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City We Can Build A Bike Path That Ballard Oil (And Its Insurer) Can Live With
Posted by Dan Savage on Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 8:54 AM
The city wants to build a bike trail along 54th St. NW. The trail would connect 17 miles of the Burke-Gilman Trail with a one mile segment of the BGT that runs up to Golden Gardens Park. The proposed trail would close the "missing link" in the Burke-Gilman Trail. But right now, trail or no trail, cyclists are riding 54th NW, as the opening of this piece in the Seattle Times last week made clear:
Two cyclists pedaling along the docks in Ballard stop and ask two maritime-industry workers leaning against a truck for directions to the Hiram M. Chittenden Locks.The workers nod toward the road ahead of them—Northwest 54th Street west of 26th Avenue Northwest—and laugh. The road will take them, the workers say, but it's unpaved, covered in rocks the size of golf balls and lined by railroad tracks that easily topple inexperienced riders.
Seeing as riders—experienced and inexperienced—are riding 54th anyway, we should probably go ahead and build the trail. But business owners object and are suing the city to prevent the construction of the missing link. Their first concern, of course, is the health and safety of Seattle cyclists...
"With the amount of industry that's here, there's no safe way to build it," said Warren Aakervik, owner of Ballard Oil. "I don't want anyone to get killed here."
As someone who rides 54th pretty regularly I must say that I'm touched by Aakervik's concern. Now back to the Seattle Times:
The proposed trail would run directly in front of Aakervik's company, one of the two maritime-fueling facilities that service the North Pacific fishing fleet.... Tanker trucks each carrying about 9,000 gallons of fuel, lube oil or waste oil would cross the trail between eight and 40 times per day, six days per week, according to the lawsuit.In 2003, Aakervik received a letter from his insurance company stating that his company "could literally become effectively uninsurable" if the trail is built and a truck driver accidentally strikes a cyclist. "If you can't get insurance, it's over," said Edd Hajek, skipper at Ballard Inflatables.
What Ballard Oil—and its insurance company—fears, of course, are crazed cyclists interpreting a paved trail along 54th as somehow giving them license to tear along at 25 miles-per-hour, utterly oblivious to the trucks that have to cross the trail in this industrial area. It's not an unreasonable fear: some cyclists are—to put it mildly—smug and entitled little douchebags who ride along with their lyrca panties bunched up in their cracks.
But there is a way for trucks and cyclists to share this segment of road. There's a bike trail in Holland, Michigan, that runs straight through an industrial area. I bike it every year during our annual visit to nearby Saugutuck, Michigan, for RFGL's gay family week. The bike trail runs along a road that cuts right through the middle of an absolutely enormous industrial recycling plant; cars, refrigerators, and scrap metal are all piled up five stories high on either side of the road. Exits and entryways to the plant cross over the bike trail every twenty yards or so; huge trucks regularly rumble back and forth across the trail. But entitled cyclists don't zip along this segment of Holland's trail at 25 milers-per-hour. They can't:
All along this segment of Holland's bike trail cyclists are forced to slow down and weave through staggered black fences. Wherever trucks cross the path, there's a set of fences on either side. The fences force cyclists to slow down, be mindful of trucks, and—what's that expression again? Oh, right: they remind cyclists to share the road. These fences prevent cyclists from tearing along; you ride at a speed where you could stop if a truck suddenly pulled out. The fences also serve as a visual reminder to truck drivers to watch out for cyclists.
Fences like these installed along the proposed 54 St. NW segment of the BGT could make it safe for everyone: safe for cyclists, safe for Ballard Oil, safe for Ballard Oil's insurer. And if SDOT had installed fences like these on either side of the Wall of Death under the University Bridge it would've made that segment of the BGT safe for riders while preserving a popular skatespot. Instead we got rocks.
P.S. If you're ever in Holland or Saugutuck and want to rent a bike during your stay, I recommend Cross Country Cycles in Holland. They'll rent you a $4000 road bike for $25 a day. The folks at CCC are really helpful and, unlike most bike shops, they rent out their best bikes. It's an amazing deal. But get a lock—if your rental gets stolen, you're on the hook for the full 4K.
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I have it!! Let's drill a tunnel under Ballard!! No wait, let's build a bridge over Ballard!! Yes a Bridge to the 21st.... oh nevermind.
