For a long time, the northernmost portion of Delridge between Andover and the West Seattle Bridge trail has been a particularly egregious missing link in the West Seattle bike & pedestrian infrastructure. Coming south onto Delridge, the trail ends at a one-way intersection where drivers often block the curb ramp while awaiting a break in [...]
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Funding Secured for the Delridge Trail
December 8th, 2012 
Jake 
Posted in Streets & Pedestrian 
Tags: 21st Avenue, 26th Avenue, Bicycle Routes, Greenways, SDOT 
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Delridge Greenway Open House
November 15th, 2012 Jake Last night, about thirty Delridge and West Seattle neighbors gathered at Youngstown for SDOT’s Delridge Greenways open house. SDOT was well prepared – tables were set up around the room with large maps of the study area, displaying various information such as accident rates and locations, measured vehicle speeds and volumes, existing bike and pedestrian [...]
Posted in Community Design, Hot Topics, Streets & Pedestrian Tags: 21st Avenue, 26th Avenue, Bicycle Routes, Greenways, SDOT, Transportation 6 Comments » West Seattle Greenways Meeting: Sunday, April 22, 3pm
April 18th, 2012 Jake Join us for the next West Seattle Greenways meeting, this Sunday, April 22, 3pm at Pearls Coffee and Tea (4800 Delridge Way SW). Last meeting we heard from Tom Rasmussen, chair of the city council transportation committee, who answered our questions and gave us ideas about how to best advocate for safe routes through our [...]
West Seattle Greenways: Meeting Sunday March 18, 2012
March 12th, 2012 Jake Come join us this Sunday for our next meeting of West Seattle Greenways! We’ll meet at Pearl’s Coffee and Tea at 4800 Delridge Way SW (map) at 3:00 pm on Sunday, March 18. This month, we’re excited to be joined by councilmember Tom Rasmussen, chair of the city Transportation committee, who will give the city’s [...]
Posted in Streets & Pedestrian Tags: 21st Avenue, 26th Avenue, Bicycle Routes, Greenways, Traffic Calming, Transportation No Comments »
West Seattle Greenways Meeting Followup
February 21st, 2012 Jake On Sunday afternoon we had the first meeting of West Seattle Greenways – see our previous announcement here. We had a great turnout, with folks present from neighborhoods around West Seattle, and as far south as Normandy Park. Joining us were half a dozen boy scouts from troop 282, in attendance as part of their [...]
Posted in Hot Topics, Streets & Pedestrian Tags: 21st Avenue, 26th Avenue, Bicycle Routes, Greenways, Traffic Calming 2 Comments » West Seattle Greenways: First Meeting!
February 13th, 2012 Jake The neighborhood greenway movement in Seattle has been gaining a lot of momentum lately. Neighborhood greenways are routes which provide safe connections for bicyclists and pedestrians between neighborhoods, and to schools, parks, shopping and other destinations. Often they are located on quiet streets parallel to busy arterials, and include traffic calming measures, protected crossings, pocket [...]
Posted in Streets & Pedestrian Tags: 21st Avenue, 26th Avenue, Bicycle Routes, Greenways, Traffic Calming, Transportation 2 Comments »
Greenways News
January 23rd, 2012 Jake As we heard from Sally Bagshaw two weeks ago, it seems that the city has committed to funding several miles of neighborhood greenways in 2012. In the last week or so, news has circulated that we can expect 11 miles of greenways in 2012, with a promise to fund around 12 miles per year thereafter [...]
Posted in Hot Topics, Streets & Pedestrian Tags: 21st Avenue, 26th Avenue, Bicycle Routes, Greenways, Traffic Calming 4 Comments » City-wide Greenways Meeting
January 10th, 2012 Jake Tonight I represented the Delridge neighborhood at the monthly city-wide meeting for Greenway advocates. The neighborhood greenway concept has been getting a lot of press lately in Seattle, thanks to a number of grass-roots movements in neighborhoods across the city, as well as enthusiastic support at City Hall from council-member Sally Bagshaw. You can read [...]
Posted in Hot Topics, Streets & Pedestrian Tags: 21st Avenue, 24th Avenue, 26th Avenue, Bicycle Routes, Greenways, SDOT 3 Comments »
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