Area: Edmonds Community College Observations • Edmonds Community College has over 1,600 employees and 13,000 students and would benefit from convenient bicycle connections from transit and surrounding communities. Specific Recommendations • Improve wayfinding on bike routes to the Community College. • Provide convenient, covered and safe bicycle parking for students, staff and faculty. Area: 76th Ave W Observations • 76th Ave W is a four-lane, direct north/south connection that would benefit from adding buffered bike lanes. It serves key destinations such as Swedish/Edmonds Hospital and Edmonds Woodway High School. • Currently, through bicyclists take 80th Ave W, a neighborhood side street, and avoid 76th Ave W. • A future east/west connection could be made from the Interurban Trail to Swedish/Edmonds Hospital and continue on to Edmonds-Woodway High School via bike lanes on 216th St SW and a through campus connection to 76th Ave. W Specific Recommendations • Provide buffered bike lanes or protected, separated lanes on both sides of 76th Ave W from 208th St SW to 224th St SW. • Add a combined bike lane/turn lane at 224th St SW or a bike box heading eastbound to allow cyclists to be more visible as they proceed through the intersection toward the Interurban Trail. • Provide wayfinding from 76th to the Interurban Trail via 224th St. SW. • Explore the opportunity for a connection from the Interurban Trail along 216th and through the Swedish Edmonds hospital campus to provide a direct connection to the hospital facilities and Edmonds Woodway High School. Area: Interurban Trail Observations • The Interurban Trail connects many of the cities in South Snohomish County and is an important facility for both recreational and commuting cyclists. It is not always clear how to connect the various completed segments and how to access it from side streets. Specific Recommendations • Remove the chicane on the Interurban Trail at 61st Ave W (West entrance of Lynnwood Neighborhood Park pictured above) to make it safer for all users and allow easy access for bikes, wheelchairs, trailers and tandems to the trail. • Improve wayfinding signage to access trail and highlight local destinations such as schools, parks, transit centers, medical facilities and other destinations.
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Example of a buffered bike lane: N 130th Street in Seattle. The increased distance between car traffic provided by the painted buffer can make the bike lane more comfortable for bicyclists.
Intersection of 224th St. SW (running right -left) and Hwy 99. Intersection improvements would make 224th a safer connection between the Interurban Trail and destinations on 76th Ave. W.
The chicane barrier at the entrance to the Interurabn at Lynnwood Neighborhood Park poses a hazard to bicyclists.