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Shouldn't that be safeLY!? Right now, I think of a lock box for bike paths. Bad bad awful headline.
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What you say? A logical sound idea to appease everyone and make it safe all around? That would never fly here!
Is it sad that I see Ballard Oil being all for this idea and the arrogant bikers being the ones against it?
Is it sad that I see Ballard Oil being all for this idea and the arrogant bikers being the ones against it?
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Doesn't the Burke-Gilman cross busy streets in several places? At the Blakeley intersection, a curve in the road AND a hill obstruct vision, hundreds of cars cross the trail every day, and I don't think there are a lot of accidents. When I'm driving there, I always check both ways for smug and entitled little douchebags on bicycles, and when on a bicycle, I check for smug and entitled little douchebags in the BMWs and SUVs. Ballard Oil needs to teach their drivers to do the same.
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Don't blame Ballard OR the cyclists. Blame the insurance industry. They're rapidly draining all sense of fun out of American society.
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"What you say? A logical sound idea to appease everyone and make it safe all around? That would never fly here!"
Exactly. Seattle is different so nothing that works anywhere else could ever work here.
Exactly. Seattle is different so nothing that works anywhere else could ever work here.
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Great idea! Can we do this for the cars on the lower Spokane bridge? Especially where there are marked crosswalks? BTW, the semi drivers are very respectful. They know what a slow start and momentum mean. But the fuckers that work on harbor island are the worst!
One of the safest ways to implement safer bike trails/ pathways are making EVERYONE aware that some parts are shared.
One of the safest ways to implement safer bike trails/ pathways are making EVERYONE aware that some parts are shared.
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I'm glad that you were able to take a picture of the 'gates' and put them in the main body of a post. It makes it much easier to visualize what you were trying to illustrate in the comments section a few weeks ago (I think it was the comments on Wall of Death defacement).
Seems like a reasonable and well-measured solution.
Cyclists are going to be there either way, might as well have a groomed path with safe guards in place.
But then again, when was the last time that a sane or reasonable proposal won the day?
Seems like a reasonable and well-measured solution.
Cyclists are going to be there either way, might as well have a groomed path with safe guards in place.
But then again, when was the last time that a sane or reasonable proposal won the day?
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@7 and Dan - wait, are you even allowed to be both pro-bike and pro-auto? If this catches on, we might have people enjoying both cars and bicycles at the same time.
Quick, someone make some heavily stereotyped comments about spandex and road rage!
Quick, someone make some heavily stereotyped comments about spandex and road rage!
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Their trucks drive on STREETS all the time where bikes are allowed, also mommies with strollers, etc., they obviously get into accidents on any strreet like ANY business, no their insurance doesn't cancel them, no it won't put them out of business, why appease them by accepting their obvious LIES at face value?
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@9 has it.
Plus, within a month some idiot cyclist (I'm a cycling commuter, I see a lot of them) would plow right into one. No big loss.
Plus, within a month some idiot cyclist (I'm a cycling commuter, I see a lot of them) would plow right into one. No big loss.
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@myself, in retrospect, maybe 'bike-cynical' and 'car-cynical' are better terms, but at least it's an equal mistrust of the crappier elements of both populations.
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It looks like the grass is worn to the right of the chicane, as if cyclists were just riding around it.
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i like the fence idea, but unless you extend them (which could prove impractical) there's an obvious problem - in the photos, you can see the *actual* path walkers and bicyclists have worn down, just to the right of the fence.
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Another West Michigan reference, I am almost homesick. My folks lived in Holland for a bit while I went to college. I used to bike through the city - one time I came tearing down their road near the lovely Hope College, spun out and busted my lip and front tooth.
Since that specific incident, I have been a mindful biker. The BGT can be especially dangerous at certain intersection points. I stopped riding that trail in preference to more rigorous rides, but this type of fencing is a good idea.
Since that specific incident, I have been a mindful biker. The BGT can be especially dangerous at certain intersection points. I stopped riding that trail in preference to more rigorous rides, but this type of fencing is a good idea.
