Neighborhood Greenways
What's happening now?
Updated: February 25 , 2021
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Program Overview
Seattle is building a network of neighborhood greenways. Neighborhood greenways are safer, calm residential streets for you, your family and neighbors. On streets with low car volumes and speeds a greenway can:
- Improve safety
- Help people cross busy streets
- Discourage cars from using neighborhood streets to avoid main streets
- Protect the residential character of our neighborhoods
- Keep speeds low
- Get people to where they want to go like parks, schools, shops and restaurants
Map Reference | Existing Neighborhood Greenways with current activation, connection or construction | |
---|---|---|
1 | Olympic Hills | Connection construction 2017 |
2 | Cedar Park | |
3 | PhinneyWood/Interurban North | Upgrade construction 2017 |
4 | North Seattle | Includes Eagle Staff and Greenwood connections |
5 | Ballard 17th | |
6 | Wedgwood | New connection in design |
7 | Ballard 58th | |
8 | Wallingford | |
9 | U-District | |
10 | Central Area North-South | Continuing improvement/connection in planning |
11 | Madison Park | |
12 | Central Area East-West | Continuing improvement in design |
13 | Jackson Place | |
14 | Beacon Hill | |
15a | Rainier Valley North-South | Extension to Mountains to Sound trail in progress |
16 | Delridge 26th | Activation - Art Interruptions 2017 |
17 | Delridge-Highland Park | Upgrade & connection construction |
18 | Louisa-Boren STEM K-8 | |
19 | Kenyon (Rainier Valley East-West) | |
20a | Highland Park Elementary School Phase 1 | |
Neighborhood Greenways in Construction | ||
15b / 25 | Rainier Valley - S Kenyon St & Mountains to Sound Trail Connection | |
21 | Lowell-Meany Connection | |
22a | Central Ridge Phase 1 | |
23 | S King St + Judkins Park | |
24 | West Seattle Phase 1 + High Point Loop | |
Neighborhood Greenways in Design | ||
22b | Central Ridge Phase 2 | |
26 | Ingraham High School Connection (Ashworth Ave N) | |
27 / 28 | Northgate to Maple Leaf and Pinehurst | |
29a | Lake City to Maple Leaf Phase 1 | |
30 | Wedgwood to Roosevelt Connection | |
31 | 6th Ave NW | |
32 | Lincoln High School Connection | |
33 | Melrose Promenade | |
34 | Washington Middle School Connection | |
35 | West Seattle Phase 2 + Camp Long Connection | |
37 | Viewlands Elementary School Connection | |
38a | Interurban to Green Lake Connection | |
Neighborhood Greenways in Planning | ||
20b | Highland Park Elementary School Connection Phase 2 | |
36 | Hazel Wolf K8 to Pinehurst Connection | |
39 | NGW Connections to Missing Link | |
40 | Seattle Center to Waterfront Greenway | |
41 | Thomas St: 5th Ave N to Eastlake Ave E | |
42 | Emerson Elementary School connection | |
Neighborhood Greenways Funded Through Design / Plan | ||
29b | Lake City to Maple Leaf Phase 2 | |
38b | Interurban to Greenwood Connection | |
43 | Olympic Hills to Cedar Park | |
44 | Stevens Elementary School Connection | |
45 | Lake Washington Loop | |
46 | Beacon Hill Elementary School Connection | |
47 | North Admiral Connection | |
48 | Orca K-8 Connection |
Seattle's Neighborhood Greenway Network
Map updated 1/24/2020
Program Goals
What's a Neighborhood Greenway?
Neighborhood greenways are safer, calmer residential streets for you, your family, and neighbors. We make people walking and biking the priority.
Neighborhood greenways can include:
- easier crossings of busy streets with crosswalks, flashing beacons, or crossing signals
- speed humps to calm traffic
- stop signs for side streets crossing the greenway
- signs and pavement markings to help people find their way
- 20 mph speed limit signs
Once built, neighborhood greenways can:
- Create safe pathways for students to walk to school
- Strengthen communities around safer streets
- Create neighborhood placemaking
- Connect you and your neighbors to popular destinations such as schools, parks, business districts, and the city-wide bicycle network
- Provide alternative options of getting around your neighborhood by walking or biking
Read our Frequently Asked Questions to learn more.
Funding
Levy to Move Seattle
Approved by voters in November 2015, the 9-year, $930 million Levy to Move Seattle provides funding to improve safety for all travelers, maintain our streets and bridges, and invest in reliable, affordable travel options for a growing city.
The levy provides roughly 30% of the City's transportation budget and replaces the 9-year, $365 Bridging the Gap levy approved by voters in 2006.
The levy aims to take care of the basics, while also investing in the future with improvements to move more people and goods in and around a growing Seattle.
An oversight committee made up of Seattle residents, appointed by the Mayor and City Council, will monitor levy expenses and revenues, review program and project priorities, and make recommendations to the Mayor and City Council on how to spend levy proceeds.