Ashworth Ave N Neighborhood Greenway

Updated: April 25, 2024

Project Overview

The Ashworth Ave N Neighborhood Greenway connects residents to local schools, parks, and businesses as well as the citywide transportation network. The new neighborhood greenway will bring affordable, active transportation options for people of all ages and abilities. We will be constructing several projects in your neighborhood. These projects will improve the network connection and keep walking and biking safe near James Baldwin Elementary (formerly Northgate Elementary School) and Ingraham High School. Below is a list of completed and upcoming projects in your neighborhood, along with their estimated start dates for construction.

Lighting

• New Pedestrian Lighting (2024)

Shared Use Path and Safety Improvements

• Ashworth Ave N & N 125th St (completed December 2023): Added marked crosswalks on the west side of N 125th St and the south side of Ashworth Ave N and painted bike dots at the intersection.
• Meridian Ave N & N 120th St (2024): Installing curb ramps at four corners and full concrete curbs at NE and NW corners to connect to the existing bus pads. Install marked crosswalks with Rectangular Rapid Flashing Beacons (RRFB's) on both the north and south legs.
• 1st Ave NE & Corliss Ave N (as soon as 2026): Making intersection safety improvements and connections for the 1st Ave NE Shared-Use Path.
• 1st Ave NE Shared-Use Path (between N 117th St and N 130th St) (as soon as 2026): Creating a key north-south walking and biking connection to Sound Transit's NE 130th St Infill Station opening in 2026.
• N 130TH St Vision Zero Safety Corridor (between 1st Ave NE and Stone Ave N) (2024): Improving safety, creating connections to Sound Transit’s future Infill Station, and accommodating new bus service from King County Metro.
• NE 130th & NE 125th Mobility and Safety Project (2025-2026) improvements will make it easier and more comfortable for people walking, biking, rolling, and taking transit to access Sound Transit's future station. 

New Pedestrian Walkway/Sidewalk Projects: These projects will complete a missing gap in the sidewalk for people around James Baldwin Elementary School.

• Walkway projects on north side of N 120th St by Seattle Public Utilities and Seattle Department of Transportation (2024)
• Walkway project on N 117th St by Seattle Public Utilities South Thornton Natural Drainage System Project (2024)

Sidewalk Projects on Corliss Ave N between N 120th St and N 117th St: This project will complete a missing gap in the sidewalk network for pedestrians around James Baldwin Elementary School.

• Seattle Public Utilities project (completed) (North section of the block)
• Seattle Department of Transportation project (2023-2024) (South section of the block)

Crossing Signal Project

• Ashworth Ave N & N 130th St by SDOT (completed August 2023): Constructed new curb ramps, traffic signal, and sidewalks in missing sections. This project connects people walking, biking, and rolling, along the Ashworth Neighborhood Greenway across N 130th.

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 traffic signals
• speed humps to calm traffic
• stop signs for side streets crossing the neighborhood greenway
• signs and pavement markings to help people find their way

Materials

• Ashworth Neighborhood Greenway Mailer (April 2023)
• Ashworth Neighborhood Greenway Fact Sheet (September 2019)
• Ashworth Neighborhood Greenway Fact Sheet (March 2019)