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This idea makes too much sense. Too bad Ballard Oil et. al. will continue to oppose the trail no matter how much sense it makes. Yesterday another cyclist went down on the train tracks between Fred Meyer and the Ballard Bridge, completely shattering her ankle - you know, the tracks that would go away if we actually built the missing link. It's way past time to get this done, every day that Ballard Oil and company delay puts more lives in danger.
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There are similar gates on the Centennial trail in Snohomish county already, if anyone needs a closer-to-home example.
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Great post, Dan.
Excuse my ignorance, but how can a concerned citizen like myself let the folks in charge of the bike path plan know that I support this kind of idea? As in, who are they and how do I contact them? Cuz I want to.
Excuse my ignorance, but how can a concerned citizen like myself let the folks in charge of the bike path plan know that I support this kind of idea? As in, who are they and how do I contact them? Cuz I want to.
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I like the idea of the fences, but there needs to be more of an overlap. Otherwise you'll end up with cyclists cutting through them at speed, like P1 drivers negotiating the chicanes that have ruined the Mulsanne straight at Le Mans.
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That's a good suggestion, Dan. Perhaps you could word it more constructively and pass it along to the people who actually have a say in these matters.
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Uh, no. Look man, that stretch of road doesn't just get used by Ballard Oil, it also gets used by a couple of drydocks and some other industrial applications. The trucks that drive those things are heavy and they'd tear a bike trail to shreds.
But also? Running a trail along that stretch is just stupid and unnecessary. The sidewalk on Market Street in that area is a good 15 feet wide, and could easily accommodate a bike trail. You might have to rejigger the lanes and curbs a little, but it would take less construction and make more sense than trying to wedge a trail into that low-riding access road.
Seeing as riders—experienced and inexperienced—are riding 54th anyway, we should probably go ahead and build the trail.
Uh, no. Look man, that stretch of road doesn't just get used by Ballard Oil, it also gets used by a couple of drydocks and some other industrial applications. The trucks that drive those things are heavy and they'd tear a bike trail to shreds.
But also? Running a trail along that stretch is just stupid and unnecessary. The sidewalk on Market Street in that area is a good 15 feet wide, and could easily accommodate a bike trail. You might have to rejigger the lanes and curbs a little, but it would take less construction and make more sense than trying to wedge a trail into that low-riding access road.
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There's a bike trail in Fremont that runs straight through an industrial area, next to a railroad line. It's called the Burke-Gilman Trail. Curiously, it has run there for years without any major accidents that I know of. Fred Meyer, to name one business, runs a grocery store frequented by large delivery trucks and many clueless drivers/customers, all of whom cross the bike trail to get there. It does not seem to have any trouble getting insurance.
Like Will in Seattle's claims that dozens of bicyclists will be seriously injured by the Stone Way bike lane/sharrows, Ballard Oil's concerns are nonsense, and should not be catered to.
Incidentally, the chicanes in Lake Forest Park will be removed when the BGT is renovated.
Like Will in Seattle's claims that dozens of bicyclists will be seriously injured by the Stone Way bike lane/sharrows, Ballard Oil's concerns are nonsense, and should not be catered to.
Incidentally, the chicanes in Lake Forest Park will be removed when the BGT is renovated.
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Good idea as far as it goes, but -- for maximum chicanery we should have pit bulls tethered to the ends of the barriers.
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Riding down 54th is a fucking stupid joke. I live two blocks from the locks and ride every day and never, ever ride 54th. There is nothing at all wrong with riding down Market St. Shilshole needs a real shoulder and the tracks under the bridge need to be covered over ASAP as noted above, but honestly, we can live without the route along 54th. Especially as someone noted how wide Market is already - get rid of parking on the north side (underutilized most days already) and place a barrier against the road to prevent confused drunk drivers from thinking it's an open lane, and we're set.
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i just returned a bike I rented for a week at CCC! great folks and until someone burns them by wrecking one of the lovely bikes they rent, the best bikes I've ever rented while traveling. They will supply you with a lock and helmet for the asking as well.
FWIW I rode by these "calming devices" and you can easily circumvent them all just by dropping into the front lots of the industrial businesses (Padnos and Holland Municipal Light and Power) so I'm not so sure they're very effective (the path where people circumvent is very well worn) then again Padnos and HMLP have very little traffic in and out.
