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Bicycle Program: Roosevelt Way NE – NE 75th to NE 115th
Updated July 28th To improve bicycle and pedestrian safety, The Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) is planning changes along NE Roosevelt Way between NE 75th Street and NE 115th Street. This project is part of the “Bridging the Gap” transportation levy approved by Seattle voters. SDOT is planning to install:
Our original proposal, released to the public in June, 2010 also included on-street parking removal from the west side of Roosevelt NE between NE 75th St and NE 85th St in order to install a dedicated bike lane in the uphill direction. The Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) received and reviewed more than 100 comments regarding this project. We heard support for additional bicycle facilities, more marked crosswalks and traffic calming. We also heard concerns about the impact of losing on-street parking and possible impact on transit operations with only one southbound vehicle lane. In order to conduct additional traffic and parking analysis over the fall and winter months, SDOT is postponing implementation of the plan between NE 75th Street and NE 85th Street until 2011. We anticipate the 15th Avenue Bridge will reopen by that time and traffic on Roosevelt will normalize. We will return to the community in early 2011 with an updated proposal. In the meantime, SDOT is planning to move forward with new bicycle facilities on Roosevelt Way NE between NE 85th Street and NE 115th Street. We will also install a new marked crosswalk at NE 90th Street as part of this work. This will not require permanent parking removal or reduction in the number of vehicle lanes. We expect to complete the work this year. HOW TO COMMENT You may email your comments to walkandbike@seattle.gov or call 206-684-7583.
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