North Seattle Neighborhood Greenway

What's Happening Now?

Updated April 24, 2020

Like the rest of the world, here in Seattle, we're rethinking how we live and move around our city during the COVID 19 crisis and beyond. Mayor Jenny Durkan and SDOT Director Sam Zimbabwe announced Safe Healthy Streets in support of Governor Inslee's "Stay Home, Stay Safe" order and the City's #KeepItMoving campaign. If people go outside, we need them to keep moving and avoid gatherings.

To maintain at least 6 feet of space while passing a neighbor, people are walking in the street or crossing to the other side. Even though traffic volume is down 60%, there is still risk when people are walking in the streets where there are cars. To support people enjoying outdoor exercise safely, we're converting some existing neighborhood greenways, which are  calm residential streets, into Stay Healthy Streets.

PDF of Greenwood Stay Healthy Street Map

Updated: August 19, 2019

Project Overview

Intersection Improvements

Check out the neighborhood greenway completed photos below.

15th Ave NW and NW 92nd St

• New curb bulbs
• New sidewalk improvements

Crown Hill Park

• Wider pathway through park
• New crosswalks and stop sign at 14th Ave NW

Holman Rd NW and 13th Ave NW New Signal (NSF-funded) 

• New crossing signal and crosswalk beneath pedestrian bridge
• View the NSF project webpage for more information regarding this intersection

8th Ave NW and NW 92nd St 

• New flashing crossing beacon
• New curb ramps
• New crosswalks

3rd Ave NW and NW 92nd St 

• New flashing crossing beacon
• New curb ramps
• New crosswalks

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

Corridor markings, wayfinding signs, and speed humps along the route

• New asphalt speed humps, approximately 1 per block (see below!)
• New stop signs and greenway wayfinding signs
• New pavement markings to indicate the greenway way

About neighborhood greenways

Neighborhood greenways are safer, calmer residential streets for you, your family, and neighbors. We make people walking and biking the priority. The North Seattle Neighborhood Greenway includes:

• 20 mph speed limit signs
• speed humps to calm traffic
• stop signs for side streets crossing the neighborhood greenway
• signs and pavement markings to help people find their way
• easier crossings of busy streets with crosswalks, flashing beacons, a roadway island, or traffic signals

We considered the following factors to select the greenway design and route:

• The Bicycle Master Plan (BMP) recommended a neighborhood greenway on NW/N 90th St and N 100th St to connect to the planned Northgate Pedestrian & Bike Bridge across I-5. Protected bike lanes on N 92nd St were also proposed in the BMP and then prioritized in our recent implementation plan.
• Community input and feedback from hundreds of people through public meetings, site visits with community members, an online survey, and direct communications. We heard a lot of requests for a neighborhood greenway with slower speeds on residential streets, safer crossings at busy intersections, flatter routes with less cut-through traffic, and improved connections to nearby schools, parks, transit, popular business districts, and Seattle’s growing bikeway network.
• Data on traffic speed and volume, roadway operations, and street use.

The selected route along N 100th St/NW 92nd St avoids the steepest hills and prioritizes streets with lower vehicle speeds and volumes. It also connects people to the destinations we heard were most important:

• Parks: Soundview Playfield, Crown Hill Park, Sandel Park, and Licton Springs Park
• Schools: Whitman Middle School, Eagle Staff Middle School, Cascadia Elementary School, Licton Springs K-8 School, Greenwood Elementary School, St. John Catholic School, and North Seattle College
• Neighborhoods, business districts: Crown Hill, Greenwood, Licton Springs, and Northgate
• Citywide bike network: 17th Ave NW Neighborhood Greenway, Greenwood Ave NW bike lanes, Fremont Ave NW Neighborhood Greenway, College Way N bike lanes, and N 92nd St bike lanes
• Transit: RapidRide lines on Holman Rd NW and Aurora Ave N, bus routes on Greenwood Ave N and College Way N, and future Northgate Pedestrian & Bike Bridge to light rail

Like all our neighborhood greenway streets, the North Seattle Neighborhood Greenway will include speed humps, prioritize people walking and biking, and improve crossings of busy streets.

