The Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) has been pretty busy lately, working to catch up on projects that weren’t able to happen in 2020 due to the impact of Covid-19. That includes adding protected bike lanes and neighborhood greenways, with a number of brand new bikeways either completed or nearly complete across the city in the past month. In fact, 2021 is set to see the most miles of protected bike lanes (PBLs) and neighborhood greenways installed since the Move Seattle levy was passed in 2015, with nearly seven miles of PBLs and over 11 miles of neighborhood greenways planned to be completed. Even more projects are starting construction this year to be fully wrapped up next year.
Thirty-four individual projects are planned to be completed this year, according to the updated to Seattle’s Bicycle Master Plan implementation schedule that SDOT submitted to the City Council last month. Some of those are spot improvements or upgrades to existing facilities but most of them are new facilities.
Here are some of the higher impact projects that have already hit the streets so far this year:
