Tag: wsdot

November 14, 2022

Packer: Rainier Valley Greenway may soon connect to I-90 Trail

The Rainier Valley Neighborhood Greenway may finally connect to the I-90/Mountains to Sound Trail after years of delay and inter-agency disagreement. In early 2021, Ryan Packer reported that WSDOT had refused to work with SDOT on completing the connection from the greenway route to the trail. So the greenway route on 28th Ave S has…
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tagged: I-90 trail, rainier valley neighborhood greenway, ryan packer, sdot, wsdot
September 21, 2022

I-90 Trail will remain open during weekend westbound bridge closure

The I-90 Bridge will remain open this weekend during expansion joint work on the Homer Hadley Bridge that will close all westbound lanes. We reported last week on a series of tough planned trail closures on the larger of the two floating bridges between Mercer Island and Seattle. WSDOT later apologized for the poor communication…
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tagged: Bike Route Alert, I-90 trail, wsdot
September 16, 2022

Help WSDOT’s Active Transportation Plan defeat a bunch of highway plans to win a national award

Can a Washington State plan centered around walking, biking and accessibility defeat a bunch of highway and bridge projects to win the 2022 America’s Transportation Award? Well, it can with your help. Remember those annoying “people’s choice” competitions that were everywhere like a decade ago where you had to vote every day in order to…
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tagged: 2022 America’s Transportation Awards, aashto, active transportation plan, wsdot, wsdot active transportation division
September 15, 2022

Trail Alert 9/16-19 and 9/23-26: I-90 Bridge Trail will be closed between Seattle and Mercer Island – UPDATED

UPDATE 9-21: The trail will remain open during the September 23–26 work. WSDOT sent out an alert today that the trail across the I-90 Bridge will be closed most of Friday and all weekend as crews work on an expansion joint on the Homer Hadley Bridge, the wider of the two parallel I-90 floating bridges.…
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tagged: Bike Route Alert, I-90 trail, wsdot
July 25, 2022

Washington’s streets continue to fail kids like Mikey Weilert

Michael Weilert stopped, pushed the button to make the crosswalk lights start blinking, waited to see that cars were stopping, then rode his bike across busy Pacific Avenue S in Parkland last Tuesday. But even though other people had stopped their cars at the clearly marked crosswalk, a 27-year-old woman drove a Jeep straight through…
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tagged: active transportation plan, deaths, michael weilert, parkland, smart growth america, wsdot
April 27, 2022

Alert 4/28-5/1: 520 Trail closed across Lake Washington

The 520 Bridge Trail will be closed late Thursday through late Sunday, WSDOT announced Wednesday. The trail under the bridge leading to Lake Washington Boulevard will also be closed. A previously-scheduled closure was cancelled earlier this month. You can check the 520 project’s construction map to keep track of planned closures as details may change…
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tagged: 520 trail, Bike Route Alert, wsdot