Sharrows & 1st Ave S
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Sharrows & 1st Ave S
I've posted this in other bike-related places and thought this would be a good place as well...
I attended the Seattle Bicycle Advisory Board meeting last night and here's some updates that will effect bicyclists to/from West Seattle:
1) Bike lanes N/S will be added to 1st Ave S, Spokane to Marginal in 2008 2) Sharrows will be placed on 1st Ave S, N/S, from Dearborne to Lander in 2008 consistent with the re-paving project. Parking will not be removed. 3) Sharrows will be added to 1st Ave S, N/S, between Lander and Spokane St in 2009 - but not all of it due to Spokane viaduct widening project.
Here's the kicker which will effect many, many people in West Seatte: ALSO - found out that NO dedicated bus lanes will be allocated to West Seattle/Burien routes during construction - buses will be required to use the same routes they currently do (even if it means the lanes are reduced to one way each direction) and no new bus service will be added. ALL West Seattle commuters are in for some huge slow-downs. See my next post for bike related routing for the Alaska Viaduct project.
I attended the Seattle Bicycle Advisory Board meeting last night and here's some updates that will effect bicyclists to/from West Seattle:
1) Bike lanes N/S will be added to 1st Ave S, Spokane to Marginal in 2008 2) Sharrows will be placed on 1st Ave S, N/S, from Dearborne to Lander in 2008 consistent with the re-paving project. Parking will not be removed. 3) Sharrows will be added to 1st Ave S, N/S, between Lander and Spokane St in 2009 - but not all of it due to Spokane viaduct widening project.
Here's the kicker which will effect many, many people in West Seatte: ALSO - found out that NO dedicated bus lanes will be allocated to West Seattle/Burien routes during construction - buses will be required to use the same routes they currently do (even if it means the lanes are reduced to one way each direction) and no new bus service will be added. ALL West Seattle commuters are in for some huge slow-downs. See my next post for bike related routing for the Alaska Viaduct project.
