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How to Build Bike Lanes on 4th Avenue
The City of Seattle has cut back significantly on its plans for street safety projects citywide, but especially in Downtown and the southern neighborhoods. This has left advocates confused and frustrated, as the City had extensive plans for protected bike … Continue reading
Posted in Biking, Buses, Cars, Parking, Transportation, Walking
Tagged 4th Avenue, Belltown, bicycle master plan, Bike Blog, bike lanes, buses, City Council, data, design, downtown, Implementation Plan, injuries, murray, parking, PBL, priority, proposal, protected bike lanes, right-of-way, space, street, transit, Vision Zero, volume, width
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Finding the Burke-Gilman Trail’s Missing Link
On Thursday night the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) hosted an open house on the alternatives for completing the unfinished part of the Burke-Gilman Trail in Ballard. The 1.4 mile “missing link” is the only incomplete portion of the trail, … Continue reading
Posted in Biking, Government, Industrial, Land Use, Public Participation, Rail, Roads, Transportation, Walking
Tagged alternatives, Ballard, Ballard Bridge, Ballard Chamber of Commerce, bicycles, bikes, Burke, Burke-Gilman, Cascade Bicycle Club, community, cost, department of transportation, eis, environmental impact statement, Environmental Science Associates, ESA, Gilman, hospital, improvements, injuries, intersections, lawsuit, meeting, missing link, pedestrians, process, safety, SDOT, Seattle, Seattle Bike Blog, Shishole, Shishole Avenue, study, timeline, trail
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Seattle Adopts Aggressive Vision for Zero Traffic Deaths
Seattle mayor Ed Murray, alongside his police chief and transportation director, announced last week the goal of eliminating all citywide traffic deaths and serious injuries by the year 2030. This formally enters Seattle into the worldwide Vision Zero movement, an … Continue reading
Posted in Biking, Policy, Roads, Transportation, Walking
Tagged adopt, collisions, deaths, Department, enforcement, engineering, funding, injuries, Kubly, mayor, murray, New York, O'Toole, plans, police, road diets, Seattle, speed limits, statistics, strategy, Target Zero, traffic laws, transportation, Vision Zero, Washington
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