FWIW I rode by these "calming devices" and you can easily circumvent them all just by dropping into the front lots of the industrial businesses (Padnos and Holland Municipal Light and Power) so I'm not so sure they're very effective (the path where people circumvent is very well worn) then again Padnos and HMLP have very little traffic in and out.
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Now this is a good idea!
Even if they bypass the fences, it forces them to slow down which encourages stopping and looking before crossing judiciously.
Even if they bypass the fences, it forces them to slow down which encourages stopping and looking before crossing judiciously.
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Greg Barnes @31
What are you talking about?
Fremont hasn't been industrial since about 1992, and in 1992 the bike trail didn't run "through" Fremont in any meaningful sense -- it ran up near Fremont, then went onto the streets. And cyclists got hit up in there all the time, especially before the city limited access to N34th St west of Fremont Ave. Then the city supposedly created a cyclists' right-of-way through Suzie Burke's little fief down under the bridge where the lumber mill used to be, but Burke was such an asshole about it the right-of-way wasn't usable until about 2000.
Bottom line, bike trails only proliferated in Fremont after most of the heavy industry had left the area.
And as far as Salmon Bay -- Fred Meyer actually does create several serious traffic problems for cyclists on that part of the trail. And here again, that bike trail was only even possible after Salmon Bay Steel had been shut down and demolished. If someone had tried to run a bike trail through there when the foundry was still working, it would've been a slaughterhouse.
What are you talking about?
Fremont hasn't been industrial since about 1992, and in 1992 the bike trail didn't run "through" Fremont in any meaningful sense -- it ran up near Fremont, then went onto the streets. And cyclists got hit up in there all the time, especially before the city limited access to N34th St west of Fremont Ave. Then the city supposedly created a cyclists' right-of-way through Suzie Burke's little fief down under the bridge where the lumber mill used to be, but Burke was such an asshole about it the right-of-way wasn't usable until about 2000.
Bottom line, bike trails only proliferated in Fremont after most of the heavy industry had left the area.
And as far as Salmon Bay -- Fred Meyer actually does create several serious traffic problems for cyclists on that part of the trail. And here again, that bike trail was only even possible after Salmon Bay Steel had been shut down and demolished. If someone had tried to run a bike trail through there when the foundry was still working, it would've been a slaughterhouse.
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@39: I'm referring to the area between, roughly, 3rd Ave NW and the current end of the trail at Fred Meyer. Is the gravel plant or whatever the hell that is at NW 39th not a going concern? Is the whole area not zoned industrial? Sure there aren't any steel plants, but there aren't any steel plants on Shilshole, either.
And, yes, Fred Meyer creates problems. Ballard Oil is not claiming this is about 'problems', they're claiming they will go out of business due to cyclist deaths. My point is that a comparable section of the BGT has been running for years, and any dire predictions about cyclist deaths from mixing industrial use with the trail have clearly not come about.
Another common industrial/bike path mix is near the West Seattle Bridge: Harbor Island on one side, the steel plant on the other. Again, I'm not aware of any significant cyclist deaths in the area. West Marginal Way has had a bike trail for quite some time, again with no cyclist deaths I know of.
The most dangerous vector for cyclists in this town appears to be turning vehicles on city streets (Bryce Lewis, the guy on 24th NW this year, the van that killed a woman heading down 35th SW a few years ago, and I'm sure there have been a few more). The most dangerous trail intersection (last I heard) was at Blakeley and the BGT, near University Village. Another trouble spot is the railroad tracks between Fred Meyer and the Ballard Bridge, a spot that presumably would be fixed by now had the Ballard businesses not been stalling changes for years.
I'd much rather fix problems that currently exist that spend time and money creating fixes for speculative problems that have been shown not to occur under similar conditions elsewhere in the city.
And, yes, Fred Meyer creates problems. Ballard Oil is not claiming this is about 'problems', they're claiming they will go out of business due to cyclist deaths. My point is that a comparable section of the BGT has been running for years, and any dire predictions about cyclist deaths from mixing industrial use with the trail have clearly not come about.
Another common industrial/bike path mix is near the West Seattle Bridge: Harbor Island on one side, the steel plant on the other. Again, I'm not aware of any significant cyclist deaths in the area. West Marginal Way has had a bike trail for quite some time, again with no cyclist deaths I know of.
