I wish they had pushed that sidewalk closer to freddies, and made a bike track on the asphalt, with a median. Another example of infrastructure being made without much pedestrian input. *fwiw, i ride this daily.
I ride this section of the BG a lot! It is a big improvement over what was there before. However, many people have pointed out the problems with the intersections. You really have to slow down and be careful through here.
Currently there’s asphalt over the railroad tracks and it dodges on the north side of the pillar on 45th. That may be changing back to a rail crossing with a zero gap flange way making the crossing passable for rail and safe for bicyclists.
@@matthewthormodson3131 What's this now?! Didn't whoever was using the tracks relinquish the space for good? I thought we were done with the 15th ave. chicane
@ from what I’ve heard that was a temporary solution while they sorted out a proper crossing. The pavement cut the line in half so the lil’ beaver can’t make it back to the coral where the yellow locomotive, box car and caboose are.
Riding east I never use the "bike path," I just stay on the road. Riding west I use the path, but the ramp from the path back onto the road is so narrow and sharp, not a smooth transition at all. This is one of the weirdest pieces of infra I've ever seen. Doesn't make sense to me at all.
Yes, it's poor planning to make a standard pair of 90* corner cutouts. if you follow the green path eastbound you have to really slow down to jog around the fence. Even then, you need to encroach into westbound bike traffic. It should be a continuous cutout over the entire corner for better navigation. Collisions and crashing into the curb (especially at night) will be inevitable here, particularly when trail traffic increases in the Spring. It's intrinsically unsafe and I always take the road going eastbound on my morning commute.
Totally forgot I had this video ready to upload. Behind as usual but hopefully lots more soon 😅
I like the SUV just casually driving over the sidewalk at the start of this.
😮 I didn't even notice that until now xD
Thank you for sharing. This section rides so awkwardly, but at least the construction that took forever is done now!
I wish they had pushed that sidewalk closer to freddies, and made a bike track on the asphalt, with a median. Another example of infrastructure being made without much pedestrian input. *fwiw, i ride this daily.
A comically underwhelming final result.
That's a feature of the Seattle Process!
Nice!
I ride this section of the BG a lot! It is a big improvement over what was there before. However, many people have pointed out the problems with the intersections. You really have to slow down and be careful through here.
FINALLY!
I would say folks coming out of Fred Meyer near where the video starts stop about 10% of the time? Be safe going through there.
It's short, but it's interesting anyway
I refuse to believe that this video wasn’t AI generated. This construction project was only ever growing and permanent.
What's it like getting past the Ballard Bridge these days? That used to suck, and possibly still does.
Currently there’s asphalt over the railroad tracks and it dodges on the north side of the pillar on 45th. That may be changing back to a rail crossing with a zero gap flange way making the crossing passable for rail and safe for bicyclists.
@@matthewthormodson3131 What's this now?! Didn't whoever was using the tracks relinquish the space for good? I thought we were done with the 15th ave. chicane
@ from what I’ve heard that was a temporary solution while they sorted out a proper crossing. The pavement cut the line in half so the lil’ beaver can’t make it back to the coral where the yellow locomotive, box car and caboose are.
I’m fairly disappointed with this section. The transition across 11th going up onto the sidewalk is so strange! Idk it just doesn’t ride that well
Riding east I never use the "bike path," I just stay on the road. Riding west I use the path, but the ramp from the path back onto the road is so narrow and sharp, not a smooth transition at all. This is one of the weirdest pieces of infra I've ever seen. Doesn't make sense to me at all.
Yes, it's poor planning to make a standard pair of 90* corner cutouts. if you follow the green path eastbound you have to really slow down to jog around the fence. Even then, you need to encroach into westbound bike traffic. It should be a continuous cutout over the entire corner for better navigation. Collisions and crashing into the curb (especially at night) will be inevitable here, particularly when trail traffic increases in the Spring. It's intrinsically unsafe and I always take the road going eastbound on my morning commute.