Hot Bike Summer: Seattle’s Bike Network is Booming!
- clara
- July 24, 2025
There’s never been a better time to hop on your bike.
All across Seattle, long-awaited bike routes are finally opening — connecting neighborhoods, improving safety, and making it easier to ride where you need to go.
Every new route represents years of advocacy, fighting for funding, organizing community voices, and pushing past delays. We’re thrilled to celebrate these hard-won wins — and we hope you’ll get out and ride them with us.
Waterfront Win: Celebrate the New Downtown Connection
Earlier this year, we celebrated the opening of the new waterfront trail.
Now the final piece is in place: a protected bike lane connecting the waterfront trail north to the Elliott Bay Trail along Alaskan Way.
This stretch near Pier 66 helps people bike safely through a busy cruise ship corridor — a major win for tourists, commuters, and weekend riders alike.
You’ll also see public art by Toka Valu and major pedestrian safety upgrades as part of the Alaskan Way Safety Project, now complete!
Beacon Hill Bikeway (Opening Mid-August)
This long-awaited project brings 1.7 miles of protected bike lanes along Beacon Ave S and 15th Ave S — stretching from the Jose Rizal Bridge to Jefferson Park.
It’s a game-changer for Southeast Seattle: connecting people to schools, transit, businesses, light rail, and libraries — and laying the groundwork for future routes south through the entire Beacon Hill corridor.
This project shows the power of community-led, sustained advocacy to reshape how we move.
Duwamish Valley: 5 Miles of Safer Routes
The Duwamish Valley is about to undergo a major transformation with 5 miles of new protected bike lanes — the result of over 20 years of community advocacy.
- Downtown to Georgetown: Opens late July. More info here.
- Georgetown to South Park: Opens late August. More info here.
- E Marginal Way (S Atlantic to S Spokane): Opens late September, More info here.
The new lanes on East Marginal Way will separate people biking from heavy freight traffic — a crucial safety improvement.
But gaps remain. Advocacy is still needed to fully connect Georgetown to Beacon Hill and extend South Park routes to the Green River Trail.
Coming Later This Year
- Elliott Bay Trail Renovations
- S Henderson St (October): Safer biking to the Rainier Beach Link Station, pool, high school, and Be’er Sheva Park.
- N 130th St (October): Phase 1 redesign will add protected bike lanes and reduce traffic lanes, improving access to the future Pinehurst Link Station (coming 2026).
Thanks to years of advocacy and community energy, Seattle’s bike network is growing strong. Whether you’re a seasoned rider or just getting started, there’s never been a better time to get out, explore, and ride.
We hope to see ya out there rolling this hot bike summer!