About the school safety project

Our Safe Routes to School program funded crossing improvements at 15th Ave NW and NW 92nd St at Whitman Middle School, NW 80th St and 1st Ave NW at Greenwood Elementary School, and the Safe Routes to School Connections providing neighborhood greenway routes to the school on 1st Ave NW and the new schools at the Wilson-Pacific site: Eagle Staff Middle School, Cascadia Elementary School, and Licton Springs K-8 School.

About the Neighborhood Street Fund projects

Our neighborhood greenway work has been closely coordinated with the Neighborhood Street Fund's 2018 projects in the area: Holman Rd NW and 13th Ave NW Signal and Aurora Ave N Corridor Improvements.

Schedule

The North Seattle Neighborhood Greenway & School Safety Project and associated Neighborhood Street Fund projects began construction in 2017 and was completed in early 2019.

2017 (completed)

• N 92nd St Protected Bike Lanes (initially marked in October 2016, weather delayed until early 2017)
• 1st Ave NW Neighborhood Greenway Connection (N 92nd St to N 73rd St)

2017-2018 (completed)

• Safe Routes to School Education and Enforcement Campaign

2018-2019 (completed)

• North Seattle Neighborhood Greenway and Safe Routes to School Neighborhood Greenway Connection
• Neighborhood Street Fund Holman Rd NW and 13th Ave NW Signal
• Neighborhood Street Fund Aurora Ave N Corridor Improvements

Funding

This project is funded by the 9-year Levy to Move Seattle, approved by voters in 2015.

The Neighborhood Street Fund program pays for transportation projects identified and prioritized by the community. Projects range from crossing improvements to creating unique public spaces. They're typically between $100,000 and $1 million. The 2019 application for NSF projects is open now – apply by November 19!

The Safe Routes to School connections were paid for by a Washington State Department of Transportation Safe Routes to School grant.

Contact Us

We will no longer be monitoring the project inbox. For questions or comments about the project, please contact us at 684-Road@seattle.gov or (206) 684-7623. 

Construction Materials Library

• N 100th St and Aurora Ave N Construction Notice - West side of intersection (February 2019)
• N 100th St and Aurora Ave N Construction Notice - Ease side of intersection (December 2018)
• N 100th St and Greenwood Ave N Construction Notice (December 2018)
• 3rd Ave NW and NW 92nd St Construction Notice (December 2018)
• 3rd Ave NW and NW 92nd St Fact Sheet (October 2018)
• N 100th St and Aurora Ave N Fact Sheet (September 2018)
• N 100th St and Greenwood Ave N Fact Sheet (September 2018)
• Factsheet 3 (July 2018)
• N 100th St walkway mailer (June 2018)
• Safe Routes to School: Licton Springs neighborhood mailer (Oct 2017)
• Fremont Ave Neighborhood Greenway Upgrade Project Mailer (July 2017)
• N 92nd St Safe Routes to School Connection Construction Mailer (July 2017)
• 1st Ave NW Safe Routes to School Connection Construction Mailer (July 2017)
• Fremont Ave Neighborhood Greenway Upgrade Program Factsheet (June 2017)
• N 92nd St Protected Bike Lane Fact Sheet (June 2017)

Design Materials Library

• Public Meeting #2 Exhibit Boards (February 2017)
• Mailer 2 – Most promising route (January 2017)
• Mailer 2 (En Español)– Most promising route (January 2017)
• Factsheet 2 – Most promising route (January 2017)
• Factsheet (En Español) – Most promising route (January 2017)
• Factsheet 1 – Route options (May 2016)
• Slideshow (July 2016)
• Mailer 1 – Route options (July 2016)
• Public Meeting #1 Exhibit Boards (July 2016)

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