A safer trip between Georgetown and Downtown | LEVY DOLLARS AT WORK 

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Summary

• We’re connecting South Seattle neighborhoods to the regional bike network, keeping freight moving, and making trips safer for people walking and rolling. 
• Safety improvements are crucial in this area, which has seen numerous fatal collisions. 
• The Georgetown to Downtown Safety Project will link downtown Seattle with historic Georgetown, home to vibrant and diverse neighborhoods with industrial, small business, and manufacturing roots. 
• We’ve incorporated community feedback into the project, but we still want to hear your ideas! 
• When complete in late 2024, your trip from Georgetown to Downtown will be safer thanks to a new protected bike lane, more crosswalks, wider sidewalks, accessible curb ramps, and more. 
• Get involved! We’ll continue talking with you and your neighbors to help finalize the design. Sign up for our project email listserv to receive regular updates. 

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We’re connecting South Seattle neighborhoods to the regional bike network, keeping freight moving, and making trips safer for people walking and rolling 

The Georgetown to Downtown Safety Project will link downtown Seattle with historic Georgetown, home to vibrant and diverse neighborhoods with industrial, small business, and manufacturing roots. 

The protected bike lane will be an important link in a system of regional bike trails including the Green River Trail and Georgetown to South Park Safety Project that provide north-south bike routes for Seattle and South King County communities. The new bike lane will also create better connections to transit, linking Georgetown and South Park to the regional light rail network.   

We’ve incorporated community feedback into the project, and we still want to hear your ideas! 

We recently reached the 30% design milestone. This is an early milestone where we review community and partner agency feedback and determine major elements of the project, like sidewalk widths and how travel lanes will be used.  

We heard people ask us to closely coordinate with other projects in the area, improve lighting, pay special attention to driveways and intersections to ensure safety, maintain access for large trucks making wide turns to provide services to local businesses, and improve the intersection of Airport Way S and S Lucile St.  

We recently held a virtual public meeting to share the latest project scope, timeline, and progress with community members. 

When complete in late 2024, your trip from Georgetown to Downtown will be safer thanks to a new protected bike lane, more crosswalks, wider sidewalks, accessible curb ramps, and more. 

Here are some of the key benefits of the latest project plans: 

• Avoids major impacts in areas where freight vehicles intersect with people using other modes of transportation 
• Keeps parking and loading zones where possible to ensure continued access to local businesses 
• Adds protected bike lanes on Airport Way S and S Alaska St (two way) and on 6th Ave S (one way) 
• Adds new all-way stop at 6th Ave S and S Alaska St 
• Adds new accessible curb ramps and refreshed crosswalks at S Lucile St and Airport Way S 
• Adds a raised bus stop at S Edmunds St 
• And more! Learn more about the project design in the recording of our virtual public meeting. 

Get involved! We’ll continue talking with you and your neighbors to help finalize the design. Sign up for our project emails so you can receive regular updates. Thank you!