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Bike box at 7th and Dearborn helps bikers turn left visibly
The city’s third use of bike boxes shows that SDOT has been experimenting with very different uses for bike boxes. The bike box at 7th and Dearborn in the International District will help cyclists...
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SDOT’s year-end bike project roundup
Red lines represent new projects SDOT wrote a blog post summing up their bike-related efforts this year. Needless to say, this year was great and tough at the same time. Our city installed miles of...
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Why we should throw parties for bike projects
Seattle Likes Bikes is somewhat skeptical of Seattle’s newish bike boxes, saying they are confusing. And, it does seem that a lot of people, bike riders and drivers alike, are confused by them (though...
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Bike box and new pavement coming to 34th Ave N in Fremont
34th Ave N is getting some much-needed work, including a repaved surface and what could be the city’s most useful bike box yet. The street is a major connection between the Fremont Bridge and the...
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More details on N 34th St bike box (with images!)
We reported earlier this week on changes coming to N 34th St in Fremont. This vital connector is finally getting repaved, and SDOT is using the opportunity to make some much-needed changes to the...
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N 34th Street project demonstrates the bike box’s true potential
Photo from the SDOT Blog I have heard nothing but praise and excitement so far for the new N 34th Street bike box, which SDOT completed last month. Where other bike boxes in the city (such as the bike...
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It’s time to start designing safer intersections
With all of the progress the city has made in recent years making streets safer and easier for biking, there is a clear lack of changes at intersections. Sometimes the city is afraid of removing...
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Poll: Majority of Washington residents support installing more bike boxes
Workers install the city's first bike box September 2010 at 12th and PineA recent PEMCO Insurance poll found that while only a third of the Washington State respondents they contacted were familiar...
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PDX Study: Downhill bike boxes may increase collisions
N 34th and Fremont Ave bike box. Photo from the SDOT Blog A multi-year study of bike-involved collisions at Portland intersections that have bike boxes has returned mixed results showing only minimal...
View ArticleWest Seattle adjusts to its first bike box + Price of install drops 30%
Andover-Delridge Bike Box 11-26-2012 from J&S Adventures on Vimeo. West Seattle got its first bike box this week, designed to help people safely make a left turn from Andover to Delridge Way just...
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SDOT on how to use two-stage left turn boxes
As part of the much-heralded Cherry Street protected bike lane project (you know, the one prompted by a now-famously polite crew of guerrilla bike advocates), the city also installed its first...
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