Northwest Seattle Neighborhood Greenways
Updated: June 26, 2024
What's Happening Now?
Project Update: 6th Ave NW Neighborhood Greenway
Construction is in progress on the next stage of the 6th Ave NW Neighborhood Greenway! This work will include new speed humps, stop signs for side streets crossing the neighborhood greenway, and new signs and pavement markings to help people find their way.
Additional construction will improve the existing crossing signal for people walking, biking, and rolling across NW Market St at the 5th/6th intersection:
- Install curb ramps
- Improve ability for people biking to cross NW Market St by installing bike push buttons and bike waiting zones separated from vehicle traffic with shielding islands
- Revise vehicle operation to right in / right out only for 6th Ave NW and 5th Ave NW through the extension of the existing median island and updating signs and pavement markings
- Mailboxes on the SE corner will be relocated to improve accessibility from the sidewalk
This new greenway will connect West Woodland Elementary School to the existing neighborhood greenway on NW 58th St. View the project map below and visit the project webpage for more information.
Project Update: 28th Ave NW – Adams ES Neighborhood Greenway
During our first-quarter assessment of the 2024 budget, it became evident that inflation is affecting our large-scale project budgets more than initially expected. In response, we are focusing funds to ensure we continue making our transportation system safer, more reliable, and better connected and meeting Levy to Move Seattle commitments. Therefore, we are pausing a handful of projects including the the Adams Elementary Neighborhood Greenway on 28th Ave NW. This project will resume as budget or grant funding becomes available.
View the project map below and visit the project webpage for more information.
In the meantime, we hope you have noticed the volume of projects launching and nearing completion this year, such as the 15th Ave W/NW & Ballard Bridge Paving and Safety Project preparing to break ground in July.
Project Update: 1st Ave NW – Broadview-Thomson ES Neighborhood Greenway
We are excited to announce that we have begun construction on the Greenwood Ave N Sidewalks portion of the Broadview-Thomson Elementary Safe Route to School project. Project improvements include new sidewalks, curb ramps, and marked crosswalks. Visit the project webpage for more information.
NW Seattle Neighborhood Greenways Map
Click here to view the full-size map (pdf) of our growing NW Seattle Neighborhood Greenways network.
Projects Overview
6th Ave NW Neighborhood Greenway
28th Ave NW – Adams ES Neighborhood Greenway
1st Ave NW – Broadview-Thomson ES Neighborhood Greenway
Completed Intersection Improvements
Check out a few photos below of completed safety improvements for walking, rolling, and biking in this part of our neighborhood greenway network:
Leary Way NW and NW 43rd St
Improvements to existing signalized crossing:
- Add a protected bike lane in the eastbound direction
- Refresh pavement markings and signs to clarify allowable vehicle movements
- Add bike dots on the crosswalk
- Add one painted curb bulb and stop sign on the SE corner of NW 43rd St and 7th Ave NW
Crown Hill Park
- Wider pathway through park
- New crosswalks and stop sign at 14th Ave NW
N 100th St and Greenwood Ave N
- New curb ramps (west side of N 100th St)
- New roadway island with pedestrian signal
- New crosswalks
N 100th St and Aurora Ave N
- Sidewalk repairs (east side of Aurora Ave N
- New asphalt roadway (west side of Aurora Ave N)
- New curb ramps
N 100th St and College Way N
- New crosswalk and stop sign
- New painted pavement near intersection
Other Nearby/Previous Projects
- Ashworth Ave N Neighborhood Greenway
- Aurora-Licton Healthy Street
- Ballard Healthy Street
- Green Lake Outer Loop
- Greenwood Healthy Street
- Interurban to Green Lake Neighborhood Greenway Connection
- John Lewis Memorial Bridge
- Safe Routes to School: Broadview-Thomson & Cedar Park Elementary / 1st Ave NGW
- Viewlands Elementary School Neighborhood Greenway Connection
What's a Neighborhood Greenway?
Neighborhood greenways are safer, calmer residential streets for you, your family, and your neighbors. We make people walking and biking the priority. Neighborhood greenways can include:
- Easier crossings of busy streets with crosswalks, flashing beacons, or traffic signals
- Speed humps to calm traffic
- 20 mph speed limit signs
- Stop signs for side streets crossing the neighborhood greenway
- Signs and pavement markings to help people find their way
Funding
These projects were primarily funded by the 9-year Levy to Move Seattle, approved by voters in 2015. Funding also came from additional sources, such as the Neighborhood Street Fund program and Safe Routes to School grants.
Materials Library
- N 100th St and Greenwood Ave N Fact Sheet (September 2018)
- North Seattle Neighborhood Greenway Fact Sheet (July 2018)
- N 100th St Walkway Mailer (June 2018)
- Fremont Ave Neighborhood Greenway Upgrade Project Mailer (July 2017)
- N 92nd St Safe Routes to School Connection Construction Mailer (July 2017)
- North Seattle NGW Public Meeting #2 – Exhibit Boards / Mailer– en Español (February 2017)
- North Seattle NGW Most Promising Route Fact Sheet– en Español (January 2017)
- North Seattle NGW Public Meeting #1- – Slideshow / Public Meeting #1 Exhibit Boards / Mailer (July 2016)
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