$12 million dollars a mile for bike lanes? No! Keep your hands off my road.
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Joanne Buckster
8 years ago
No bikes!
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Anne Acosta
8 years ago
I live on 33rd Ave NE between 62nd and 60th streets. Most of the houses on my street do not have driveways. We are fine with traffic from the two schools at either end of our block, but moving all of the cars parking on 35th Ave NE will make our neighborhood less safe. I biked to work in many coyote around the the world and have seen that the major streets like this one are dangerous and unnecessary when existing bike streets exist only 4 blocks away that connect to to the Burke Gilman trail. It will hurt businesses, increase accidents against cyclists at 55th St. and will bring in more parking congestion and traffic getting around 35th into very narrow side avenues. Please don’t do this. It makes no sense to the people who live here. It’s a residential area. Thank you.
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Gray Cantwell
8 years ago
My husband and I have been amazed at the recent congestion on 35th. We have lived in the area for 46 years and are now surprised at how narrow it seems. We love biking but would never ride along this street. When you add bike lanes to streets like this you are suggesting that it is a safe place for a biker to ride and that is not the case here. :( The Post Office area is especially dangerous with all the parking folks opening their car doors out into the street . Yes, our city council is not responding to the needs of neighborhoods and the people living in them because they are only interested in their own progressive desires which do not fulfill our needs. Use your vote wisely in the next elections.
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Jennifer
8 years ago
There is not enough room for safe passage by cyclists on select portions of 35th Ave NE. See below for suggested modifications to existing plan.
35th Ave NE at 55th is a narrow stretch of road that already requires oncoming traffic to stop to allow wider vehicles like buses, delivery trucks, and contractor trucks/vans to pass during rush hour, when parking is already restricted to only one side of the street.
The proposed plan (between 47th and 65th) shows 7' for parking and 3' for a bike lane before the first traffic lane. Even if a cyclist is riding only 6" away from each parked car, that allotted 3' width of bike lane does not give the recommended 3' of clearance bikes should have from passing vehicles. Cars will either have to veer into oncoming traffic lanes, give inadequate bike clearance, or be slowed down by a cyclist riding along "consolidated" parking lanes, thus compromising safety and/or worsening congestion.
I live in the area and notice that cars parked on the street regularly have drivers' mirrors swiped by passing vehicles. Now place a cyclist in that space between a moving car and parked car. Dangerous. A cyclist who feels unsafe would likely utilize the sidewalk to pass through such risky areas, thus decreasing safety for unsuspecting pedestrians. This effect is seen in SLU, currently.
Imagine public utilities trucks stopping every 50ft to load recycling bins in the middle of both a bike lane and traffic lane, then later that morning the process is repeated by a separate truck to collect garbage. Where does a cyclist go? Sidewalk/driveway? Oncoming traffic lanes?
What about the ubiquitous Amazon delivery trucks/vans? Seven feet of parking space is too narrow for delivery trucks to pull into parking lanes without encroaching into bike lanes.
This project is poorly designed in other ways as well. For example, the proposal has bike lanes from 47th-65th on the only side of the street where cars will actively be pulling out from drivewa
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Lisa Calvert
8 years ago
This plan makes no sense.
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Stephanie Shandera
8 years ago
even according studies done by the city, bike lanes are used by about 1% of the population. This area has a majority of families with children and retired and older individuals. One of the great things about Seattle are the neighborhoods and the fact that small businesses serve those neighborhoods. The city council needs to re-think their priorities!
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Anonymous
8 years ago
This project does not reflect the wishes of the majority. Stop City Council from acting on their own behalf.
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Elsie Crossman
8 years ago
Leave 35th street as is. 35th is only arterial in NE Seattle that runs from 45 street to 130th street. Agree with other comments.
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Tom Boyle
8 years ago
The city screwed up when they didn't sufficiently widen 35th a few years ago when they had the chance to do it right...now they want to compound their mistakes.
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Nick Kolias
8 years ago
SDOT should not change anything. These road 'diets' or whatever nonsense they call it are slowly destroying the city. Stop the war on cars & trucks!
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Richard Streater
8 years ago
35th Ave. NE is working fine now.....don't screw it up with bike lanes!!!
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Anonymous
8 years ago
It is too dangerous to put a bike lane on 35th. You are displacing parking for local residents and creating a safety hazard.
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Andrew Hanhardt
8 years ago
Keep the fight going.
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Kent Opheim
8 years ago
To improve safety and for better vehicle flow, add more left turn pockets, e.g. at intersections with NE 55th, NE 65th, NE 70th, NE 75th,
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Sandra Perkins
8 years ago
Please do what is best for the majority, including drivers and the business owners. Cyclists have other options.
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Anonymous
8 years ago
support
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Connie Lockridge
8 years ago
Please Stop this plan that will destroy our wonderful community. Bike lanes do NOT work for the businesses regardless of what that kid's (now head of SPin bikes) term paper said. What a sham!
