Entries for date "2012"

Bridging the Topographic Fortress with a Trail

As promised in the "SR-520 Design Will Discourage Walking and Biking to the UW and University Link" post, here is some further elaboration on the value of a Portage Bay Bridge Trail. Currently the idea is bouncing around the halls of Seattle City government - stayed tuned to see if the trail makes it into an official recommendation to WSDOT.   The glaciers did not have walking and biking in mind …

SR-520 Design will discourage walking and biking to the UW and University Link

The new SR-520 will serve as a barrier to people trying to walk and bike from the Montlake area and neighborhoods further south to the University of Washington and the new University Link station. As currently designed, the project will essentially destroy the walkshed and bikeshed south of the Montlake Bridge. Over the summer, WSDOT has (in good faith) attempted to make tweaks to the plans to better incorporate walking …

30 Seconds to Support a Portage Bay Trail!

 

If you only have 30 seconds to spare please ask WSDOT to do two things (feel free to copy and past, but the strongest comments are those that reflect your own personal views, experience, and values):
  1. Please study, design, and build a Portage Bay Bridge multi-use trail. This trail would be an enormous asset to people who walk, bike, and simply enjoy recreating on trails. It would interconnect our neighborhoods, …