Tag: wsdot

January 22, 2013

City Council may vote on 520 Bridge resolution demanding better biking and walking environment

The City Council today will vote on a resolution that recommends many changes to the biking and walking environment in the 520 Bridge replacement project, including study of a Portage Bay Bridge trail, a biking and walking bridge over I-5 near Roanoke, and improvements to biking and walking access around the Montlake Bridge. Central Seattle…
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tagged: central seattle greenways, city council, sr 520, wsdot
December 21, 2012

Dear Governor Inslee: WSDOT should excel at biking and walking projects

There are two interesting nuggets in this recent Cascade Bicycle Club campaign: 1. You should contact the Seattle Council and mayor to solidify their support for a resolution to support improved biking and walking in the 520 Bridge replacement project, and 2. WSDOT admitted at a Council briefing that biking and walking is not its…
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tagged: cascade bicycle club, jay inslee, transportation for washington, wsdot
December 10, 2012

State may fund Delridge Trail, U-District bike share, Bainbridge ferry access improvements + more

In its latest round of grant funding for its bicycle and pedestrian safety program, Washington State has prioritized a Delridge trail and road safety project, improvements to Olympic Drive near the Ferry Terminal on Bainbridge Island, bike share station install in the University District, and Interurban Trail access improvements in Shoreline. Here are some details,…
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tagged: bainbridge island, Delridge Way SW, north delridge, puget sound bike share, university district, west seattle, wsdot
October 4, 2012

Last chance to complete WSDOT’s 520 bridge survey

The state wants to know what you want to see from the 520 Bridge replacement project. We have discussed the bridge previously, including the need for better biking and walking access in the Roanoke and Montlake lids, better access to UW Station and the Burke-Gilman Trail, and, of course, completing the trail across Portage Bay.…
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tagged: central seattle greenways, sr 520, wsdot
July 16, 2012

Central Seattle Greenways: Support a complete 520 Trail Monday

Today (Monday), WSDOT is holding a public session on the 520 Bridge design, and your input is needed. The planned 520 Bridge replacement will include a biking and walking trail from Medina to Montlake as well as new paths in the planned Roanoke lid in North Capitol Hill. However, inexplicably, current designs do not include…
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tagged: central seattle greenways, events, sr 520, wsdot
June 29, 2012

New Federal Transpo Bill slashes bike/walk safety, will use air quality funds to widen highways

The news out of Washington DC is grim. The drastically underfunded biking and walking budget has been slashed as much at 60 – 70 percent, and biking and walking advocacy groups appear resigned to accept it. I’ll let the Bicycle Alliance of Washington fill you in on what this means for our state, but first…
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tagged: bicycle alliance of washington, federal government, wsdot