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Hazard Report #30
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Status: Active Location: N Northlake Pl Description: This street is one-way East/South, with a contraflow (North/West) bike lane. King County maintenance vehicles habitually park in the bike lane. This forces bicyclist to ride against traffic on the left side of the double-yellow line. Bicyclists have confronted county employees parking vehicles in the bike lane and requested that they not do so, but the vehicles continue to be parked there illegally. Cross Streets: Woodlawn Direction: Facility Type: Street City: Seattle County: King State: WA Lat/Long: 47.647096, -122.33826 Geocoded? Location has been entered Hazard Type: BadParking Hazard Level: 3 - Moderately Dangerous Annoyance Level: 4 - Extremely Annoying Incidents: 1 - Confrontation or conflict with other user Report Date: 2005-12-10 Reported by: Rebecca Slivka[1] Last Modified by: [1] Last Modified Date: 2008-01-17 Modes Affected: Bicyclist Start Date: 2002-01-01 End Date: |
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Recommendation: Police enforcement; Get county to obey the law! Comments: This location also has "No Parking: Fire Lane" signs as well. Perhaps if the county doesn't care about bikes, they might care about the Fire Department? Log: ******************[13 Dec 2005 19:41:23 EST] Report edited/modified by: Rebecca Slivka [1]******************[15 Dec 2005 1:11:02 EST] Report edited/modified by: Rebecca Slivka [1]******************[06 Aug 2007 23:20:40 EDT] Report edited/modified by: Rebecca Slivka [1] ********************************************************************************** 12 Aug 2007 1:19:49 EDT, Rebecca Slivka [1] comments: [ email sent to Megan Hoyt (SDOT) and KC Road planning 11 Aug 2007 ] ********** ********************************************************************************** 20 Aug 2007 20:33:00 EDT, Rebecca Slivka [1] comments: [ Rec'd response from KC 20 Aug 2007: Thank you for your email alerting us to problems with King County vehicles parking in the bike lane on N Northlake Place. I will investigate to find out which King County vehicles are causing this problem and see what I can do to resolve this situation. In the meantime, N Northlake Place is in the City of Seattle. You may want to contact Seattle about enforcement of their traffic laws and parking restrictions. Sincerely, Sue Osterhoudt CIP and Planning Section Road Services Division Department of Transportation KSC-TR-0317 201 South Jackson Street Seattle, WA 98104-3856 Phone: 206-263-4707 FAX 206-296-0566 ] ********** ********************************************************************************** 17 Jan 2008 12:30:14 EST, Rebecca Slivka [1] comments: [ rec'd email 17 Jan 2008: This is in response to Bicycle Watchdog hazard report #30 and #7 located on the Burke Gilman Trail near N Northlake Pl. I would like to inform you that we are going to place an "except bikes" sign above the "Do Not Enter" near the contra flow bike lane on Woodlawn Ave N. We will also be placing some no parking signs to prevent motor vehicles from parking in the bike lane. Thank you for notifying us of the signing needs at this location. These improvements will make this facility a much more enjoyable place for bicyclist to ride. Monica DeWald SDOT Pedestrian & Bicycle Group (206) 684-5374 ] ********** |
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