street that has less parking and way more trees and sidewalks. The total cost for the project is $500,000, mostly funded by a Federal Transit Administration grant, according…
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Savage Road Rash: Sharing the road with streetcar tracks
Dan Savage wrote yesterday on SLOG that cyclists should learn to ride with the streetcar tracks like they do in San Francisco:
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Why we need to be cautious when installing new trolley tracks
I was poking around on Bike Wise and noticed that the reported crashes seem to line the South Lake Union Streetcar tracks with blue bubbles indicating a “solo” collision. They are mostly people’s wheels getting stuck in the tracks and throwing them.
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