On September 27th Mayor McGinn sent his proposed 2011-2012 budget to City Council. Because the recession has caused reductions in tax collections the proposed budget makes cuts in services in many areas. Among the cuts two will have a noticeable effect on Broadview. Public programs at Carkeek Park Environmental Learning Center will be eliminated (school programs will…
Category Archives: Linden Avenue N
Walkers need sidewalks, bicycles need designated paths ….
The Broadview Community Council had endorsed the completion of Vital Streets in Broadview-Bitter Lake-Haller Lake from the 1999 Plan. Vital Streets are the connecting streets that help form a community of users from all forms of transportation. Walkers need sidewalks, bicycles need designated paths or sharrows and buses need space and stops. We do want to have “complete…
Traffic Control Needed at N 143rd & Linden !
Here is a video of the unsafe intersection at N 143rd St. and Linden Ave. N. We have asked the Seattle Department of Transportation to install, at a minimum, stop bars, and preferraby a stop light. The drivers who do not stop make this a very unsafe intersection for the many pedestrians, bicyclists, disabled people…
Linden Design Update
On August 20 the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) project team for the Linden Avenue N Complete Street project held an open house at the Bitter Lake Community Center to update the community on the latest version of the design for the street improvements. Project manager Connie Zimmerman and project design engineer David Vijarro described…
Walkability Gains Ground
Hi Richard, I wanted to let you know that we enjoyed the Seattle Sketcher article and sketch about you and Linden Avenue yesterday in the Seattle Times! I’m sending along an attachment with the article in case you want to save it or forward it to others. Happy walks! -Sue and Jim Jensen Seattle
Mayor proposes $800,000 for Linden Avenue North
From today’s budget proposal by Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels: …The 2008 Proposed Budget also adds new money from the General Subfund and Real Estate Excise Tax (REET) for a variety of projects, including: Existing neighborhood-based project funds, which receive an additional $2 million. The City has had a Neighborhood Street Fund process for several years…
