Beacon Hill’s New Bike Lanes: A Decade of Advocacy, A Community Win

  • JoshHolland
  • Sept. 15, 2025

For over a decade, Beacon Hill Safe Streets has been organizing, advocating, and fighting for safer streets in Southeast Seattle. This month, that work is paying off in a big way with the opening of new bike lanes and pedestrian improvements along 15th Ave S and Beacon Ave S—transforming a critical corridor for people biking, walking, and riding transit.

How We Got Here

Back in 2019, things looked grim. …

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The Downtown Waterfront Bike Path Is Now Complete — With a Key Connection to the North

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  • clara
  • July 25, 2025

The transformation of Seattle’s waterfront continues — and it just got even better for people biking and rolling.

Earlier this year, we celebrated the opening of the new protected trail along the downtown waterfront. Now, thanks to community advocacy and thoughtful adjustments, that trail is finally connected to the Elliott Bay Trail via a brand-new protected bike lane on the west side (along the water) of Alaskan Way.

This …

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Hot Bike Summer: Seattle’s Bike Network is Booming!

  • clara
  • July 24, 2025

There’s never been a better time to hop on your bike.

All across Seattle, long-awaited bike routes are finally opening — connecting neighborhoods, improving safety, and making it easier to ride where you need to go.

Every new route represents years of advocacy, fighting for funding, organizing community voices, and pushing past delays. We’re thrilled to celebrate these hard-won wins — and we hope you’ll get out and ride them …

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New “Bike Line” Debuts for Club World Cup Visitors — With 2026 in Sight

  • JoshHolland
  • June 16, 2025

We launched a community-powered campaign to welcome visitors to the FIFA Club World Cup 2025 games — and it's setting the stage for even bigger things in 2026.

Just in time for the Sounders vs Botofogo kickoff game, neighborhood volunteers from Ballard-Fremont Greenways and Downtown Greenways came together to create a vibrant new 6-mile “Bike Line” — a scenic and comfortable bike route connecting Gilman Soccer Field …

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How Local Action Builds Power: Inside Our 2025 Volunteer Organizing Symposium

  • JoshHolland
  • May 30, 2025

At a time when national politics can feel paralyzed and overwhelming, local action is where real change still happens. If you care about building a safer, more sustainable, and equitable world, your neighborhood is the place to start — and there’s no better time than now.

On Saturday, May 17, 120 passionate neighbors from across Seattle gathered at Seattle Central College for the first-ever Volunteer Organizing Symposium. It was a …

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