Wallingford Neighborhood Greenway

Seattle’s First Neighborhood Greenway is Now Complete

SDOT worked closely with the community and the volunteer coalition Seattle Neighborhood Greenways to find solutions for making N 43rd and N 44th streets between Stone Way N and Latona Avenue NE friendlier for all travelers. Traffic calming improvements include adding a green bike box(es) at 43rd/Wallingford, 44th/Latona, and 44th/Thackery; constructing a median at 43rd and Stone Way; adding on-street parking and installing signs to reinforce existing parking restrictions; as well as the addition of new directional signs and pavement markings. The new Greenway provides access to Wallingford Center, Wallingford Playfield, Hamilton International School and the school programs located in the Lincoln High School building. It also offers an alternative route to using busier N 45th Street. Read the press release here and check out our short video of the Saturday, June 16 Ribbon Cutting.

Watch more of the neighborhood celebrating the opening and explore the new greenway virtually on this nifty film produced by Seattle Neighborhood Greenways.

History

The Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT), working with area residents, has evaluated and is proposing to install a neighborhood greenway in Wallingford. The community successfully competed for funding through the Neighborhood Project Fund in 2010.

Neighborhood greenways are routes on non-arterial streets that are optimized for safe, family-friendly bicycle and pedestrian travel, and are usually designed for reduced vehicle speeds and volumes.  The greenway will improve access to Wallingford Center, Wallingford Playfield, Hamilton International School, and the school programs located in the Lincoln High School building.

The Wallingford Neighborhood Greenway will start at Latona Avenue NE and NE 44th Street. The greenway will continue west on NE/N 44th Street and turn south onto Burke Avenue North.  From Burke, the greenway will continue west on North 43rd Street and cross Stone Way North.

Proposed project elements along the greenway route include:

• Signs and pavement legends
• Spot pavement repairs
• Crossing improvements
• Improved landscaping at some traffic circles
• Limited parking restrictions at traffic circles
• Median island with access changes at Stone Way North and North 43rd Street

• Revised Stone Way & N 43rd Street crossing improvement design
• Frequently Asked Questions
• December 8, 2011 Open House Presentation