Bikes on the ferry are always a lovely view.
Dad, pedestrian, bike user, transit explorer and occasional car driver experiencing the mobility infrastructures of Seattle. *Expert in complaining*
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Bikes on the ferry are always a lovely view.
Note to self: Don’t use the café lock to keep the bike from rolling when parked on a slope (I just broke a spoke).
On the upside, at least they’re not thorny blackberry shrubs.
A driver killed a shopper in a Kirkland grocery store. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
Stolen — Cargo Bike — Fremont / 43rd & Linden, Seattle • When: 3:49 AM on 8/30 • Possible sighting: ~6:00 AM in Tangletown, seen entering a commercial garage • Description: R&M Load 75 cargo bike with a black box and a green tarp over the box. •Report: bikeindex.org/bikes/3178408 DM me if you see it
Oh no, that’s awful. Really hope you can get it back.
We had to walk and push the bike on some on some of the hills; fortunately we run out of battery only 5 miles from the ferry terminal and it was after the major hills.
Oops I meant NE 117th st, 18% incline
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Yeah, it looked rough. I took the greenway on the way back, but one block of NE 120th st is so steep(17% incline) that it was a struggle even with the e-bike
Biking to Lake City after checking 2 different mapping apps, and reviewing street pictures: “Sure, it’s an arterial, but there’s a bike lane so should be low stress” The bike lane:
Yesterday I saw a driver do a U-turn in the middle of the Aurora Bridge. I guess double yellow lines and flex posts aren’t sending a strong enough message
Spent the day biking on Vashon, totally underestimated how hilly it is and ran out of battery before the end of our tour. Hauling 100+ pounds - bike plus kid - with nothing but leg power turned into a serious workout!
Update from SDOT: bsky.app/profile/seat...
Not exactly peak service for the city’s flagship transit line before a long-weekend
A reckless driver rammed through a so-called protected bike lane. These barriers clearly aren’t built to withstand the speed and size of vehicles on our city streets.
That’s crazy, these barriers provided zero protection. The barrier on the sidewalk side looks to be much more solid.
Simple and efficient design on 8th Ave NE crossing NE Northgate Way.
Traffic diverter crossing Greenwood Ave at N 100th st. Pretty good design to limit traffic through the greenway.
Another traffic diverter on the bike route between Lake City and U-District (located at Ravenna Ave NE and NE 95th st) Outdated style, missing clear marking or any safety feature.
Another great traffic diverter. This one enables to cross Lake City Way (at NE 82nd way). Good design but again very long wait (about 2 minutes, so I shorten the video)
Starting a traffic diverter appreciation post, because diverters are essential traffic calming tools, and we need more of them. Starting by this one on Pinehurst Way NE, 15th Ave NE and NE 117 ST. Nice design on this complex intersection, though the bike detection didn’t work (3 min wait)
Done, most of my complaints are usually going to FIFI. The problem with overgrown vegetation coming from private properties is that it can take months to a year to see some improvement.
We don’t expect adjacent property owners to maintain the roadway, and for good reason. So why do we treat sidewalks differently?
New summer camp today, so new commute. I thought, “One block on Lake City Way? No big deal since there’s a sidewalk.” Kid was not happy to go so close to the thorns
I wonder what would be the world today if people hadn’t vote for the Green Party in 2016.
Fowl traffic yesterday at Montlake
9th Ave N and Mercer Street
FYI, before picture from Google Street Maps
Nice diverter on N 100th St Greenway, except for the drivers crashing into the road signs
I only cross Mercer once a week (each way), yet somehow it’s always the same story: bike lane and crosswalk blocked. When will we fix this?
Last Friday, I witnessed a rare sight: a delivery truck parked in one of the car lanes instead of blocking the 8th Ave bike lane. Thank you!
Indeed! Everything seems easier when parking isn’t part of the equation
A couple of years back this was a traffic lane that looks like this
With the right design, even a state highway can have bike lanes where kids are truly safe (video of the Green Lake Outer Loop next to Aurora Avenue / Highway 99)
Summary from ChatGPT of the situation: “Traffic violence kills over 20× more people than subway incidents annually. Yet subway safety often dominates headlines due to visibility and fear, while traffic deaths—especially pedestrian ones—remain normalized”
Militarized enforcement for a $2.90 transit fare. Meanwhile, drivers with triple-digit speeding violations continue to endanger lives. nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/04/16/m...
