BGT Improvements

Still seems dry

Rode through last week; seems to be fine. A little repair work goes a long way, don't it?

No puddle

I had occasion to travel to and from the UW yesterday. There has been a fair bit of rain over the last few days. The drain still seems to be working fine.

Still dry

My commute no longer takes me past the old flooded part of the BGT, and that section has been closed in any case for quite a long time while repairs were made to the Fremont bridge. However, a recent visit to the UW coincided with not only some pretty wet weather but also with one of the first days the trail had been open since the construction closure. The drain is still working it seems, which is good news.

Various updates

The trail through Fremont, and under the Fremont bridge and the Aurora overpass, has been closed for at least a year(?), and will be closed for a while longer yet I think. More repairs to bridge structures or something. Bikers must detour onto the road for a few blocks in that area for now. Anyway, I have not been through the pet puddle section in a long time; I hope it is still draining properly. I'll report on it when that section of trail reopens.

In other news, the Ride in the Rain Challenge was again a success this past January. It was mentioned in the PI.

Lastly, I have noticed of late a lot of drivers using a section of roadway that has long been designated as bikes-only; the area is the eastbound lane of NE 40th Street more or less between the I-5 and University Bridge overpasses. The street is clearly painted with bike-lane symbols, and the eastbound lane is blocked with a concrete curb at the intersection with 7th Avenue NE. Cars are not allowed there. People heading west sometimes decide they don't feel like waiting in the line of cars backed up at the stop sign and make a U-turn, or they slip around the concrete barrier and drive up the bike lane. They often seem to take umbrage at cyclists in their way. If I get a picture of anyone driving along there I'll post it here, preferably with a clear shot of the license plate.

Rain, Drain

Reiterative update: It rained cats, dogs, etc. over the last 48 hours, but rides to and fro have been entirely flood-free.

April Showers

Thanks all! It was raining pretty steadily when I rode to work this morning, but the drain seems to, well, drain. Case closed.

I urge my tens of readers to pass on their thanks to the parties involved.

Aerial Photos

Don't know why this never dawned on me earlier:

1:1000

1:250

(Photos courtesy of http://terraserver.microsoft.com. Photos were flown Thursday, June 13, 2002.)

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Response from message sent to the Mayor's office

I emailed the Mayor's office about this site last week; Laurie Dunlap wrote me today:

Date: Mon, 07 Feb 2005 16:03:47
From: Charles Kiblinger
To: Laurie Dunlap Laurie.Dunlap@Seattle.Gov
Subject: Re: Burke-Gilman repair requests

Thanks -- it doesn't appear that anything has been done so far to alleviate the trail flooding. Just thought I would pass along the records of my correspondence to the Mayor's office....

On 2/7/2005 3:56 PM, thus spake Laurie Dunlap:

Dear Mr. Kiblinger,

Thanks for those links. It looks like these are the sorts of problems that need to be dealt with by Seattle Transportation and so far have been, by them and by Kidder Mathews. I'll let the Mayor's Office know that, and also send them the correct links you sent me.

Best,
Laurie Dunlap

This week's photo

Second half of January, same old. --Photo courtesy of Ron Lindsay.

Today's photo

Just for the record.

Flooding 11

Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2004 10:37:02 -0800
From: Charles Kiblinger
To: Donna Canterna donnac@gvakm.com
CC: Pauh Wang Pauh.Wang@Seattle.Gov, friends@burkegilmantrail.org
Subject: Re: Drainage Problem, Burke Gilman Bike Trail

Today's picture, for the record.

Charles Kiblinger
http://www.zipcon.net/~beckyd/bgt/

Flooding 10

Subject: RE: Drainage Problem, Burke Gilman Bike Trail
Date: Wed, 8 Dec 2004 10:33:09 -0800
From: "Donna Canterna" donnac@gvakm.com
To: Charles Kiblinger
Cc: Pauh.Wang@Seattle.Gov, friends@burkegilmantrail.org

Hi Charles,
Drain lines were cleared in November. Our contractor suspects that there
is a broken pipe in the line. We have scheduled to repair it. That will
be done later this month or early January.
Thanks for the picture.
Donna

Flooding 9

From: Charles Kiblinger
Subject: Re: Drainage Problem, Burke Gilman Bike Trail
Date: Wed, 08 Dec 2004 10:21:32 -0800
To: donnac@gvakm.com
Cc: Pauh.Wang@Seattle.Gov, friends@burkegilmantrail.org

Burke-Gilman Trail flooded wall to wall again today, 9:45AM. Photo Attached.

Charles Kiblinger
http://www.zipcon.net/~beckyd/bgt/