HEY SHOW UP ON FRIDAY FOR BIKE INFRASTRUCTURE IF YOU CAN

North Sound Bicycle Advocates have an event at 1pm May 29th at Echo Lake Park in Shoreline:

Show your support for a bridge over State Route 104 between Shoreline and Edmonds. King County council member Rod Dembowski will provide an update on how county park levy funds will be used to improve the Interurban Trail.

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A diagonal diverter lets bikes through and stops cars. That's not a compromise. That's the goal.

It cuts a four-way intersection diagonally. Cars can't make through movements. Bikes and pedestrians pass through the gap. Cut-through traffic disappears. Cycling gets a direct route. The street gets quieter. Local access remains. This is what residential street prioritization looks like.

#DiagonalDiverter #TrafficCalming #BikeInfrastructure #SafeStreets

A standard roundabout is not inherently safe for cyclists. Vehicles crossing the bike lane multiple times at uncomfortable angles is not a safe design.

A bike roundabout, modeled on Dutch intersection design, gives cyclists their own separate circular path. Vehicles yield to cyclists at every crossing.

The geometry is simple. The safety result is dramatic.

And it almost never gets built in the United States.

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