RELEASE: Greater Northshore and MEGAMAP Bike Maps version 2.1 - 17 April 2026

This is a massive update if you're in south Seattle or nearby environs. Welcome to coverage WHITE CENTER/TOP HAT, GLENDALE, BOULEVARD PARK, SOUTHERN HEIGHTS, LAKERIDGE, BRYN MAWR, and northernmost TUKWILA.

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 #Juanita #Kirkland #RatCity #Glendale #Lakeridge #BrynMawr #tukwila #WhiteCenter #TopHat

well I figured out why Roxbury gets used west of 16th

it's because it's the ONLY east-west that doesn't get a 4-8% slope marker

also it has de facto bike lanes - it got narrowed there a while ago to three lanes, two traffic and a turn - but the pavement isn't up to grade for Seattle (which does apparently own that street in its entirety) won't certify them

Should I add the "commonly used" to reflect that reality? but only to 18th at very most.

eta: WAIT NO IT'S JUST FURTHER WEST

and still less steep but still over 4%

So I guess will NOT be adding that until and unless the bike lanes become official

#biking #BikeMap #WhiteCenter #RatCity #BikeTooter

Okay. Streets need labelling. Plus a few other things. But I think this is a decent first real draft.

It did not fit like a glove. But I think it _looks_ like it fit like a glove - I honestly keep forgetting where the western boundary is and am kinda proud of that - and that's what matters for usability.

Also made a few clarifying edits on City of Seattle again. I'd say "the way they had it wasn't _wrong_..." but... some of it was. xD

#BikeMap #seattle #RatCity #WhiteCenter #Glendale #Tukwila #BikeTooter #maps

Rat City, team, you gotta get incorporated and get yourselves some bike infrastructure, it is dire

I salute your bike riders because holy shit, there are popular routes I am _not_ sending people to on my map. They're too dangerous, but you use them anyway and I respect that

BUT I GOTTA QUESTION IF YOU BIKE THERE

There's a popular route on 108th that gets less popular where I stop it, but is still used by a fair number of people. It's the third most popular way to get to the one (1) route across I-5. It uses Myers and 6th Ave S. Myers looks like a deathtrap so I have a question:

IS IT SECRETLY OKAY?

Because it sure doesn't _look_ okay. It looks like a good way to die.

#biking #seattle #WhiteCenter #RatCity #BikeMap #megamap

Attention White Center area restaurateurs, ICE special operations units may be coming to your establishment in the near future.

You know what to do.

#WhiteCenter #KingCounty #Washington #ICE #Immigration

Anyone in Seattle want some apples for baking, cider-making, other? I have ~30 gallons on my two trees, granny smith and gala. You'll have to cut and core them; coddling moths have done a number, but the flesh is still good.

I'd love to trade 5 gallons of fresh apples for the promise of a pie, some cider, or whatever other homemade foodstuffs you make (with said apples or otherwise).

West Seattle, near Whitecenter. We can pick them together, bring your own bucket, takes about 10min to fill a bucket.

https://tech.lgbt/@bluewinds/115402484362433682

#seattle #washington #gardening #whitecenter