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After Mercer Island road changes scrapped, another teen is hit by car
Courtesy of Surrounded by Water (click image) Ira Appleman ran for the Mercer Island City Council with his opposition to changes to Island Crest Way as the key to his campaign. He lost. The council...
View ArticleTacks on trail wreak havoc on I-90 bike commuters
After seeing far too many people fixing flats near or on the I-90 Bridge last week, Gary Powell went back to the scene to see if he could find the source. After a little searching, he and some others...
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Ballard crossing guard struck by car Monday took the job after daughter was...
Des de Castro and his daughter DessaMonica. Photo: GREG GILBERT / THE SEATTLE TIMES. Used with permission. Desiderio de Castro went through hell when his daughter was struck by a car in a crosswalk in...
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Best way around July I-90 work: Bike (of course)
Biking is already the best way to travel along I-90 to Mercer Island and Bellevue, but it’s going to be especially so during a big lane closure scheduled for July 18 – 25. WSDOT will work to replace...
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Mercer Island settles landmark I-90 Trail crash lawsuit
Note: Several are bike stories fell through the cracks during the election craziness. This is one of them. We’re working to play catch-up now that the dust is settling. If you think we missed something...
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Mercer Island road safety project worked so well they decided…not to do it...
Lives could be protected here so easily. Image via Google Street View. The number of Mercer Island community members injured in a ten-block stretch of Island Crest Way dropped 75 percent after the city...
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Sound Transit settlement could help fund safe Mercer Island bike/walk station...
Mercer Island Station is adjacent to the I-90 Trail, and could be one of the region’s most bikeable stations. From a Sound Transit station design PDF. Mercer Island’s decision to sue Sound Transit and...
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Learn about the future of Mercer Island’s Mountains to Sound Trail at...
The Mercer Island Parks Department is creating a master plan for Aubrey Davis Park, including the Mountains to Sound Trail, and they are looking for public feedback. Their open house got snowed out, so...
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Cascade: Mercer Island plan should ‘futureproof’ I-90 Trail, open house Monday
From the draft Aubrey Davis Park Master Plan (PDF) When the I-90 Trail crosses Mercer Island, it climbs up and through a park created in the 1990s to cover the freeway. Posthumously named after and...
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Trail Alert 2/6-8: I-90 Trail detour on Mercer Island
Sound Transit work on Mercer Island will close a section of the I-90 Trail starting Thursday and lasting through Saturday. And unfortunately, this stretch of N Mercer Way does not have bike lanes, so...
View ArticleAlert 3/7: Mercer Island Station construction will detour section of the I-90...
Work to build Mercer Island Station and redesign the bus connections there will displace a section of the I-90 Trail starting March 7, Sound Transit announced. Though the work area may change as work...
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