Dear Elected leaders and city staff:
Please direct SDOT to establish an emergency bike lane across the Fremont Bridge.
As much as we need Stay Healthy Streets, we also need a safe, healthy crossing of the Ship Canal at the Fremont Bridge. As one of the most heavily utilized cycling facilities in the City of Seattle, the Fremont Bridge recorded over 1.2 million bike trips in 2019 and usage in 2020 prior to the “Stay at Home” order was on track to surpass previous records—all in spite of the bridge having very narrow sidewalks that are shared by both cyclists and pedestrians:
The unsafe conditions along the sidewalks of the Fremont Bridge force cyclists to make the impossible choice between risking their health by riding too close to other people on the sidewalk and risking injury by riding with motor vehicles in traffic. Cyclists should not have to make that choice.
Fortunately, we can address this public health and safety issue by having SDOT create a protected bike lane across the Fremont Bridge.