Kidical Mass to Wallingford Greenway Celebration

Calling all biking kids and their families! Hop on a bike train to Saturday's Wallingford Greenway Par-tay in the form of this month's Kidical Mass ride. From Totcycle: Depart NE Green Lake, on the grass around the playground at the Green Lake Community Center, and we'll follow this route. Meet at 4pm, ride at 4:15pm, arrive for Ribbon Cutting, Kid Parade, road chalk, hot dogs, bike blenders, and GELATO from D'Ambrosio Gelato in Ballard and Cap Hill! Marco and Enzo, the…

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Wallingford Greenway Par-tay this Saturday

The Wallingford Greenway celebration is this Saturday (June 16), from 4:00PM - 7:00PM, and everyone in the neighborhood is invited. Bring the dogs, kids, and, of course, your bikes to walk, roll, or ride the route along N. 44th Street which will be cordoned off between Bagley and Sunnyside during the event. There will be a ribbon cutting ceremony with SDOT at 5:00PM. Here's the full schedule of events: 3:00pm – close N 44th St between Sunnyside & Bagley (parking/local access…

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SDOT’s new online bike map

Just in time for a weekend of perfect bike riding weather, SDOT rolled out its new online bike map which you can find here. The online map features citywide routes that you can view via street map or aerial view; and this is the best feature: you can narrow your search by what kind of rider you are. Here's an explanation from the SDOT Blog: The first thing you’ll want to do is choose whether you are a frequent, average or…

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Greenway Sharrows

SDOT crews were out on Monday at N. 43rd and Burke Avenue N. painting sharrows for the new Wallingford Greenway. This segment of the greenway connects with the existing crosswalk on Wallingford Avenue N. (which will remain, with some modifications) and continues west on N. 43rd to Stone Way N. A reminder about sharrows from SDOT: Shared lane pavement markings (or “sharrows”) are bicycle symbols carefully placed to guide bicyclists to the best place to ride on the road, avoid car doors and…

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Greenway Par-tay Meeting

Folks, it's on! The Wallingford Greenway Block Party is happening on Saturday, June 16, from 4:00PM - 7:00PM! Now that we've got the date set, it's time to roll up our sleeves and start planning for this extravaganza. If you're interested in helping out, there's an upcoming meeting next Wednesday, April 25 at 7:00PM. Andrew has provided us with all of the details: Exactly two months to the Wallingford Greenway Celebration (Saturday June 16th from 4-7pm)! We have submitted a grant…

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Greenway Par-tay

The organizers of the soon-to-be Wallingford Greenway are making plans to throw a block party this summer, once the greenway is complete. Wanna help them plan one? Here's the skinny: Hello Wallingford folks, As you know, SDOT is currently working to complete our first Greenway in Wallingford! What better way to celebrate than to throw a summer block party? Join us next Thursday, March 29th at 7:30pm as we start to plan for this block party. All are welcome to come…

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How Pasta Translates into a ‘Run Happy’ Future

This post was written by Heather Snavely, a Wallingford resident and an employee of Brooks Sports, the running shoe company that will relocate to Wallingford once the 3400 Stone Way project is complete. Heather has lived in Wallingford since 2007 and has worked at Brooks since March 2011, and she asked if we could post her point-of-view about the Brooks relocation and the 3400 Stone Way project. Several years ago, Cantinetta Italian restaurant opened in an unexpected place: the highly residential corner…

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