Category Archives: missing link

When a Dangerous Detour Becomes More Dangerous…

Many cyclists who travel northbound on E. Marginal / S. Alaskan encounter this detour near S. Alaskan and S. Massachusetts, at the south end of the Coast Guard facility. While the detour is not mandatory, there’s no signage indicating this … Continue reading

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Missing Link of the Missing Link

As MyBallard reports, the judge overturned one of the nine decisions and required that the city go back and do an Environmental Impact Study for the section on Shilshole between 17th Ave NW and NW Vernon, a 0.3 mile section … Continue reading

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Burke Gilman Missing Link Video

Don’t try this at home. 9am in Ballard. Shilshole Ave. Heading southeast. How many ways are there to crash? Take a look for yourself. The pavement is so rotten that it turned my camera off mid-ride.

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Top 10 goals for 2010

It is new year and a new decade with a new mayor and new city council members in Seattle.  It seems fitting, as everyone makes resolutions for the new year, to list what we want to see for bicycling in 2010. Pass … Continue reading

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A closer look at the Missing Link – Part 3

Little things make a big difference when your tires are less than an inch wide.  In part 3 of our ongoing look at the Missing Link, we start at Shilshole and 20th and move back toward the Ballard Bridge. Shilshole is a … Continue reading

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A closer look at the Missing Link – Part 2

In Part 1 of our look at the Missing Link of the Burke Gilman Trail, we focused on the intersection at 11th Ave NW. Here it is again, looking to the east.  Notice the path that has been worn through the overgrowth because … Continue reading

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A closer look at the Missing Link – Part 1

This is the first of a multi-part series where we look at some of the problems with the famed Missing Link.  When the Burke Gilman Trail reaches Ballard, for a 1.5 mile stretch it disappears and dumps cyclists on the road.  … Continue reading

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Build the Missing Link

On Tuesday, more than 260 people from Sustainable Ballard, Friends of the Burke-Gilman Trail, Bicycle Alliance of Washington, TotCycle, Feet First, Groundswell NW, Seattle Likes Bikes, Cascade Bicycle Club, Undriving.org, Spokespeople, SCALLOPS, Great City, East Ballard, Urban Sparks, readers of … Continue reading

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WE are the Missing Link

  Dear Burke-Gilman TRAIL SUPPORTERS in Ballard and Beyond, Join us for a quick “flash” action to declare our collective support for completion of the Burke-Gilman Trail Missing Link – from Fred Meyer to the Ballard Locks. Let’s demonstrate that … Continue reading

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