Advocates Push to Close Half-Mile Gap in Interurban Trail
For decades, the Interurban Trail in North King County and in Snohomish County have been disconnected, with a state highway between them. There’s new momentum to change that.
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Eastrail’s NE 8th Street Bridge Opens in Bellevue’s Wilburton Neighborhood
The new bridge linking Wilburton’s light rail station with the neighborhood to the south also includes artwork highlighting the history of Bellevue’s Japanese-American community.
King County Will Allow E-bikes on Regional Trails, May Expand Hours
King County’s trail network is a great resource for getting around without a car, but outdated rules limiting access are getting overhauled to allow greater use.
Northup Connector Opens, Offering Direct Connection Between Eastrail and 520 Trail
Eastside officials and multimodal transportation advocates broke the ribbon Friday on a small but incredibly valuable new connection between the Eastrail and the State Route 520 bike route, just east of I-405. The new elevated boardwalk, called the Northup Connector, bridges a gap of only a few hundred feet that
East Lake Sammamish Trail Bridges Redmond to Issaquah After Decades of Work
On Saturday, King County officials and Eastside leaders celebrated the completion of an 11-mile asphalt multiuse trail connecting Redmond with Issaquah, after construction wrapped up on the final segments of the East Lake Sammamish trail, a project county government started working on more than 25 years ago. Now that the
Woodinville Works to Extend Eastrail to Snohomish County
One of the last segments of the planned Eastrail bike superhighway that will ultimately connect across the entirety of East King County is finally getting going, as the City of Woodinville starts work on a 2.6-mile stretch of former rail line. When completed, the new trail will run right
Guest Podcast: Recycling America’s Railroads into Trails
The Urbanist Podcast is on summer break so we thought we’d share with you a guest podcast on a topic near and dear to hearts of many urbanists and bike advocates. On Resources Radio‘s From Rails to Trails, Peter Harnik discusses how nonprofits, local stakeholders, and policymakers convert
Inslee Rides Olympic Bike Trail, Celebrates Expansion Plans
The governor was honored with an award from the Rails-to-Trails Conservancy. A shared enthusiasm for trail networks and the unique recreational opportunities the Olympic Peninsula offers set the tone for this year’s in-person board convening of the national Rails-to-Trails Conservancy (RTC) in Sequim. RTC is based in the other
Funding Request Would Plan 200-Mile Trail Connection At Seattle’s Doorstep
An impressively long list of governments on the Kitsap and Olympic peninsulas have joined together to jointly request funding to finish a 200-mile biking and walking trail that will connect the Pacific Ocean to Puget Sound. The request for funds from the U.S. Department of Transportation will close around
Montlake Highway Lid Heads Into the Home Stretch in 2023
Fewer corners of Seattle are set to look more starkly different between the beginning of 2023 and the end than the area around SR 520 in Montlake. More than a decade in the works, crews with the Washington Department of Transportation’s contractor, Graham Construction, have been making steady progress
Transpo Notes: Amtrak Cascades Returns To Canada, Seattle Considers ST3 Rec’s, and Bellevue Trail Expansion Opens
This Transpo Notes roundup touches on a mix of transit and trail stories, including: * Restoration of Amtrak Cascades service to Canada; * Seattle’s recommendations for West Seattle and Ballard Link Extensions; * Kitsap Transit’s July service changes; and * Newly opened expansion of a Bellevue trail. Further Amtrak Cascades service restorations
Transpo Notes: Ferry Updates, New Eastrail Bridge, Transit Funding Car Lanes
This week’s Transpo Notes roundup touches on Seattle Monorail fare increases, a new Eastrail bridge, transit funding car lanes in Kirkland, new U District bus lanes, updates to Sound Transit Title VI policies, Washington State Ferries restoring service, and Kitsap Transit planning a new ferry landing site in Seattle.
$29 Million from Move Ahead WA Advances Key Eastrail Projects
The historic Move Ahead Washington package, a nearly $17 billion investment in transportation infrastructure over the next 16 years, included $29 million in projects for Eastrail. This north-south trail spine, which will span 42 miles when fully completed, will connect Renton to Snohomish through Eastside communities like Bellevue, Kirkland, Woodinville,
Transpo Notes: Café Streets Extended, Green Lake Outer Loop Advances, Metro Delays Service Improvements
This week’s Transpo Notes highlights include details on: Sound Transit’s new ticket vending machines, the Green Lake Outer Loop project, transit service changes, Angle Lake Station transit-oriented development, and café street and outdoor dining permit extension in Seattle. Sound Transit testing new ticket vending machines New ticket vending
State Should Invest $99 Million to Address SR-99’s Many Problems
Highway 99 has 99 problems. Aurora Avenue is an unsettled mix, part street where people interact with businesses and part highway shunting vehicles through at high speeds. It doesn’t work well for anybody; not for drivers, not for the 100,000 people living in its proximity, not for businesses,
The Case for Improved Light Rail in Rainier Valley
It almost seems like every other week these days you hear about another light rail-involved collision in Rainier Valley. And the reason for why is obvious: at-grade running trains cross more than a dozen intersections on Martin Luther King, Jr. Way S. Each of those crossings introduce risk for collisions
Transpo Notes: No Extra Gas Tax, Metro Staffing Challenges, Governor Makes High Speed Rail Ask
This week’s Traspo Notes highlights: schedule changes to Link, statewide transportation package funding policy, a new trail segment in Bellevue, staffing challenges at King County Metro, and key transportation funding requests by Governor Jay Inslee. Sound Transit making changes to Link schedules Today, Sound Transit implements a revised schedule
Transpo Notes: Federal Way OMF, Liias Takes Reins, New ST4 Legislation, and Missing Link Appealed Again
It was a busy week for transportation in Puget Sound and Washington. Here’s a rundown of some of the week’s biggest transportation-related developments. Federal Way slated to be home to next OMF On Thursday, Sound Transit’s System Expansion Committee recommended a site in Federal Way as the
A Closer Look at New Plans for the Burke-Gilman Trail’s ‘Missing Link’
Last week, the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) announced that it had “refined” its earlier design of the stretch of the planned Burke-Gilman Trail running on Shilshole Avenue in Ballard known as the “Missing Link.” On the whole, it would be more accurate to say the trail design has been
Exciting Progress on the 16-Mile Lake to Sound Trail
It’s almost time to say hello to a 16-mile multi-use trail connecting Renton to Des Moines and everything in between. King County Parks will soon begin construction on one of the last remaining segments of the Lake to Sound Trail, bringing it ever closer to its completion. This new