More protected bike lanes needed in downtown by 2020, Seattle City Council says

The Seattle City Council wants a full network of protected bike lanes through downtown by the end of next year.

The Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) isn’t so sure.

The City Council’s transportation committee unanimously passed a nonbinding resolution Wednesday setting deadlines for the city to build a half-dozen long-planned bike lanes through downtown: On Eighth Avenue, Ninth Avenue North, 12th Avenue South, South King Street and on Pike and/or Pine streets, among others.

Councilmember Mike O’Brien, who sponsored the