Edmonds will add more bike lanes, reduce some street parking
Luke Distelhorst prefers getting around Edmonds on his Cannondale bicycle.
It doesn’t work for every errand, especially when he or his wife need a lot of space, such as toting their daughter to softball games or practice. But pedal power has proven his preferred option for trips downtown, where he would like to see more dedicated space for bike travel.
As a city council member, he is in a position to push for those changes in the budget and through policy.
In Edmonds, a city of over 42,600 residents, there are about 16 miles of bike facilities which includes markings on roads shared with vehicles and dedicated lanes as well as 25 bike racks in the public right-of-way.
“We still have many areas of Edmonds that need bike facilities to make it easier,” Distelhorst said.
The city’s public works department is planning $1.85 million in bike and pedestrian projects this year. A Sound Transit grant funded the work to improve connections between the agency’s services at the Sounder station near the waterfront and light rail stations set to open in 2024 in Lynnwood and Mountlake Terrace. Construction could begin this year but certainly not in time for Bike to Work Day on May 21 when city employees who participate ride from the PCC Community Market at Highway 104 and 100th Avenue W to the Edmonds Ferry Terminal.
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