SAVE 35th AVE NE

I ride a bike daily. Riding down 35th ave ne would not be something I would do because there are other options - like 39th ave ne bike lanes. What would make more sense would be to make 32nd ave ne a bike friendly street. A bike lane on 35th would limit parking in an already crowded area and would hurt the small businesses that are trying to make it on a busy street. The fact that 35th ave ne is also a bus route makes it even less appropriate for a bike lane. Who wants to ride a bike next to a metro bus?

No bike lane needed

I am a bicycle rider and I don't want a lane for bicycles on 35th NE. It would take away all are parking when there is a bicycle lane on 39th NE. It would be better to extend the North lane on 32nd NE

39th is already designated for bikes. No need to have 35th as well!

Save 35th!!!

I’m a fan of bike commuting and less cars but this is a bad plan. 35th is already one of the narrowest arterials in the city. Reducing its capacity even more will cause people to use the side streets and put our kids in danger.

These bike Lanes do not belong on residential arterials where THOUSAndS of cars go, and only a handful of bikes (& the bikes still go on the sidewalk because it:s unsafe!) It's bad on Roosevelt, 15th NE & 125th st--get rid of the bike Lanes!!!

While am all for reducing the cars in our city and making bicycling a safer activity, it seems that our city planners have no idea how to prioritize the work necessary to actually "get us all moving". Until a comprehensive system is in place (which is in the works) to provide us with an alternative to our cars, please stop punishing those of us who are financing your plans by removing lanes and obstructing traffic. Please exercise some common sense and have some respect for those of us who are paying the bills for this endeavor. Patricia Abbate Wedgwood Neighborhood

I am a bike commuter, Wedgwood resident, and environmentalist. There are many better ways to make the city more bike friendly. Bike lanes are good. This plan is not.

STOP DO NOT ADD BIKE LANES TO 35TH AVE N.E. Riding a bike is a solo act. Yet those few who do cycle our streets, put great pressure on many to have their own –free–lanes. Simple truths: Cars will always be a necessity and staple for life in Seattle. I could not take my mother, born in Seattle in 1920, and her wheelchair, to any of her appointments on a bike. Carpooling with children or adults, can not be done by bike. When I was ill, my husband, who was also born and raised in Seattle, could not strap me to his bike and rush me to the hospital. Riding a bike is a solo act. Bike lanes are not the answer to improved traffic flow. The bike lanes imposed on 125th N.E. cost those who pay car tabs and own homes, tens of thousands of dollars. Yet bikes are rarely seen attempting to climb the steep incline of the ten-block long trek. Daredevils occasionally fly down the hill in their tax paid bike lane. However, when heading west on 125th, the conversion from four-lanes to two-lanes has created long backups for cars at the light on 15th, and then again on Roosevelt. What has happened to Broadway is appalling. Cars have basically been forced off that street. At the cost of many, time wise and monetarily, a very few now occupy far too much of the road. Riding a bike is a solo act. Our bus system needs improvement. There is little to say beyond the obvious. There are not enough good routes and frequency for the demands of this City. My father rode the #2 Madrona to work at the P.I. for many, many years. He instilled the need for a good mass transportation system to all of us at a young age. Oh, we had bikes, and steep hills. We also had to have cars to make it to Capitol Hill for school. We car pooled. Don’t impact the buses, mass transit, by cutting back on the number of lanes on a busy street to accommodate those few who have other choices in the path they chose from one location to the next. Not everyone can ride a bike, but everyone c

The first priority for the city should be to add protected left turn lanes. We fully support biking but already use the safer greenbelt route and have no interest biking down the 35th arterial. This change will add to accidents, congestion, and dangerous high speed traffic on quieter residential streets.

Vocal minority should not rule city hall.

We do not need more bike lanes here

Balance balance balance. I bike, I drive and I walk NE Seattle and 35th. We need to improve the existing infrastructure so walkers feel safe, bikers have quieter trail options, and the 3000 pounds of metal vehicles have plenty of space to avoid hitting the two afformentioned groups. 35th is a main arterial for the city’s AUTOMOBILES. If it is minimized we will all use the neighborhood quieter streets and that is not good city planning because it will jeopardize the safety of our communities’ pedestrians and bikers with the increase in side street traffic. Major metropolitan cities across America have major arterials and they are necessary for major cities. Seattle is not weighing the importance of the arterials’ benefits enough. Look at Boston and learn from a 300 year plus city and how they have made it one of the best walking biking cities in America. They PROTECTED the auto’s routes while creating green spaces for the bikers and peds and all are happy. Balance balance balance. Pendulum swinging for the sake of a fad is dangerous. With the advent of the electric car and wiser investment in public transportation learning from America’ older cities like Boston and Europe’s more mature cities(Barçelona) would greatly benefit our city. We have the money and some of the world’s best access to fine engineers and yet the decisions made here are microfocused and faddish without thought or recognition of excellence achieved in other cities that we could adopt and emmulate.

My husband bikes to work, uses the 39th greenway, crossing 35th, and does NOT want 35th bike lanes.

enough with all the bike lanes already. so little use on them - really no need. especially because 39th was specially created for this purpose wasn't it...??

This is one of the last neighborhoods that cater to families with children. AKA our future, future voters, and tax payers. We don't need bike lanes, WE NEED SIDEWALKS you dumb dummies. Get a frickin clue!!!

As a bike rider, as a parent of kids who cross 35th, I do not support SDOT's plan. It will only force more traffic onto the side streets, making it more hectic for kids walking to and from school. Invest in our Greenway on 40th and on safer crossing instead!

Slowing and congesting traffic to make bicyclists less safe by routing them onto a busy arterial is not good planning. Reducing parking for businesses on 35th is not good planning. What are you thinking?

This is a horrible idea. Personally I want to ride my bike on a quiet side streets instead and I live on 35th!!