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West Marginal Way SW along the stretch where SDOT is planning a protected bike lane in one southbound lane. (Ryan Packer) The Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) has announced that it will hold off on constructing an on-street bike connection from the West Seattle Bridge Trail to the Duwamish River Trail on West Marginal Way SW until after the West Seattle High bridge reopens to vehicle traffic next year. The connection was originally planned to be included in a slate of improvements that would improve conditions for all road users along West Marginal Way, including the completion of...

West Marginal Way SW along the stretch where SDOT is considering installing a protected bike lane in one southbound lane. (Ryan Packer) The Seattle Freight Advisory Board devoted a significant portion of their April meeting detailing reasons that the City should not install a protected bike lane on a short segment of West Marginal Way SW. The presentation shown to board members was not reviewed by the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) for accuracy, according to a department spokesperson. While a link to the virtual meeting was available on a City website, an agenda for the meeting ...

Al March 10, 2021 (8:46 pm) Holy cow, the data shows there were ~2000 entitled jerks per day ignoring the law on that bridge? Is it possible to go back to camera footage from before enforcement began to identify who they are, and banish them from west Seattle permanently? I’m certain they wouldn’t be missed.  Ernesto March 10, 2021 (10:06 pm) You seem like a very reasonable person.  c March 10, 2021 (11:05 pm) that’s a pretty bold statement. you should worry about your own driving not the driving of others. Every time someone who is unauthorized crosses the bridge th...

West Seattle Blog editor SDOT says it’s making progress toward high-bridge repairs, though they are still more than half a year away. The bridge update brought most of the new information at Thursday’s monthly meeting of the West Seattle Bridge Community Task Force, but with so many related projects, the meeting was stuffed so full of presentations that CTF members had little time to discuss anything, and the plan for breaking into groups for opinions of the West Marginal Way bike-lane proposal had to be scrapped. First, here’s video of the two-hour meeting: Here’s what caught our at...