Posted Feb 9, 2015, 1:04 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: Riverview Estates Fairway (PA)
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Long Summary (In reference) of major bike projects for Seattle:
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Seattle Bike Activists Launch Major Infrastructure Campaign
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Last Saturday a coalition of local non-profits kicked off a grassroots campaign to accelerate construction of 250 additional miles of key Seattle bicycle routes by 2025. The city already has 135 miles of bike infrastructure, and momentum is building to work faster on building a comprehensive network that makes bicycling safe for people of all ages and physical abilities. Cascade Bicycle Club and Seattle Neighborhood Greenways are leading the effort and also worked to update the city’s Bike Master Plan last year. And three city council members attended the kickoff event, indicating there is already political support. The campaign’s main goals are to pass the next transportation levy, elect pro-bike city council members, and continue advocating for priority projects.
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The city’s current bicycle network consists of all of these facility types, but they are mostly a sporadic patchwork. The city’s Bicycle Master Plan (BMP) envisions a complete 600 mile system to be built out over the next 20 years. Connect Seattle wants to get 250 of the most important miles in place within the next 10 years. Connecting the entire city with safe and comfortable bike routes will cater to the largest group of potential bike riders: the willing but wary. They’re interested in bicycling for transportation purposes but are turned off by the thought of riding in traffic.
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The Big Projects
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Perhaps the most important project in north Seattle is the Northgate Pedestrian and Bicycle Bridge that will span I-5 to connect the future Northgate light rail station with North Seattle College and a cluster of medical buildings. It’s estimated the bridge would carry 7,000 people a day, compared to a 700-900 space parking garage that is also planned. The City of Seattle and Sound Transit have each committed $5 million to the $25 million bridge, with a July 2015 deadline to find the rest. City Councilmember O’Brien, a member also of the Sound Transit board, said, “there will be a motion at our March meeting to defer the funding deadline to February 2016.”
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A network of of PBLs, the thick blue lines, will be built downtown by 2019.
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https://northwesturbanist.wordpress....-bike-network/
http://www.seattle.gov/transportatio..._materials.htm
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