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Celebrate Mother’s Day on Seattle’s waterfront and get Free Parking for Mom

Enjoy picturesque views, have great food at one of several participating restaurants on the waterfront, visit the Seattle Aquarium, or take your mom on an Argosy Cruise and get up to four hours of free parking. The Washington State Department of Transportation and the City of Seattle are teaming up… [ Keep reading ]

NE Section of the Cheshiahud Loop Trail Gets a Much Needed Makeover

Out for Sustainability partnered with the City of Seattle, Starbucks and volunteer-based organizations in a spectacular “Earth Gay” event for Earth Day, April 22nd 2012.  More than 300 volunteers got to work bringing new life to almost a mile of Westlake Avenue N’s biking and pedestrian trail, restored urban forest… [ Keep reading ]

BTG is Building Seattle’s Bike Network and Making it Easier to Navigate

The month of May brings us warmer weather and that means more cyclists on our roads.  It is also National Bike Month!  Thousands of cyclists will take to the roads across the county and in Seattle challenging each other to ride for exercise, to get to work and just for… [ Keep reading ]

West Thomas Street Pedestrian & Bicycle Overpass to Open in July

The weather outside may get sunny again Saturday leaving many during National Bike Month to pine away for new adventures.  One such adventure, high above Elliott Avenue West and sailing over some Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) railroad tracks, might be travel along the West Thomas Street Pedestrian & Bicycle Overpass.  I… [ Keep reading ]

Once Around the Web: Bikelicious!

May is Bike Month! Time to dust off your bike, replace the batteries in your lights, go buy a fun new bike bell and join the National Bike Challenge. This free program runs May 1 to August 31 with the goal of uniting 50,000 people to bike 10 million miles…. [ Keep reading ]

Final Design for Mercer West Presented at Open House

The Mercer West project team held an open house last week for the public to learn more about how the design has progressed since last June 2010. Approximately 170 attendees came to the meeting to ask questions and view the information presented. If you missed it, you can view one… [ Keep reading ]

Art Project to Light up Jackson Plaza at King Street Station

On May 3, 2012, the Rebar artist group will unveil their new temporary installation at Jackson Plaza, called “Seattlight.”  Commissioned to celebrate and bring attention to this new public plaza that was created as part of the King Street Station restoration, the artwork enlivens the plaza with light. “Seattlight” is… [ Keep reading ]

The Parking Squid

    The “Parking Squid” for bikes is under construction!  Decorative Metal Arts, a metal fabricator located in SODO, is fabricating this bike rack designed by local artist Susan Robb. The structure is made from galvanized steel and is funded by Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) 1% for Art… [ Keep reading ]

Northgate Improvements Coming

The Northgate area has seen significant improvements in recent years, with a new community center, library and park as well as a new Fifth Avenue NE entrance into the Northgate Mall complete with cobblestone-look crosswalks… Lately you may have also noticed a change at Key Bank, at the intersection of… [ Keep reading ]

Once Around the Web: Watch Out!

It’s video round-up time! Huge Biomimetic ‘Supertrees’ Taking Root on Singapore’s Waterfront Look Out Trees — Here Come Supertrees! Treehugger has put together a great post about the vertical garden “Supertrees” that are a piece of the Gardens by the Bay project which is expected to open on June 29,… [ Keep reading ]