The most dangerous vector for cyclists in this town appears to be turning vehicles on city streets (Bryce Lewis, the guy on 24th NW this year, the van that killed a woman heading down 35th SW a few years ago, and I'm sure there have been a few more). The most dangerous trail intersection (last I heard) was at Blakeley and the BGT, near University Village. Another trouble spot is the railroad tracks between Fred Meyer and the Ballard Bridge, a spot that presumably would be fixed by now had the Ballard businesses not been stalling changes for years.
I'd much rather fix problems that currently exist that spend time and money creating fixes for speculative problems that have been shown not to occur under similar conditions elsewhere in the city.
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In 15 years of riding that stretch, I have never once had to stop for a vehicle going into or out of that gravel plant. The same is not remotely true for the industrial area in Ballard -- where I've mostly been on foot.
The sections of the BGT that you're mentioning aren't genuinely comparable because they don't have the peculiar geography of that patch of road in Ballard -- the uneven embankment creates a drop-off or a wall that limits a cyclist's and a driver's room to maneuver. It also limits visibility. This as compared to the gravel plant, where a cyclist has the option going wide to avoid an obstacle.
I'm not even saying that the stretch of road in question is unworkable as a bike trail -- I'm just saying it's fucking unnecessary to put one there. There's more than enough room on the existing right-of-way up on Market.
And, as much as anything, I don't want to make that patch of the waterfront more accessible because I don't want to create an incentive to put a fucking coffee hut or something down there. It's bad enough the sheet metal factory warehouses that used to be down there have already been converted into retail. I don't see why we need to screw with one of the few remaining patches of working industry in the North End when there's a perfectly good existing thoroughfare not 40 yards away.
Is the gravel plant or whatever the hell that is at NW 39th not a going concern? Is the whole area not zoned industrial?
In 15 years of riding that stretch, I have never once had to stop for a vehicle going into or out of that gravel plant. The same is not remotely true for the industrial area in Ballard -- where I've mostly been on foot.
The sections of the BGT that you're mentioning aren't genuinely comparable because they don't have the peculiar geography of that patch of road in Ballard -- the uneven embankment creates a drop-off or a wall that limits a cyclist's and a driver's room to maneuver. It also limits visibility. This as compared to the gravel plant, where a cyclist has the option going wide to avoid an obstacle.
I'm not even saying that the stretch of road in question is unworkable as a bike trail -- I'm just saying it's fucking unnecessary to put one there. There's more than enough room on the existing right-of-way up on Market.
And, as much as anything, I don't want to make that patch of the waterfront more accessible because I don't want to create an incentive to put a fucking coffee hut or something down there. It's bad enough the sheet metal factory warehouses that used to be down there have already been converted into retail. I don't see why we need to screw with one of the few remaining patches of working industry in the North End when there's a perfectly good existing thoroughfare not 40 yards away.
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maybe if a bunch of tight-jean assholes didn't dedicate a couple hours to pissing everyone off once a month, this kind of thing would be easier.
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@41: Judah, if you're referring to Market vs. 54th, I agree that Market is a viable alternative. But the south side of Market seems much more likely than the north given where the trail goes on either end, and you're still crossing lots of driveways there, including the access points for Ballard Oil.
But I think arguments that industrial and bike traffic don't mix, and one particular spot is a deathtrap that can't be fixed have proved to be bogus in the past. And conditions on the ground would obviously change if they put in a trail, they won't just take what's there now, plop down some asphalt, and call it done.
But I think arguments that industrial and bike traffic don't mix, and one particular spot is a deathtrap that can't be fixed have proved to be bogus in the past. And conditions on the ground would obviously change if they put in a trail, they won't just take what's there now, plop down some asphalt, and call it done.
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Meh. Back when the sheetmetal factories on Market were still operating just walking around there could be a nervous business because of the forklift traffic. Likewise Salmon Bay Steel, because they used to cool their rebar in shallow open-top railroad cars, so just bumping up against one could be a bad business, and the whole train could move at any time so if it was parked blocking the road, trying to climb over or through it could be pretty dangerous.
On the other hand, there are still a couple of small factories in Frelard that are totally self-contained. It depends on the industry. That strip down on 54th is more dangerous than the area next to the dogfood manufactory in Fremont. Both are industrial, but the character of the operations is different.
