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Event Notice: Seattle City Council Presentation on Freeway Lids Wednesday
On Wednesday, December 16 at 12pm a group of local designers will present to the Seattle City Council the case for additional freeway lids over Interstate 5 in Downtown. The event will be an informal “lunch and learn”, starting at … Continue reading
Posted in Event Writeup, Government, Land Use, Public Participation, Transportation
Tagged city hall, cost, design, estimate, freeway, I-5, Interstate 5, lids, park, Pike-Pine, presentation, project, Seattle City Council, vision
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Limited Madison BRT Will Still Deliver Great Benefits
On Monday night the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) held its fourth open house on the $120 million bus rapid transit (BRT) project planned for Madison Street. SDOT staff and consultants from Nelson Nygaard chatted with a packed house about … Continue reading
Posted in Biking, Buses, Transportation, Walking
Tagged bike, BRT, bus rapid transit, buses, Central District, concept, configuration, corridor, design, details, downtown, features, First Hill, funding, lanes, layout, layover, Madison, Nelson Nygaard, pedestrians, plan, project, roadway, routes, SDOT, Seattle, signal, street, study, transit, transportation
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‘Park My Viaduct’ Heads to the Ballot Next Year
Author’s Note: This article was updated September 8, 2015 to correct details of the Initiative 123 campaign and proposal. Last week the Seattle City Council reluctantly approved forwarding the Alaskan Way Viaduct preservation effort to the August 2016 ballot. The … Continue reading
Posted in Parks, Public Space, Transportation
Tagged Alaskan Way, ballot, City Council, DWPDA, earthquake, garden bridge, I-123, infrastructure, Initiative 123, James Corner, Kate Martin, Park My Viaduct, Pike Place Market, project, proposal, replacement, Seattle, tunnel, viaduct, Waterfront Seattle, WSDOT
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New Protected Bike Lanes Coming to Northeast Seattle
Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) staff hosted an open house on Tuesday to present conceptual plans for improving bike routes in northeast Seattle between East Green Lake Way N and 20th Avenue NE. Most of the project will simply be the … Continue reading
Posted in Biking, Cars, Schools, Transportation, Walking
Tagged 15th Avenue, 62nd Street, Boulevard, budget, Cascade Bicycle Club, Cowen Park, Cowen Place, department of transportation, features, Green Lake, improvements, intersections, Olmstead, Parks Department, PBL, project, protected bike lanes, Ravenna, Ravenna Park, redesign, safety, SDOT, Seattle, timeline, University Greenways
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The Problematic Proposal for a Seattle Gondola
Hal and Ken Griffith, the father and son owners of Pier 57 and the waterfront Ferris wheel, spoke to my class this week about their proposal for a short gondola system in downtown Seattle. As mentioned in a previous post, … Continue reading
Posted in Government, Transportation
Tagged aerial tram, arguement, business, family, ferris wheel, gondola, Great Seattle Wheel, Griffith, Miner's Landing, opposed, Pier 57, project, proposal, public, redesign, right-of-way, Seattle, Union Street, waterfront
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Redesigning 15th Avenue NE
The “complete street” movement has picked up steam as urban planners and city leaders have relearned that public rights-of-way need to accommodate all modes of transportation. With the growing interest in this urban design strategy I tried my hand at … Continue reading
Posted in Biking, Buses, Editorial, Parking, Public Space, Roads, Sustainability, Transportation, Walking
Tagged 15th Ave, 15th Avenue, bike path, complete street, corridor, department of transportation, design, drawings, efficiency, Lake City, mode, multi-modal, NE, on-street parking, Pacific Street, parking, plantings, project, proposal, renderings, Roosevelt, route, safety, Seattle, speed limit, traffic, transit, U-District, university of washington, walking
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Let’s Bury I-5
Author’s Note: This post has been superseded by an updated proposal in another post, “Let’s Bury I-5: Redux”, dated July 5, 2014. Author’s Note 2: The latest and most detailed proposal is in a third post, “The Case for Lidding I-5 … Continue reading
Posted in Editorial, Government, Housing, Land Use, Landscape, Megaprojects, Public Space, Transportation
Tagged bicycling, bore, buildings, bury, cars, concrete, construction, cost, cover, Dallas, department of transportation, Eisenhower, engineering, freeway, highway, Hudson Yards, I-5, Interstate 5, land, land value, lid, megaproject, Millenium Park, neighborhoods, noise, park, paths, pollution, project, proposal, reconnect, Seattle, soil, tunnel, urban design, vegetation, walking, Washington
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New Columbia River Bridge Project Cancelled
The Columbia River Crossing, a joint venture between the Washington and Oregon departments of transportation, was recently cancelled. The project would have replaced the pair of Interstate 5 bridges, built in 1917 and and 1958, rebuilt several highway interchanges north … Continue reading
Posted in Government, Land Use, Rail, Roads, Transportation
Tagged bridge, bridge lift, cancellation, Coast Guard, Columbia River Crossing, congestion, corridor, freight, funding, Hayden Island, I-5, Interstate 5, legislature, light rail, Oregon, Portland, project, safety, ships, Vancouver, Washington
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