Wheels will roll again around Seattle's Green Lake (how much, electric)

[homesinseattle]

Article link here: https://www.kuow.org/stories/wheels-...e-s-green-lake

“Wheels will be welcomed back to the path around Seattle's Green Lake by November after being banned at the park amid the pandemic.

Wheels — such as bikes, rollerblades, skateboards, etc. — were banned on Green Lake's lakeside pathway in 2021. The goal was to open up more outdoor space amid the pandemic, and wheels have been the source of a few complaints on the pathway, known as the "inner loop."

"We get a steady stream of people reporting near-collisions, or collisions, or just a feeling of unease with how much use there is on this path and how difficult it is for people to navigate it safely,” a Seattle Parks and Recreation spokesperson previously told KUOW.

During this time, the city continued to work on plans for a new path for bikes and wheels along Aurora Avenue and Green Lake Drive that will connect with existing protected bike lanes. This new path is called the "outer loop."

Parks and Recreation Department recently announced that the wheels are coming back to the lakeside path by Nov. 1. Motorized wheels, such as electric bikes and scooters, are still banned. The department says it received an immense amount of feedback about the inner loop during the wheel ban, including hundreds of emails and phone calls”.

[rupp-certified]

Pandemic or not, the inner loop is way too crowded for wheels of any kind these days. The paved outer loop will be nice.

[Arcos]

Inner loop is fine for moderate wheels, I see people carefully biking/blading etc all the time. People should be considerate of each other and there’s no need to ban the considerate folks because of the actions of others. You are just punishing the ones who will follow the rules, the others will use the inner loop unless there’s enforcement.

And there will be no enforcement. We know that.