収束ゾーンでのライフ: Life in the Convergence Zone

Greater Northshore Bike Connector Map 2.0.7 – 23 November 2025 – is now available on github, as is MEGAMAP 2.0.7.

This release contains two major corrections to the 2 Line Bike Connector Map, as well as notice of a December 1-5 closure of the EastRail Trail in Renton near the Seahawks Training Centre.

Here’s the complete changes list:

• WARNING: EastRail Trail South in Renton near the Seahawks Training Centre will be CLOSED from December 1-5 for regravelling. (MEGAMAP only)
• CORRECTION: 132nd/134th from NE 24th to NE 60th in Bellevue along Bridal Trails Park is currently INCORRECTLY labelled as having bike lanes. IT DOES NOT. This will be corrected locally (ala Seattle corrections) and I will relay the error to the maintainers of the 2 Line Bike Connector Map. Thanks to @astruder for the correction. (MEGAMAP only)
• CORRECTION: NE 40th in Bellevue between 140th and 148th Ave NE is currently INCORRECTLY labelled as having bike lanes. IT DOES NOT. This will be corrected local (ala Seattle corrections) and I will relay the error to the maintainers of the 2 Line Bike Connector Map. Thanks to @astruder for the correction. (MEGAMAP only)
• REMOVED: Work on Sammamish River Trail in Woodinville between 175th and 178th is functionally complete, and no more closures are listed. (Both maps)

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If you enjoy these maps and feel like throwing some change at the tip jar, here’s my patreon. Patreon supports get things like pre-sliced printables of the Greater Northshore, and also the completely-uncompressed MEGAMAP, not that the .jpg has much compression in it because honestly it doesn’t.

Enjoy biking!

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HEY IF YOU’RE IN NORTHSHORE AND CAN VOTE – vote FOR Kimberlee Kelly and vote FOR Sandy R. Hayes for school board!

Their opponents are people who were either low-key or openly anti-trans in the primary and they’ve both gone SUPER-high-key anti-trans in the general. This is how it always works and is why we always have to pay attention to “unimportant” races in the primaries:

So anyway, since people don’t pay attention enough in primaries, we have this shit.

Vote FOR Kimberlee Kelly and vote FOR Sandy R. Hayes, because their opponents are haters and shitheels.

(You can also vote for Carson Sanderson. Arun Sharma – who also seemed fine even if I voted Carson – dropped out after ballots were printed, and then endorsed Carson too.)

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Greater Northshore Bike Connector Map 2.0.4 – 3 October 2025 – is now available on github, as is MEGAMAP 2.0.4.

There are major additions in Seattle with the opening of two south Seattle routes (SODO to Georgetown, Georgetown most of the way to South Park), but the big alert is that the Central Kirkland Connector is closed from NE 68th to 108th Ave NE for emergency sewer work. This will probably be a two week project. Detours are posted both in person and on this map.

Here’s the complete changes list:

• WARNING: CKC southern segment closed for emergency sewer repair. Detours are posted.
• ADDED: SODO to Georgetown connection along 6th Ave S, Alaska, and Airport Way S. This isn’t technically done yet but it is open and people are actively riding it, so I’m adding it.
• ADDED: Georgetown to South Park connection along Albro, Ellis, and E. Marginal Way, with existing bike lanes on 16th Ave S. More work is pending, via technically separate projects rolling out in early 2026.
• ADDED: Significant changes to “commonly used” routes in eastern Mountlake Terrace, western Briar, and even a little NE Lake Forest Park as people find ways to the Mountlake Terrace light rail station. Thanks to @MHowell@kolektiva.social on Mastodon for pointing this out, I hadn’t noticed the shift yet.
• ADDED: More people on bikes means more “commonly used” routes in Bothell worth having on the map, so multiple such routes have been added.
• REMOVED: Final warning notice on Juanita Drive near Juanita Bay. The housing construction that has been extending into the roadway isn’t 100% complete but it’s close enough, it should be good.
• REMOVED: The warning notice on the Interbay Trail near Terminal 9. The “bridge over nothing” (or “bridge to nowhere”) which two decades ago went over a driveway is finally gone, much like the driveway, just much much later.

All permalinks continue to work.

If you enjoy these maps and feel like throwing some change at the tip jar, here’s my patreon. Patreon supports get things like pre-sliced printables of the Greater Northshore, and also the completely-uncompressed MEGAMAP, not that the .jpg has much compression in it because honestly it doesn’t.

Enjoy biking!

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Greater Northshore Bike Connector Map 2.0 – 4 August 2025 – is now available on github, as is MEGAMAP 2.0.1.