Nice day to bike to the beach. West Green Lake Beach is really great, with bike lane access, lifeguards, and even free life jackets to borrow for the kiddos
They could just ask parking enforcement to focus on this, this will bring some revenue from the tickets and I’m sure the local TV channels will share the news for free…
Greenlake Jumps Party:
It was busy at the “save the greenlake jumps” event. My 6 y-o daughter, who has been going there for years, kept asking why anyone would want to remove the jumps.
Beautiful!
Man struck from behind while biking on section of Lake Washington Blvd where city dropped planned safety upgrades #SEAbikes #Seattle
Some context about the prequel: www.wallyhood.org/2025/06/wall...
The dirt jumps are used by so many families and BMX users. There is a petition to save them: chng.it/94tPfSBDvK I know SPS and Seattle Parks love their parking lots but they are better options (including option B).
My daughter has been a regular user of the (small) jumps since she had a balance bike. This is indeed super popular for families. BTW it seems that if they were open to remove parking on the Eastern side of the park, it may fit with a variation of option A… but option B would be so much better.
To truly ensure local access only, we’d need retractable bollards but I know it will not happen:( maybe a more realistic fix might be mid-block diverters that still allow alley access while cutting off through traffic.
It’s nearly impossible to go through Bell Street without spotting traffic violations. Another example here: a driver going the wrong way on the Healthy Street (visible in the background as I was a bit far).
“Trucks OK. Bicycles OK.” What could possibly go wrong?
First time riding the nearly finished bike lane on Bell St between 1st & Elliott. Loving the boulders in the buffer!
I’m sure drivers making illegal right turns on red are carefully checking for bikes coming from the bidirectional lane…
Grade separation ends, no markings, no signage. Legally, the only thing stopping drivers from parking here is the 20-foot rule near crosswalks… which, of course, everyone knows…
“Protected’ bike lane blocked by a driver, right next to a four-lane, high-traffic street. Who thought this was a good design? (Elliott Way and Lenora). CC @seattle.carinbikelane.com
That’s the 58th different playground my daughter and I have visited in Seattle - and there are still plenty more to explore. Between Seattle Parks and Seattle Public Schools (whose playgrounds are usually open outside school hours), the city offers so many options…
“Local stores next to the protected bike-lane have seen a 49% increase in sales, compared to an average of 3% for Manhattan as a whole.” (Among MANY other public benefits.) Want To Make More Money? Build A Business On A Bike Lane. #CityMakingMath via @fastcompany.com #BikeLanesMeanBusiness
Finally had a chance to visit the “Jellyfish Playground” on the waterfront - it’s BEAUTIFUL, though somewhat smaller than I expected.
Kids' bikes in Paris. When it is safe for kids to ride in the city it is safe for everyone. Streets are for everyone. Safety is for everyone. #paris #15minutecity #urbanism #bike #children #safety #biking #childrensbikes #bikerack
RSVP is live for the Wilson for Seattle family-friendly Bike Parade this upcoming Bicycle Weekend, cohosted with @seattlebikeblog.com! We’ll have bike decorating, snacks, a no-drop bike parade, and more! Join us August 23rd!
To be fair, later in the day there is a Magnuson Cafe and Brewery but it opens at 11:30am… But there is really a lack of businesses around and blocks and blocks of single family houses
Sometimes Seattle feels oddly suburban: After dropping my kid at summer camp in Magnuson Park this morning, I searched for the nearest open coffee shop to work from. Closest one: 34-minute walk or 12 minutes by bike.
CC @seattle.carinbikelane.com
(And to be super clear, I mean “optional” in terms of the role of each block of bike lane in a continuous, protected network)
A couple of pictures from my commute today… As long as bike lanes are treated as optional, and detours remain unprotected, we’re nowhere near a bike network that works for everyone.
Years of community engagement were not enough, let’s do a random Office Forms survey… :(
I pointed out a stop sign to a driver ignoring it on a Greenway, she responded with a middle finger. Classy…
And that’s just 25 seconds. Maybe it was the rain, but today felt especially rough…
Totally agree. In just 25 seconds, this video captures a driver cutting off the bike lane without signaling, a semi creeping into a crosswalk despite a “no turn on red” sign (will it stop before the bike lane?) and another driver casually rolling 2 wheels onto the grade-separated bike lane/bus stop.
drivers are creative with diverters… yesterday at another intersection I saw a driver doing this move (see picture) to avoid a diverter (this is not the first time I see this at that spot)…
That “spot the difference” game isn’t easy, especially the last one. Same number of driving lanes, parking on both sides… is the only change just brighter pavement?
