...okay it's a 5° climb for 0.3 miles but why is the lowest-traffic way out of downtown Kirkland which takes you east _over_ 405 _not_ on the Eastside 2 Line Connector map?

It's even painted as sharrowed

ETA: OH WAIT WAIT I GET IT OKAY my bad

this is part of the changes they made in map marking that I dislike. it's totally there. a little bit of it is _wrong_, but it's there. and regardless, I can improve it, so I will in 2.0.9

#maps #GreaterNorthshore #megamap #BikeTooter #BikeMap

RELEASE: Greater Northshore and MEGAMAP Bike Maps version 2.0.8 - 14 February 2026

This release is basically about construction updates and temporary closures, the most important being Burke-Gilman in Kenmore (with detour) for five days staring February 16th.

As always, check the blog post for the deets:

https://solarbird.net/blog/2026/02/13/maps-release-greater-northshore-bike-connector-megamap-2-0-8/

Maps download:

https://github.com/solarbirdy/NorthshoreBikeMap/

Previous permalinks continue to work.

If you like these maps, maybe hit my Patreon:

https://www.patreon.com/solarbird

Enjoy!

#BikeMap #maps #GreaterNorthshore #seattle #shoreline #redmond #lynnwood #LakeForestPark #Kenmore #Briar #Bothell #Woodinville #Edmonds #Maltby #SnohomishCounty #MountlakeTerrace #Juanita #Kirkland

Gonna drop a new bike map rev, but it's all just more caution/construction warning updates. The Burke-Gilman 5-day closure in Kenmore, NE 125th in Lake City getting all that work done (and it's gonna be great but right now it's, uh, yeah), and Kirkland's sewer problems just continue.

On the plus side, NE 124th also in Kirkland properly wrapped up, so it loses its warning, and the closure of Eastrail near the Seahawks practice facility is also long over.

Gonna see if there are any surprises in the Friday round of construction updates, and if there's something to incorporate I will.

I really thought Kenmore would be done with 61st Ave NE by now. But nope. Alas.

#BikeMap #GreaterNorthshore #MEGAMAP #maps #biking #BikeTooter

new spam comment format: telling an AI to write up a long paranoid conspiracy theory comment about the post, adding the ad and links down at the bottom.

when this is about a bike map, it is _utterly_ hilarious

didn't stop me from deleting it from the spam queue but

#spam #BikeMap

On the way towards 61st after running some errands (update: construction is paused for the holidays but they aren't done, no new bike lanes 'til they finish) the reflected sunset seen in the _east_ smacked me in the face and said pay attention

(and also trans rights, apparently)

#sunset #EastView #kenmore #northshore #biking #BikeMap #BikeTooter #photography #landscape #LandscapePhotography #sorta

Project delay news:

While Redmond's website still says the Bel-Red Road buffered bike lane project will be complete by the end of 2025, that's been pretty clearly not true for a while, and the traffic cams website has a _separate_ note that I'm sure is more recent saying that the project timeframe has been extended into February.

I certainly wish cities were better at updating their websites.

Anyway, I only saw that today, so now you know too.

#BikeMap #BikeTooter #biking #redmond #seattle #eastside