Alki Ave SW will be fully closed to vehicle traffic between 63rd Ave SW and 56th Ave SW for the Summer Streets program. It starts at 11 and includes special demos, kids activities:
With the streets car-free and fun-focused expect the unexpected…random yoga; intermittent acts of dance; sidewalk chalk…outside the lines! So plan on playing in the street this weekend – the Summer Streets – and…bring your creativity!
It’s everybody’s street. Imagine the possibilities.
Tired of potholes in your alley? Check out this do-it-yourself project these Greenwood residents are doing (via Feet First):
Thirteen Greenwood neighbors in Seattle are giving their alley a makeover. After only 3 months of conversation (not a whole lot of process in Seattle terms), these neighbors have come together with $450 ($35 each) to pour crushed rock along the alley between 95th and 97th in the Seattle Greenwood neighborhood.
The folks in this neighborhood knew it would probably be many years before the city would fix the potholes and the puddles of water that accumulate during a rainfall, so they decided to take matters into their own hands. And, without a large transportation budget, they are making it a lot easier for people to use this public right of way.
On Saturday, May 14th at 12pm at the alley at 95th and 97th between Phinney and Dayton, residents are coming together to spread the crushed rock along their alley. Alleys are gaining popularity as their appearance–narrow spaces that move people, create connections, which inspire a new way for people to see their neighborhood. Come out and learn about this neighborhood’s DIY transportation improvement that will inspire you to do some street repair in your neighborhood!
Sally Clark (recently interviewed by Walking in Seattle) will be leading a walk through Capitol Hill as part of Feet First‘s quarterly Walk & Talk series. The walk will stop at three places in the neighborhood to highlight recent changes that have made the area more walkable. The livability enhancements featured include green space, multi-modal investments, and mixed use and compact development.
The walk starts at 5:30 on Tuesday, March 24 at the Odd Fellows Building (entry to the right of the Odd Fellows Cafe) at 1525 10th Avenue. Tickets can be purchased online for $7 for members and $10 for non-members online – the cost is higher if purchased the day of the walk.
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A reception will follow at the Baltic Room at 1207 Pine St.
For those of you looking to get out and walk this weekend, there’s an opportunity to join a guided walk this Saturday morning.
Joan Burton and Duse McLean will be doing their monthly walk from their book, Urban Walks, 23 Walks through Seattle’s Parks and Neighborhoods, Saturday, May 7.
With the good weather, we thought it would be a good time to do a walk in one of our favorite parks, so please join us for this month’s walk in Colman Park, on the shore of Lake Washington.
Colman Park is one of Seattle’s beautiful Olmsted parks, designed by the Olmsted Brothers Firm early in the 20th century. We’ll meet at the lower end of the park, along the shore of Lake Washington Boulevard, and walk up through the park to the top side of the park at 31st Avenue So.and end up back down at the lake shore. The walk isn’t long, but it is uphill. For those wanting a longer walk, Mt. Baker Park is just a little south of Colman Park and you can easily add it on after our walk.
Meet at 10 a.m. in the parking lot along the lake shore, a little south of the I-90 floating bridge: 1800 Lake Washington Blvd.
Free! No reservations – just please join us.
The Linden Avenue Complete Streets project is moving forward with an open house coming up this Wednesday, April 6. The project will implement 17 blocks of sidewalks, curbs, bike lanes, and trees on Linden Ave N from 128th St to 145th St. This design open house at the Bitter Lake Community Center, 13035 Linden Avenue North will allow the community to review and comment on the current design plans and is scheduled from 6:30 – 8:00 pm.
This April 6 is National Start! Walking Day and people are encouraged to get out and walk for at least 30 minutes out of the day. This initiative has been set up by the American Heart Association and is specifically targeted toward people in the workplace:
It’s simple to get your company to participate in National Start! Walking Day. Start by having your HR representative or Worksite Wellness coordinator fill out this registration form to download the National Start! Walking Day Toolkit for your company. It includes posters, flyers, a PowerPoint presentation and signs, which you can use to set up walking paths around the office. Look for the link to the kit in your confirmation email.
Susan Ott Ralph, who has walked 650 stairways in the city and mapped them online at Seattle All Stairs, hosts a slideshow this Friday at the Montlake Community Center from 7 – 8:30 PM.
There’s an open house tonight for the reconstruction of 15th Ave NE. This project will include improvements to sidewalks and crosswalks. From SDOT’s blog:
Beginning in January 2011 the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) will reconstruct most of 15th Avenue NE in the University District between NE Pacific Street and NE 55th Street. The roadway needs to be reconstructed to maintain an efficient and safe travel corridor for vehicles, pedestrians, and transit. To learn more and meet 15th Avenue NE project team members, come to an Open House December 8th!
The 15th Avenue NE project Open House details are as follows:
December 8, 2010
4:00 – 7:00 pm
University Heights Community Center
(5031 University Ave NE)
Room 209
Seattle Department of Transportation will be counting pedestrians and cyclists next year. Based on this information, SDOT will be better able to serve the needs of Seattle’s walking and cycling communities by making the case for more infrastructure improvements. SDOT is now recruiting volunteers to help count.
SDOT has traditionally relied on volunteers to help us count pedestrians and bicyclists, and we have been grateful for the enthusiastic participation in the past. With the new and improved methodology, we will need even more volunteers than before. We would like to recruit approximately 120 people to assist with the quarterly counts and hope you will be one of them.
Each volunteer will be asked to:
- Attend a short training (either in person or by viewing the training materials on line)
- Conduct counts for a two-hour period on a weekday or Saturday (or both!) once per quarter, starting in January.
Visit SDOT’s blog for more details.
Walk & Bike Beacon Hill
Neighborhood Transportation Summit
Beacon BIKES is hosting a neighborhood meeting to discuss exciting ways to improve safety and mobility while walking and biking on Beacon Hill! The event will be held this Saturday, November 20th, from 10am to noon at Beacon Hill International School. Numerous activities are planned, including:
• Help design safe walking and biking routes for kids, seniors, and families
• See proposed routes and destinations
• Meet the planners from ALTA Design, Steve Durrant, RLA and Kim Voros.
• Bring your kids and learn about bike safety for children
When: Saturday, November 20th, 10am to noon
Where: Beacon Hill International School, 2025 14th Avenue South, Seattle
Refreshments will be served. All ages are welcome and everyone’s invited, but if you can’t make it please look for Beacon Bikes on Facebook.
For more information, please contact Frederica Merrell, frmerrel@seattleschools.org.
Organized by Beacon Bikes and Alta Planning
with support from Seattle Department of Neighborhoods,
Beacon Hill International School, Bike Works and other Donors
WHAT’S THE PURPOSE OF BEACON BIKES? To design, plan and steward the creation of a family bike and pedestrian circulation system for Beacon Hill based on the work of innovative Portland design firm Alta. We aim to bring our community closer together by making our streets safer and encouraging people to get out of their cars and enjoy the neighborhood on foot and by bicycle.
