Here, have the quickly-made MEGAMAP 1, a combination of the new Greater Northshore Connector Bike Map, most of the City of Seattle 2023 Bike Map, and the April 2024 2 Line Connector Eastside Bike Map.
It is NOT SMALL. Printed at native 300dpi, it's right about 26" square, or 660mm square.
There I cleaned up the water. Shoulda done that before but I thought it would be difficult and it wasn't. Also matched interstate highway colours of the Seattle and Eastside maps because why not.
Kirkland's official map - five years out of date - not only fails to show bike lanes that do exist, it shows multiple bike lanes as extant that do not in fact exist. (Or if they do exist, they're invisible on Google Maps, both overhead and streetview.)
Hey can anybody give me authoritative on the bike situation in North Kirkland, particularly 100th Ave NE? Because their map is 5 years out of date and Google's street view alternates between dates in ways that means what bike lanes are there (and I'm confident some are there) flicker in and out of existence for me.
1/2 Today’s bike adventure was a ride with my friend across the lake for some beer & back
-riding Eastrail thru Kirkland
-delicious East Rail Ale at Chainline Brewing
-pretzel was big (Nick’s head for scale)
-we then rode new Totem Lake Connector bridge & back on BGT #SEAbikes#Seattle#Kirkland#Eastrail#BikeTooter#PNW
2/2 After we parted ways, I was curious and checked out the status of the new “biscuits” being installed at Thomas & Dexter. Prue Leith might say, “They’re a bit overbaked, but the taste is delightful.”
Talking of #northshore, might as well mention that they're about done with the little three-block missing bike link between Burke-Gilman and the West Sammamish River Bridge bike path, which heads south into #Arrowhead towards #Kirkland - pavement was down last time I was there and at least some of the signage. No paint yet, but it's supposed to be done pretty soon.
It's supposedly going to be buffered but I don't know if that's just paint or what and I didn't see that part yet. But they're saying they'll be done in September so I don't imagine it'll be too much of a production.
Got asked to design a #Lego#Gastonia for #Jim#Kirkland (for a friend of his to give him).
Here is the end result.
I will now have to get the parts and build it to make sure they work, then get the parts to my friend to pass on to Jim.
@moira
so I'm guessing this means there's now an easy way to get from 520 to the Eastrail path
(google streetview didn't think so, it was looking like one would have to do a bit of improvising through those parking lots where the Denny's used to be)