It looks like a lonely sign indeed…
My short stretch along Sand Point Way NE was the soggiest part of the ride, thanks to the splash from passing cars. By the way, is Sand Point Way officially part of the Lake Washington Loop? That sign should redirect cyclists toward the Burke-Gilman Trail closest entrance instead.
It was a wet commute…
it’s Interesting that there’s no permanent bike counter near Green Lake. My bike commute is about an hour a day in the summer, but I rarely pass any of the official counters
My kind of parking! Love seeing the ratio of family bikes to other: 4 out of 9 here can carry kids. And it’s like this all around Green Lake (wading pool, beach, etc.)
“The federal jury held that Tesla bore significant responsibility because its technology failed and that not all the blame can be put on a reckless driver” www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Biking in the Missing Link is so dangerous. There’s probably a middle ground between the current situation and the full trail implementation. If I were the city and got sued over this stretch, I’d install stop signs at every intersection and set up speed cameras.
Saving this for a future before-and-after. Rode past the upcoming Pinehurst light rail station on N 130th the other day: looking forward to to see the future bike and pedestrian upgrades here. More info here: www.seattle.gov/transportati... (Video speed 2x)
Many flex posts on Ravenna looks like the ones here. Concrete barriers will be a nice upgrade.
Ravenna is on the list of bike lanes slated for upgrades under the Transportation Levy delivery plan, and preliminary work seems to have begun (see the paint markings in the video)
I have a very visible blue bike, I keep the front light on even during the day but somehow I feel invisible…
Until drivers learn to use turn signals or check their mirrors, I suggest we avoid this particular design of “protected” bike lanes at intersections.
I would normally take the Burke Gilman trail to go from Green Lake to Magnuson Park but the Transit app suggested a shorter, but still safe, commute using Greenways.
With our kid in a different summer camp nearly every week, each Monday kicks off a brand-new commute. Today’s was a steep climb, but the view from View Ridge was worth it. (Video speed 4x)
For context I circled that intersection on the map in red. The other way, with the protected bike lane on 15 Ave NE, not only is longer but has a vanishing bike lane just before Lake City Way so it’s not as connected as the map suggests.
That commute runs through one of the worst intersections in town (between Green Lake’s bike lanes and the 8th Ave greenway). Still, you see 3 parents with kids on their bikes converging there. Just imagine how many more people would bike here with a better intersection.
(I still have not updated the camera clock to remove daylight saving so it was more like 5pm)
Green Lake at rush hours: bike lanes are pretty busy.
Last week my kid was in a summer camp where they take the kids to fun field trips, all by public transit. This is not a luxury, this is a more practical option for small structures who can rely on public transit rather than purchasing and operating mini buses or requiring the parents to haul kids.
4 miles each way, to be precise. I guess with Fridays being work-from-home for many, the parent-to-commuter ratio is different
This morning’s 8-mile ride to summer camp was telling, about half the cyclists I passed were parents on a family bike with kids. Hard to believe how uncommon that was just a few years ago.
More context on the lawsuit: www.king5.com/article/news...
Green Lake Dr N is not my favorite bike lane. There is actually a lawsuit against the city after to a major bike accident here, and ironically a driver of a city-owned truck did a questionable U-Turn since he didn’t see me coming. Van blocking the bike lane 2 blocks before is extra.
My local park bathroom was missing a door for years. I made a FIFI request because I was really uncomfortable letting my kid use it without one. Now there’s a door. I guess the takeaway is: don’t assume anything will get fixed unless you report it yourself.
Oh I didn’t realize we do this here at Alki. This should be extended to more places.
The drawback is that it may be much harder to park the bike or scooter, for example when I wanted to park a Lime bike in Paris they strictly enforced location and maximum nimber of bikes per bike corral so I had to park 500 meter further.
While traveling in Europe, I found that scooter and bike shares rarely block the sidewalks. In this picture, for example, dedicated space has been reclaimed from car parking.
I didn’t take many pictures while biking, but it’s impressive to see how they’ve added bike lanes to some of the city’s most bike-unfriendly spots—like Place de la Bastille, which felt scary to bike through when I lived in Paris.
I spent last Saturday in Paris and biked there for the first time in a while. The bike lanes were wide and beautiful—it’s no wonder so many people are biking now!
Nick Collecchi 
