2025 Construction Highlights: Safer Streets and Better Connections in Seattle

2025 was a transformational year for street safety, biking, and walking in Seattle. Across the city, new projects opened that make our streets safer, more accessible, and more connected for everyone—whether you bike, walk, roll, or take transit. From South Seattle to the Waterfront, here’s a look at some of the construction highlights in Seattle that made our streets safer.

It was a banner year for bike route construction as …

10 Moments of Street Actions and Community Advocacy in 2025

One of the best things about Seattle Neighborhood Greenways is our volunteers.

We don’t just send emails or comment online — we show up. SNG and volunteers take to the streets, bring neighbors together, and turn advocacy into something you can see, feel, and participate in.

Alongside long-haul campaigns and major construction wins, 2025 was defined by people-powered street action: creative, joyful, and sometimes solemn moments that made our …

New Energy in SNG Neighborhood Groups

Seattle Neighborhood Greenways is a coalition of neighborhood groups, all led and run by volunteers like you and supported by our staff. One of the most inspiring stories of this year has been the surge of new volunteer leadership across our neighborhood groups. In every corner of the city, people are stepping up to organize their neighbors, lead campaigns, and imagine safer, more welcoming streets.

This year, we saw renewed …

Heartbreak and Hope in 2025

This year brought both heartbreak and hope for people who walk, bike, and roll in Seattle. As an attorney who represents people injured on our streets, including my bike and pedestrian clients, I see every day how dangerous infrastructure design decisions have changed lives in an instant. Yet, this year has also shown that improvements are possible when Seattle chooses safety.​

New protected bike routes now stitch together a low-stress …

A Safer Connection from West Seattle to Downtown: East Marginal Way is Open!

After more than a decade of advocacy, the East Marginal Way Corridor Improvement Project is complete — creating a safer, smoother, and more connected route between West Seattle and Downtown for everyone who bikes, walks, rolls, and drives.

East Marginal Way Bike Path

New East Marginal Way Bike Path

What was once one of Seattle’s most intimidating streets is now a model for how safety, freight mobility, and community priorities can come together. The newly …