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February 02, 2005
Pet peeves of Seattle area biking
After last weekend's rides, I've got several things that I think are wrong with Seattle-area biking:
1. Why isn't there a paved bike path through the Arboretum?
This is one of the most heavily utilized bike routes in the city, connecting the Burke-Gillman bike trail to the north with Lake Washington Boulevard to the south. I see that a bike/pedestrian trail is listed in the 2001 master plan approved by the City Council, but apparently the implementation of the plan has yet to be funded.
2. There ought to be a bike path through downtown Bellevue!
The streets are crowded with huge SUVs that aren't paying the slightest attention to bikes. This is a dangerous area to bike, and they ought to know better in Bellevue.
3. There should be a better exit onto Lk Washington Blvd from I-90.
Back before they rebuilt the Floating Bridge there used to be an exit from the westbound lane on the bridge right onto Lake Washington Blvd. That's thankfully not there for cars anymore, as it was pretty much a 90-degree turn off the bridge which stopped traffic and was dangerous as hell, but it seems like they could've retained it for bike and pedestrian use. Now bikes have to go up a very steep little hill in order to then get down onto the lakeshore.
Posted by oren at February 2, 2005 11:28 AM