But I think arguments that industrial and bike traffic don't mix, and one particular spot is a deathtrap that can't be fixed have proved to be bogus in the past.
Meh. Back when the sheetmetal factories on Market were still operating just walking around there could be a nervous business because of the forklift traffic. Likewise Salmon Bay Steel, because they used to cool their rebar in shallow open-top railroad cars, so just bumping up against one could be a bad business, and the whole train could move at any time so if it was parked blocking the road, trying to climb over or through it could be pretty dangerous.
On the other hand, there are still a couple of small factories in Frelard that are totally self-contained. It depends on the industry. That strip down on 54th is more dangerous than the area next to the dogfood manufactory in Fremont. Both are industrial, but the character of the operations is different.
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Migrating salmon will get caught up in those things so there's no way it will pass an environmental review
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@42
Bullshit. I would love to see some actual proof or evidence somewhere, anywhere, that CM has any effect on bicycle infrastructure or advocacy. Maybe give Ballard Oil a call and ask them?
Anyways, I think the trail should cross Shilshole (add a bike crossing light to make that safer) and move up Ballard Ave, then make a protected bike-only left turn onto Market.
On market, the trail would become two large bike lanes on each side of the street, so people wouldn't have to ride against traffic.
That, or put a fucking bike lane onto Shilshole. That would help.
Bullshit. I would love to see some actual proof or evidence somewhere, anywhere, that CM has any effect on bicycle infrastructure or advocacy. Maybe give Ballard Oil a call and ask them?
Anyways, I think the trail should cross Shilshole (add a bike crossing light to make that safer) and move up Ballard Ave, then make a protected bike-only left turn onto Market.
On market, the trail would become two large bike lanes on each side of the street, so people wouldn't have to ride against traffic.
That, or put a fucking bike lane onto Shilshole. That would help.
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For all the people suggesting bikers use Market instead of 54th- I am curious, why do you think it's safer for bikers coming from Fred Meyer to merge onto 15th as traffic flows quickly off the bridge (and no one yields) and then merge across 3 lanes of busy traffic to turn left onto Market? That is just one of the stupidest detour suggestions I have ever heard of.
Ballard Oil is simply looking out for their own interests. 54th is a public street, it is not a private driveway to be used only by this company's tanker trucks. Also, I bike this st all the time and have never even been on it at the same time as a large, scary, industrial truck. But I have been thrown from my bike, twice, from those old tracks which are difficult to see when covered in the dirt and gravel.
The BG should be able to continue on the south side of the street and should be able to coexist with the industrial nature of the neighborhood. This whole argument about Ballard Oil's concern for the safety of bikeriders reaks of Suzie Burke.
Ballard Oil is simply looking out for their own interests. 54th is a public street, it is not a private driveway to be used only by this company's tanker trucks. Also, I bike this st all the time and have never even been on it at the same time as a large, scary, industrial truck. But I have been thrown from my bike, twice, from those old tracks which are difficult to see when covered in the dirt and gravel.
The BG should be able to continue on the south side of the street and should be able to coexist with the industrial nature of the neighborhood. This whole argument about Ballard Oil's concern for the safety of bikeriders reaks of Suzie Burke.
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No, the way to remind cyclists to share the road would be to have 300 oil tracks do a parade starting at Ballard Oil once a month. The cyclists would have to wait patiently while all 300 trucks rolled out, single file. Complaining bicyclists would be branded as wishing to restrict the first amendment rights of the truckers.
That's how you get things done, dammit.
That's how you get things done, dammit.
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What does the biking community have against Market Street? When I commuted from Loyal Heights, through Ballard to Fishermen's Terminal in the mid-8o's that was my preferred route--down and back. Much more pleasant: Quieter, less dusty, less travelled. Seems a 'no brainer' now that its even more gentrified. What does the 'new' bicycle community have against it? Andybody?
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I, for one, as a queer-poly-cyclist-general asshole liberal am glad that Dan has taken up the cause of making Ballard accessible for industry and cyclists alike. No, seriously. <3!!
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I second the notion that this may be the most even-handed, useful post ever seen on Slog. This might actually work well, provided there was not an easy way to circumvent the gates. I would like to see them many places along the BG, including Fred Meyer.
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