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Ian J
8 years ago
Removing car lanes will not reduce congestion. Bike lanes on 35th are a dumb idea
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Paul and Kathleen Seely
8 years ago
Safety issues related to increased traffic exiting a clogged 35th Ave to speed through side streets
$12 million dollars a mile for bike lanes? No! Keep your hands off my road.
No bikes!
I live on 33rd Ave NE between 62nd and 60th streets. Most of the houses on my street do not have driveways. We are fine with traffic from the two schools at either end of our block, but moving all of the cars parking on 35th Ave NE will make our neighborhood less safe. I biked to work in many coyote around the the world and have seen that the major streets like this one are dangerous and unnecessary when existing bike streets exist only 4 blocks away that connect to to the Burke Gilman trail. It will hurt businesses, increase accidents against cyclists at 55th St. and will bring in more parking congestion and traffic getting around 35th into very narrow side avenues. Please don’t do this. It makes no sense to the people who live here. It’s a residential area. Thank you.
My husband and I have been amazed at the recent congestion on 35th. We have lived in the area for 46 years and are now surprised at how narrow it seems. We love biking but would never ride along this street. When you add bike lanes to streets like this you are suggesting that it is a safe place for a biker to ride and that is not the case here. :( The Post Office area is especially dangerous with all the parking folks opening their car doors out into the street . Yes, our city council is not responding to the needs of neighborhoods and the people living in them because they are only interested in their own progressive desires which do not fulfill our needs. Use your vote wisely in the next elections.
There is not enough room for safe passage by cyclists on select portions of 35th Ave NE. See below for suggested modifications to existing plan. 35th Ave NE at 55th is a narrow stretch of road that already requires oncoming traffic to stop to allow wider vehicles like buses, delivery trucks, and contractor trucks/vans to pass during rush hour, when parking is already restricted to only one side of the street. The proposed plan (between 47th and 65th) shows 7' for parking and 3' for a bike lane before the first traffic lane. Even if a cyclist is riding only 6" away from each parked car, that allotted 3' width of bike lane does not give the recommended 3' of clearance bikes should have from passing vehicles. Cars will either have to veer into oncoming traffic lanes, give inadequate bike clearance, or be slowed down by a cyclist riding along "consolidated" parking lanes, thus compromising safety and/or worsening congestion. I live in the area and notice that cars parked on the street regularly have drivers' mirrors swiped by passing vehicles. Now place a cyclist in that space between a moving car and parked car. Dangerous. A cyclist who feels unsafe would likely utilize the sidewalk to pass through such risky areas, thus decreasing safety for unsuspecting pedestrians. This effect is seen in SLU, currently. Imagine public utilities trucks stopping every 50ft to load recycling bins in the middle of both a bike lane and traffic lane, then later that morning the process is repeated by a separate truck to collect garbage. Where does a cyclist go? Sidewalk/driveway? Oncoming traffic lanes? What about the ubiquitous Amazon delivery trucks/vans? Seven feet of parking space is too narrow for delivery trucks to pull into parking lanes without encroaching into bike lanes. This project is poorly designed in other ways as well. For example, the proposal has bike lanes from 47th-65th on the only side of the street where cars will actively be pulling out from drivewa
This plan makes no sense.
even according studies done by the city, bike lanes are used by about 1% of the population. This area has a majority of families with children and retired and older individuals. One of the great things about Seattle are the neighborhoods and the fact that small businesses serve those neighborhoods. The city council needs to re-think their priorities!
This project does not reflect the wishes of the majority. Stop City Council from acting on their own behalf.
Leave 35th street as is. 35th is only arterial in NE Seattle that runs from 45 street to 130th street. Agree with other comments.
The city screwed up when they didn't sufficiently widen 35th a few years ago when they had the chance to do it right...now they want to compound their mistakes.
SDOT should not change anything. These road 'diets' or whatever nonsense they call it are slowly destroying the city. Stop the war on cars & trucks!
35th Ave. NE is working fine now.....don't screw it up with bike lanes!!!
It is too dangerous to put a bike lane on 35th. You are displacing parking for local residents and creating a safety hazard.
Keep the fight going.
To improve safety and for better vehicle flow, add more left turn pockets, e.g. at intersections with NE 55th, NE 65th, NE 70th, NE 75th,
Please do what is best for the majority, including drivers and the business owners. Cyclists have other options.
support
Please Stop this plan that will destroy our wonderful community. Bike lanes do NOT work for the businesses regardless of what that kid's (now head of SPin bikes) term paper said. What a sham!
Removing car lanes will not reduce congestion. Bike lanes on 35th are a dumb idea
Safety issues related to increased traffic exiting a clogged 35th Ave to speed through side streets