SAVE 35th AVE NE

STOP REMOVING STREETS AND BRING CURBS BACK

7 years ago Featured

On Roosevelt Way the the bike lanes and the reduction were a coffin nail for business. On a typical cold wet day virtually no one is in the bike lanes, on nice days it very light. They do nothing to improve traffic flow or transportation in general.

Enough with imposing more unnecessary bike lanes at the expense of the majority of commuters. Fancy bike lanes recently installed elsewhere never get used as it is!

We can see the damage that bike lanes to do traffic throughput with the results of the disastrous NE 65TH Street and NE 75TH Street bike lanes. Throughout the day, those lanes are almost entirely unused. It is not an exaggeration to estimate 3 to 5 bicyclists in an entire 24 hour period.

There are much safer alternatives for bike travel than adding designated bike lanes to a major arterial in this neighborhood. Maximum parking capacity is necessary on 35th for the thousands of residents and dozens of businesses located on that street. Wedgewood already has a bike greenway on 39th Ave NE. Another bike greenway could be created on 30th Ave NE to connect with the Burke Gilman trail north of University Village with far less disruption.

First they will come for our cars, then they will come for our homes. Why does the City of Seattle want to install more people into an environmentally and seismically sensitive landscape? It makes as much sense as building homes on the banks of our volatile rivers and streams.

Resident living on 35th AVE NE.

No bikes lane on 35th Ave n.e.

our streets are being subject to usage not by local residence or businesses but by special interest groups. When all the local businesses have left we will then have to depend on Amazon for all of or services.

I'm a former resident and saw what happened to 75th NE when bike lanes went in. Last Friday I had reason to drive the length of 35th NE and noticed what was happening, including a block of houses that seemed to be ready to be torn down. One way and another I was appalled at what I saw happening to yet another neighborhood. Neighborhoods are being destroyed one by one and it's tragic! DON'T THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THE 35TH NE AREA NEED TO HAVE A VOICE?

I’ve lived in Ravenna for 23 years and frequent the businesses along 35th - Starbucks, Top Pot, Grateful Bread, the library, 8 Limbs. Would I still patronize these businesses if I couldn’t park along 35th? No. I am also a biker - I commute from work in downtown Bellevue to my home in Ravenna, and I also enjoy biking on the Burke Gilman on weekends. I would never bike on 35th, not even if bike lanes were installed. I would bike along 34th or 37th. Simply put, cars in Seattle are not bike aware or bike friendly. Friends have been hit by cars while riding in Seattle and one individual I know was killed. It’s safest to bike where the least amount of traffic is and that is along less busy streets. I hope you’ll reconsider the addition of bike lanes along 35th. I cant really think of a worse street to add them.

Why does the city want to make it harder and harder for people trying to live and work in the city harder. I challenge those that are taking away parking on 35th to pretend they have to be at work at 10.am, 4pm and 8pm at Wedgwood Broiler and the other businesses along that stretch of commerce. Get there 10 days in a row, but figure in a sick child, your illness or an emergency. There is absolutely no logical or humane reason for the revision of 35th ne. Smacks of some entity wantkng businesses to fail in order to obtain a prime piece of real estate for Below Market!

I've seen what bike lanes have done to NE 75th St. It's gridlock at rush hour. Plus the bike lanes are never used. I frequently go to the NE Seattle Library on 35th. Parking is bad now. Eliminating parking on the west side of the street will make parking much worse. Stop the city council and SDOT from implementing this plan.

how much $ per bicycle usage? I don't see many bikes in bike lanes wherever t bike lanes are. Local business should get priority. Put bikes on safer side streets.

If you want a great example of the insanity of protected bike lanes, look no further than NE 65th Street running west from Sand Point Way. Please go and count the bikes you see in that protected bike lane. Maybe three all day? Bring a chair, you'll need it. Hello, the BG Trail crosses this bike lane. Where do YOU think bikers ride?

I TOTALLY AGREE with Save35thAveNE. The loss of parking and one lane of traffic for MILES is unnecessary and insane. Roosevelt Way lost miles of parking for a protected bike lane that is mainly used during morning rush our. The rest of the day there are almost no bikes. Where are thousands of residents from NE 40th St. to NE 85th Street supposed to park? What happens to thousands of cars? Not to mention hundreds of storefronts disrupted. Let's be sane and reasonable about this. (Yeah, opponents will say I'm not.) SHOW ME THE NUMBERS: HOW MANY BIKES RIDE UP AND DOWN 35TH AVE EVERY DAY??? Does that justify destroying small businesses and wasting millions of dollars, and causing even worse traffic jams? Really?

Please listen to the cyclists who do not think this is a good idea. Parking on 35th is key for many businesses.

The city’s plan is terrible, I am 100% opposed to it. We have already ruined 15th NE for neighbors and commuter traffic in order to provide bike lanes for a route near and parallel to 35th NE. ENOUGH!

I live on the 7700 of 21st Ave. N.E. and own a rental house on the same block of 38th Ave. N.E. I use 35th Ave. N.E. and the businesses located on it almost on a daily basis. I also use the Northeast Branch library and the Wedgwood Branch post office regularly. Removing parking, narrowing the lanes and otherwise impeding the efficient flow of traffic will most likely result in increased congestion, loss of businesses, loss of customers, loss of "neighborhood," and a lower quality of life for residents.

Please put the bike lanes on side streets! We need to keep the car and parking lanes on 35th NE