Top Things to Know & Do

1. Missing Link remains missing for awhile longer, waiting for decision from federal board regarding track improvements.
2. Bike Works holds its annual warehouse sale today.
3. Pierce County Trails Day is next Saturday.
4. Bell Street protected bike lane is nearly complete.
5. Primary election started.

Lifestyle, Adventure, + Industry

• July 18 - August 6
  • Cascade's Seattle-to-Portland Virtual Challenge
• Sunday, July 19
  • 11a-4p, Bike Works Warehouse Sale
• Monday, July 20
  • 3-6p, Chalk Night on Alki Keep Moving Street
• Thursday, July 23
  • 6-9p, Sharing Wheels' Advanced Bike Mechanics Class
• Friday, July 24
  • Tacoma 2nd Cycle's Slo + Socially distant rides
• Saturday, July 25
  • 2020 Snohomish Ride to Defeat ALS
  • 10a-4p, Pierce County Trails Day: DIY Gig Harbor Peninsula Trail Hunt

Articles

• Cascade Staffers Get Creative with their Virtual STP Ride Plans. Cascade
• Watch: ‘This is no longer a Disaster Relief Trials, this is disaster relief’. SBB

Policy + Infrastructure

Action

• Take SDOT's survey on whether you like the Stay Healthy Streets
• Participate in the Freeway Park Online Open House
• Participate in Shoreline's Online Open House for the 175th Street Corridor
• Take a survey to identify mobility gaps in North King County
• Take a survey to identify mobility gaps in North Snohomish County & Camano Island

Events

• Tuesday, July 21
  • 6-7:30p, Rainier Valley Greenways meeting
  • 6:30-8p, Duwamish Valley Safe Streets Meeting
• Wednesday, July 22
  • 6-7:30p, Ballard-Fremont Greenways Meeting
• Thursday, July 23
  • 6-7:45, Beacon Hill Safe Streets Meeting
• Saturday, July 25
  • 2020 Pierce County Trails Day

News

SNOHOMISH COUNTY

• Primary election 2020: State Representative candidates, Districts 21 and 32. MyEdmonds
• Everett launches new Healthy Streets program to encourage active transportation, City of Everett
• Everett to soon restrict traffic on four segments of streets. Everett Herald
• Editorial: Retain Mead on Snohomish County Council. Everett Herald
• Police chief fields crime and safety questions from Highway 99-area residents. MyEdmonds

KING COUNTY

North King County

• Primary election 2020: State Representative candidates, Districts 1 and 32. MLT News

