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June 24th Pinehurst Community Council Meeting

Join your neighbors for a Pinehurst Community Council Meeting on Wednesday, June 24th from 7-8:30 pm at Pinehurst Shelterhouse in Pinehurst Playfield.

Wednesday, June 24 at 7:00pm – 8:30pm Pinehurst Playfield: 12029 14th Ave NE, Seattle WA 98125

Agenda: Pinehurst School Safety Project Northgate Pedestrian/Bike Bridge Pinehurstfest 2015 NE 130th Street LINK Light […]

Street Improvements Coming Soon

Some sidewalks are coming around 24th Avenue NE and Lake City Way. And there will soon be more safety features at NE 110th St and Lake City Way for Nathan Hale students crossing the street. More work is planned along the corridor at 14th/15th Avenues NE, 20th NE, NE 125th Street, NE 130th Street, NE […]

Draft Trees and Sidewalks Operations Plan Ready for Comments

So you’re out for a stroll in the neighborhood and you come across a sidewalk that’s starting to buckle. As you take a closer look, it’s easy to tell that the roots of the large, beautiful tree next to the sidewalk are the cause of the problem.

Street trees and sidewalks both play vital roles […]

Pinehurst School Traffic Safety Meetings!

There has been a lot of talk about the new school being constructed on the site of the current Pinehurst school. People have had a lot of ideas for improvements that need to be made in the area and this is a good opportunity to share you ideas on how to make our neighborhood a […]

Pinehurst School Traffic Safety Meetings 5/13, 5/14

The Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) is launching a collaborative process to review traffic safety conditions along the walking and biking routes to Pinehurst School. Traffic safety is SDOT’s number one priority. As children walking and biking to school are especially vulnerable, SDOT is committed to improving school traffic safety by reducing speeding and […]

How Candidates Stand on Walkability

http://www.feetfirst.org/how-candidates-stand-on-walkability#

This is a general reminder that you should already have you ballots and they need to be postmarked by November 5th. And given that sidewalks and walkability are often one of the primary concerns in the area I thought people might be interested in FeetFirst’s guide to the candidates. The full link is above […]

Northgate Station Ped/Bike Access

You might see some of this if you attend the Northgate meeting tomorrow (er, today) but I thought it was still worth sharing for everybody who couldn’t make it. Richard Conlin has a post up about the effectiveness of investments in pedestrian and bike access to the future light rail station. It’s worth reading the […]

Sidewalk Repairs on Lake City Way at NE 123rd Street

Tuesday and Wednesday, August 28 and 29, the Seattle Department of Transportation will make repairs to the sidewalk northbound on Lake City Way at NE 123rd Street. During the work the sidewalk will remain open for pedestrians. However, the crosswalk, northbound right travel lane and right curb lane will be blocked off during the work […]

$20 Millon for Northgate Pedestrian and Bicycle Improvements

This is a huge win for Northgate pedestrians and bicyclists! This week the Seattle City Council and the Sound Transit board unanimously passed resolutions committing a total of $20 million to pedestrian and bicycle improvements for the future Northgate light rail station. Thanks go to Seattle Councilman Richard Conlin, who led the charge within the […]

New sidewalk completed on NE 115th St

The new sidewalk on NE 115th St is finished! SDOT will be returning soon to plant the two street trees in the planting strip. Since a picture is worth a 1000 words, I refer you to this photograph gallery.

Sidewalk 11/28/2011 […]