http://blog.cascade.org/2010/04/set-back-for-safety-on-the-missing-link/ Creating a better community through bicycling, throughout Seattle, King County and Washington state. Thu, 23 May 2013 22:31:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://blog.cascade.org/2010/04/set-back-for-safety-on-the-missing-link/comment-page-1/#comment-123 mikew Wed, 21 Apr 2010 17:11:15 +0000 http://blog.cascade.org/?p=1035#comment-123 I think the trail should be put along Ballard Ave. Cut over on 14th making minor improvements (it's already a double wide street), and then make ballard ave a 1-way the entire way with a bike path in the dead lane. It'd make the street more pleasant for walking and businesses, and you could fit 2 rows of parking and a bike lane if it was all 1 way. The businesses on the street might also not be as against the plan, since they're more urban consumer oriented. I think the trail should be put along Ballard Ave. Cut over on 14th making minor improvements (it’s already a double wide street), and then make ballard ave a 1-way the entire way with a bike path in the dead lane. It’d make the street more pleasant for walking and businesses, and you could fit 2 rows of parking and a bike lane if it was all 1 way. The businesses on the street might also not be as against the plan, since they’re more urban consumer oriented.

]]> http://blog.cascade.org/2010/04/set-back-for-safety-on-the-missing-link/comment-page-1/#comment-108 Chris Rule Mon, 19 Apr 2010 19:42:06 +0000 http://blog.cascade.org/?p=1035#comment-108 Hi, fortunately it wasn't a matter of "skimping." SDOT extensively studied the route for the project, but the judge ruled that the segment not studied should be because it was identified as the "permanent" or future route, s. Ironically, the appellants just got the city to study putting the trail precisely where those few businesses (Salmon Bay, etc.) do not want it to be. Hi, fortunately it wasn’t a matter of “skimping.” SDOT extensively studied the route for the project, but the judge ruled that the segment not studied should be because it was identified as the “permanent” or future route, s. Ironically, the appellants just got the city to study putting the trail precisely where those few businesses (Salmon Bay, etc.) do not want it to be.

]]> http://blog.cascade.org/2010/04/set-back-for-safety-on-the-missing-link/comment-page-1/#comment-95 outdoorgrrl Fri, 16 Apr 2010 22:13:30 +0000 http://blog.cascade.org/?p=1035#comment-95 Would love to read the opinion. If SDOT really did skimp on their environmental review prior to issuing a DNS as the appellees allege, then shame on them. It's a setback that could have been avoided entirely. Would love to read the opinion. If SDOT really did skimp on their environmental review prior to issuing a DNS as the appellees allege, then shame on them. It’s a setback that could have been avoided entirely.

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