Seattle

• Electoral
  • The Urbanist’s 2020 Primary Endorsements. Urbanist
  • Primary Election Cheat Sheet. Stranger
  • Effort to recall Mayor Durkan passes court hurdle, needs more than 55K Seattle voter signatures. SBB
• Citywide
  • Learn about the Neighborhood Matching Fund at upcoming virtual workshops. SDOT
  • Action Alert: Save Transit, Fully Fund the TBD. STB
  • The School Traffic Safety Committee is excited to announce the release of its 2020 Annual Report! SDOT
  • Healthy Streets
    • Stay Healthy Streets survey extended to July 22, MyBallard
    • EXTENDED: Got something to say about Stay Healthy Streets? WSB
    • SDOT making it easier for businesses set up shop outdoors. STB
• North Seattle
  • Learn about 15th Ave NE Paving Project at a virtual drop-in session on July 29! SDOT
  • Some field work... hopefully we can try something [on Aurora along Green Lake Park] temporarily. @Dongho_Chang
  • Part of 45th St. to Close Over Weekend. Wallyhood
  • Rant & Rave: Reader calls for trail cleanup. Seattle Times
  • Missing Link
    • Seattle can’t uproot Ballard railroad tracks to complete Burke-Gilman Trail, judge rules. Seattle Times
    • After court loss, Seattle vows to keep pursuing 'missing link' of Burke-Gilman Trail. KING5
    • Judge rules against Missing Link plans—again. MyBallard
    • Technicality about updating railroad track delays Ballard Missing Link until 2022. SBB
    • Letter: Burke-Gilman Trail: Reallocate money. Seattle Times
• Central Seattle
  • Bell st park. Signals removed for vehicles in park, crosswalk across Bell street is now stop controlled for people priority pedestrian signals removed, crossbikes, and new bike signals. @Dongho_Chang
  • New bicycle signals at 6th and Bell. @Dongho_Chang
  • New bicycle signal on Bell Street at 5th Avenue. Street marking in progress. @Dongho_Chang
  • Fresh Kermit and new pbl connection in progress on Bell St. @Dongho_Chang
  • Freeway Park has $10 Million for Upgrades — And You Can Tell Them How to Spend it. Stranger
  • New bicycle signal at Dexter and Harrison. @Dongho_Chang
  • New crosswalks at Thomas and Dexter. @Dongho_Chang
  • Revisions on Dexter progressing. @Dongho_Chang
  • Protected layout lane on Dexter. @Dongho_Chang
• South & West Seattle
  • Flexipave installation next to street trees on Avalon Way. @Dongho_Chang
  • Delridge Multimodal Corridor and H Line construction underway! Seen here is the new inbound concrete bus pad and future station at Andover. Still not used to seeing my designs get turned into reality. @SD70MacMan
  • What's ahead for the Delridge Way project. WSB
  • West Seattle Bridge
    • Overnight work will close I-5 exits and First Avenue South bridge lanes this summer. Seattle Times
    • After 4 months, West Seattle Bridge closure is finally an emergency. And – the bridge is still looking fixable. WSB
    • Mayor Durkan declares the West Seattle High-Rise Bridge a City emergency at a critical juncture, opening the possibility of state and federal assistance and new ability to expedite contracts and services. SDOT
    • West Seattle Bridge declared a ‘civil emergency’ by Mayor Jenny Durkan. Seattle Times
    • Op-ed: hart a statewide course for replacing the West Seattle bridge. Seattle Times
    • Mayor Durkan declares West Seattle Bridge closure a civil emergency. KIRO
    • Crews monitoring cracks, fast-tracking repairs on West Seattle Low Bridge. KOMO
    • SDOT Inching Toward West Seattle Bridge Repair Plan. Urbanist
    • City getting $3.5 million in federal funding for replacement study, commute program. WSB

South King

• Sound Transit breaks ground on Federal Way Link Extension. Sound Transit
• Federal Way light rail extension construction under way. The News Tribune
• Sound Transit Officially Breaks Ground On Federal Way Link. Urbanist
• Next 'Feet First' walk will be Wednesday, July 15 at Green River Trail in Kent. I Love Kent

PIERCE COUNTY

• We endorse: Tacoma’s Mello emerges from good field for Pierce County Council Dist. 4. The News Tribune
• In Race to Replace Denny Heck in Congress, a Crowded Field and Some Possible Firsts. Centralia Chronicle

KITSAP COUNTY

• Field of candidates lines up to replace Rep. Sherry Appleton in 23rd District seat. Kitsap Sun
  Poulsbo City Council agrees to make Fjord Drive one-way, gives nod to Summer Fair. Kitsap Daily News
• Navy, city will spend $750K to study Bremerton's gridlock. Here's what the study will do. Kitsap Sun

REGIONAL

• Sound Transit hopes doubling federal funding for Lynnwood Link and Federal Way Link could right their storm-tossed financial ship. Urbanist
• Sound Transit & other agencies in push for federal assistance. STB
• Sound Transit pushes Congress for pandemic relief to stay afloat. My NW

STATE

• Changing Lanes: Converting Highway Lanes into Bike Lanes and Safe Spaces for Walking and Outdoor Retail During the Pandemic. WA Bikes
• STEAL THIS IDEA: Washington DOT To Give Lanes Back to People on State Roads. @Streetsblog

Jobs

Mechanical, Maintenance, Retail, and Bikeshare

Bike Mechanic, Aaron's Bicycle Repair
Season Bike Shop Mechanic, Bike Works
Mechanics & Retail Staff, Gregg’s Cycles
Bike Doctor, VanMoof

Policy, Planning, and Engineering

Transportation Planner or Engineer, Fehr & Peers
Transportation Engineering Manager, Issaquah
Traffic Engineering Manager, Sammamish
Asset & Performance Management Program Manager (7/28)