Today, Mayor Mike McGinn’s office announced that it had secured $1.2 million to fund the final design and possible construction, depending on cost, of a dedicated cycle track along Westlake Avenue, on the west side of Lake Union.
The cycle track is part of $3.25 million in new transportation investments, which were made possible by savings from the Spokane Street viaduct project. In total, the cycletrack is projected to cost $2.3 million and will “improve separation between bicycles and vehicles and link the Ship Canal trail to South Lake Union.” It’s no bicycle superhighway, but it does sound good.
It’ll sound even better if the city’s cycle track can be linked up with Amazon’s proposed cycle track slated for 7th Avenue. “That’s exactly what we’re studying right now,” said mayoral spokesman Aaron Pickus when Cienna called to tell him how to do his job politely demand that the two cycle tracks be linked together.
You can find details on the city’s other proposed transportation improvements—including “interim cycle track options” in East Marginal Way in SoDo, street improvements around the Port, and Pedestrian Master Plan implementations—over here.