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After delayed start, NE 125th redesign opposition gets going again
It has been a week since SDOT recommended changes to NE 125th, and there seemed to be little to no action from opponents. However, a smooth end to an unnecessarily rocky road project debate may not...
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Publicola: Health Dept Director supports NE 125th changes
NE 125th at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday. Photo by Chris Rule. Publicola reports that David Fleming, the Seattle/King County health department director has sent a letter to the mayor in support of SDOT’s proposed...
View ArticleMayor McGinn gives go-ahead for NE 125th redesign
In a lengthy email summarizing the public comments he received and the reasoning behind his decision, Mayor Mike McGinn announced that he has accepted SDOT’s approval for a road diet on NE 125th St....
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Changes to NE 125th create a better neighborhood street for all
Before (via Google Street View) After One more street in Seattle is safer thanks to the city’s complete streets remake of NE 125th Street in Lake City. What used to be a dangerous, four-lane...
View ArticleUsing example of Wang’s death, Economist argues for protected bikeways
“Calmer traffic is just the beginning,” argues The Economist in a short article this week calling for protected bicycle facilities. To illustrate their point, they point to the death of Mike Wang, who...
View ArticleSDOT compares road diets to Copernicus’ struggle for heliocentric acceptance
Road diets efficiently move people and goods while dramatically reducing collisions, particularly collisions that cause injuries. We know this. Study after study supports it from all corners of Seattle...
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Buffer space added to bike lanes on older section of Dexter
A few weeks ago, the city added a couple feet of buffer space to the bike lanes on Dexter between Mercer and Denny Way, just south of the recently-reconfigured section complete with bus islands and a...
View ArticleWalking in Seattle: These 28 Seattleites died walking on road diet candidate...
The road diet battles in Seattle have a tendency to get nasty, and they are far from over. Even though the Federal Highway Administration has officially (finally) named the road diet as a “proven...
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Collisions drop 23 percent on redesigned Nickerson – UPDATED
From the mayor's Twitter account Changes to Nickerson St in 2010 have resulted in a 23 percent drop in collisions, the city reported during a press conference today. Last year, Publicola reported that...
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Othello Street redesign underway: Gentrification or traffic justice?
Othello Street/Myrtle Place redesign work starts today. The project, funded by the Neighborhood Street Fund, will include biking/walking safety improvements from Beacon Ave to Seward Park Ave. The...
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City plans to extend Stone Way bike lanes to Green Lake
At the urging of the Wallingford and Green Lake Community Councils, the city is planning road design changes on Green Lake Way N between N 50th Street and Green Lake. The safety-oriented plan would...
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A closer look at the city’s plans for Green Lake Way
Traffic volumes on Green Lake Way are lower than they have been in half a century. We wrote a couple weeks ago about plans to redesign Green Lake Way between 50th and the lake. Below are more details...
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Times column: McGinn was right, road diets work. Now let’s fix Dexter
A Seattle Bike Blog concept for Dexter, created using Streetmix The Seattle Times’ Jonathan Martin said in a column today that the city’s low-budget street safety projects (AKA road diets) have worked...
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Mostly-finished Green Lake Way project reconnects neighbors with their parks
While we here at Seattle Bike Blog spend a lot of time urging the city to invest in protected bike lanes, it’s important to remember that simply redesigning a street using paint can completely...
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An archaeological dig on NE 125th Street, one of the final battles in the War...
The lucky among you do not remember the vicious fight over a 2011 road diet on NE 125th Street, which pitted neighbors against neighbors in a drawn-out and ugly battle over ten feet of road space in...
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Infographic: Seattle’s low-cost safe streets projects work really well
Click here for the interactive version. A road diet, rechannelization, safe streets redesign, complete streets project or whatever you want to call it: It works. Troy Heerwagen has created an excellent...
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