Tag: wsdot

May 11, 2015

For 8th straight year, WA named #1 bike-friendly state

If Washington State were an NBA team, its bike-friendly championship streak would have just tied the 1959–1966 Boston Celtics at eight championships in a row, the longest ever by far. But, of course, a major difference between the League of American Bicyclists’ bike-friendly state rankings and the NBA is that the other NBA teams are…
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tagged: 2015 legislature, washington bikes, wsdot
March 17, 2015

Bellevue installs its first bike counters + First look at the data

The City of Bellevue and WSDOT have installed the city’s first ever electronic bike counters to track hour-by-hour usage of the I-90 and 520 Trails. As we’ve seen with Seattle’s counters (the oldest being the Fremont Bridge counter), having daily and hourly data gives a much more clear insight into actual bike use. Previously, the…
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tagged: 520 trail, bellevue, bike counter, I-90 trail, kevin mcdonald, wsdot
March 9, 2015

Washington bike advocates and professionals will meet in Olympia for 2-day summit

For the first time in a long time, bicycle advocates and transportation professionals from all over the State of Washington will get together in Olympia for a two-day summit to put their heads together and share knowledge and experiences. The Washington Bike Summit is organized by (you guessed it) Washington Bikes with support from Cascade…
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tagged: washington bike summit, washington bike summit 2015, washington bikes, wsdot
February 11, 2015

Seattle-side 520 Bridge plan getting closer, but still needs better bike/walk connections

You have to hand it to the SR 520 Bridge design team. Their designs for bike/walk connections in Seattle have come really far since we first saw them. What was once looked like a doomsday neighborhood highway expansion interchange is getting much closer to having complete walking and biking connections. But it’s not there yet.…
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tagged: cascade bicycle club, montlake, seattle neighborhood greenways, sr 520, wsdot
December 15, 2014

Dexter will be closed overnight this week, will reopen with better bike lanes

Dexter Ave will be closed overnight Monday and Tuesday between Denny and Mercer so crews can repaint the street with a new complete streets design that includes wide parking-protected bike lanes and a center turn lane. Construction work is not totally finished on the street, though. While work is wrapping up near Harrison, it is…
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tagged: dexter, sdot, wsdot
December 8, 2014

Why Seattle should stop waiting for the tunnel and tear down the viaduct now

The megaproject to repair the delayed downtown highway megaproject has been delayed. Again. The tunnel project team had their shot to build the tunnel before the viaduct was torn down. They blew it, and now the viaduct is sinking beyond previously-stated safe limits. We can no longer wait for the tunnel. State and city leaders…
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tagged: alaskan way viaduct, deep bore tunnel, jean godden, rebertha, wsdot