Capitol Hill’s *war on people who drive* continues. Not only do hopeful parkers have to deal with Friday’s Park(ing) Day celebrations taking up valuable on-street real estate, but several blocks of East Pine and 12th Ave are closed to parking starting today between 7 AM and 7 PM. And it gets worse. The reason for the closure? Painting and re-painting of bike lanes and sharrows per the Seattle Master Bike Plan.
Logistically, be prepared for a week-long period of painting, the city says. The savvy will show up right around 6:55 PM each day to score a spot while the confused try to read the construction signs.
This screen grab from SDOT’s construction map shows other stretches of Capitol Hill getting the bike work. Happy pedaling.
2010 BMP – Bike Lanes and Sharrows – E Pine St (Broadway to 15th)
Street Impact: No Street Impact
Sidewalk Impact: None
Parking Lane Impact: None
Project Notes: Part of the Bicycle Master Plan. Adding bike lanes and sharrows throughout Seattle.
Where do I sign up to be a foot soldier in this war on motorists? Can I get a Pedestrian Infantry badge?
I called national barricade about the signs on E Pine Street and they don’t have any idea about them. Only thing they know about in this area is the blocked parking for the Pearl party on Saturday. I called the city about the signs. They have no idea why these signs are there. They referred me to a street inspector who might show up on Monday to see what the deal is. None of the signs have permit numbers or info on them. Technically to be legal all signs must have a permit number relating to why they are there. It does not take 1 week to paint a few stripes on a road. Anyway by the post above it says that the painting will not impact street use, sidewalk or parking. What gives on these signs? They showed up before noon on Wednesday. The people putting them up did not look like City of Seattle or National Barricade employees. I didn’t have a chance to ask them what they are for. I’d love more info on this. Thanks Capitol Hill!!
I didn’t know that having a car was a virtue of the “good citizen.”
…u mad.
Seattle would have a mandate to wage a “war on people who drive” if they had a reasonable mass-transit system that was decoupled from vehicular traffic. Comparable cities have had systems like this for a while (some for over 100 years!)
Then, people would be reasonably incentivized to take a faster and more reliable alternative to driving. The quality of life for everybody improves. Instead it seems that some would rather force people on to public transit by making driving a pain. Our quality of life ought to go down to engineer which of two evils is lesser. Disgusting.
What’s Seattle’s excuse for failing to have parity with San Francisco, New York and Chicago?