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Mon. July 10, 2006, 10:09am PDT
New bike lanes coming to N. 26th Street?
When riding around town one certainly sees things differently -- like what's not a hill in your car certainly is when operating under pedal power. Another is anything that will enhance the biking experience and safety in a town. Yesterday, while biking to and from Art on the Ave, Sarah and I noticed some ticks painted along the side of N. 26th Street that matched the spacing and width of other bike lanes in the area. I took a quick detour this morning to investigate any other markings further down 26th and didn't find any.
The marks we saw were in both directions on N. 26th between Stevens and Proctor. Although I didn't see any there's also ample room along the stretch of 26th from Pearl through Orchard and to Stevens. That would be a nice east-west connection from the inner part of the north end over to the road to Point Defiance. For now, however, we'll take what we can get.
Mon. July 10, 2006, 04:33pm PDT
D and A streets closing this month for construction
Two popular ways of bypassing all the stop lights downtown on Pacific will be closing this month for construction. D and A Streets at the end of the Thea Foss waterway [ map ] are soon going to be shut down for work.
From the City of Tacoma's website:
The City of Tacoma [...] will shut down East "D" Street by the middle of next week between the BNSF railroad track (at Dock Street) and Puyallup Avenue. The closure of D Street will last until May, 2007.
Additionally, BNSF has informed the City that it will close A Street (near Dock Street) on July 12 for two weeks so they can realign the railroad line in preparation for the future tracks.
So the only way to get down to Dock Street and the water and other attractions down there would be 15th Street or coming from the other end via Schuster Parkway. While A Street is closed I'll be sitting through lights on my way to pick Sarah up from work. It's all in the name of improvement... right?
Link to construction updates
(thanks Sarah!)
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