Mostly small updates this time, but one in particular is very important, and another is pretty important if you’re in Shoreline:

• ADDED: Alaskan Way Connector linking Elliot Bay Trail to Waterfront Trail with fully separated bikeways. Decades in the making, finally here (MEGAMAP only)
• ADDED: Painted bike lanes on Meridian Ave N in Shoreline between 155th and 175th streets (both maps)
• ADDED: “Commonly used” markers on Meridian Ave N throughout Shoreline (both maps) – this is somewhat aspirational, as there has been use of this road as a secondary to tertiary bike arterial but not quite enough to justify marking it as such until now. I am fairly certain that the new bike lanes in the middle of the route will increase its utility enough to justify it (both maps)
• ADDED: “Commonly used” makers on a section of Fremont Ave in Shoreline, because that section is used a little more than parts of Meridian which now carry that marking, and one should be consistent (both maps)
• ADDED: A weird little section of bike path I found in Lynnwood north of 196th at Wilcox Park. As 196th loses its sidewalks in that area, even this standalone oddness serves a useful purpose if you’re having to sidewalk-bike on 196th, say, to get to Gregg’s Cycles (MEGAMAP only)
• ADDED: A few more street names in City of Seattle, along with a couple of small adjustments on difficult streets (both maps)
• CORRECTION: REI Lynnwood’s icon was placed very slightly left of its actual location, and has been adjusted (MEGAMAP only)

All permalinks continue to work.

If you enjoy these maps and feel like throwing some change at the tip jar, here’s my patreon. Patreon supports get things like pre-sliced printables of the Greater Northshore, and also the completely-uncompressed MEGAMAP, not that the .jpg has much compression in it because honestly it doesn’t.

Enjoy biking!

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Greater Northshore Bike Connector Map 2.0 – 15 July 2025 – is now available on github, as is MEGAMAP 2.0.0.

The big update this release is making City of Seattle street labels legible when printed. This was a pretty big project, for several reasons, and involved patching many parts of the map by hand. This project is one of the reasons there are many small corrections in City of Seattle this release.

While yes, I can edit their PDF directly and change sizes that way, they use an $1850 typeface and I do not have that money, at least, not for this project. Also, their PDF is optimised… presumably for something… but whatever way in which it might be optimised, it’s in a way that makes it a nightmare to edit. So the hard way it is.

Additions and changes since 1.8:

• ADDED: The abovementioned font embiggening. I only enlarged street names which are directly or indirectly related to bike routes; others, I left small, if they were present at all. I also added a lot of street names left out in the original. If you would find other absent or small street names useful, please let me know and I will add and/or enlarge those, too (Seattle)
• ADDED: Bell Street improved bike facilities (Seattle)
• ADDED WARNING: Construction underway for new bike lanes and sidewalk improvements on 61st Ave/Place (Kenmore)
• RECONSTRUCTED: The north side of University Bridge in the U. District is a mess in real life, and I was asked to rework their map to at least try and make it more comprehensible. I tried. Feedback WILL be considered (Seattle)
• WARNING: The East Thomas to Elliott Bay Trail bridge over the railroad tracks is closing for construction THROUGH AUGUST. Estimate for re-opening is September 3rd (Seattle)
• WARNING: Cross-Kirkland Connector trail will be CLOSED due to construction at 85th Street until May of 2026. There will be signed detours (both ADA and not), but they’re out of your way (Kirkland)
• CORRECTION: A major maps error in Lake City still present in Seattle 2025 has finally been corrected here. This involved one bike route off a cliff and another down a multistorey stairwell. You’re welcome. (Seattle)
• Several other small Seattle 2023/2025 errors corrected – mislabelled streets, things like that (Seattle)

All permalinks continue to work.

If you enjoy these maps and feel like throwing some change at the tip jar, here’s my patreon. Patreon supports get things like pre-sliced printables of the Greater Northshore, and also the completely-uncompressed MEGAMAP, not that the .jpg has much compression in it because honestly it doesn’t.

Thank you! ^_^

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Greater Northshore Bike Connector Map 1.8.0 – 8 June 2025 – is now available on github, along with MEGAMAP 1.7.1. This version is mostly, but not entirely, about Seattle.

Seattle DOT have dropped a new bike map for 2025/2026, but have chosen to show several incomplete and/or entirely unstarted projects as completed. We respectfully disagree with this decision, as it will direct map users to infrastructure which is not actually present for most or all of this year.

Therefore, we have chosen to stay with Seattle 2023 as our Seattle-area base map. We will take on the additional work of updating it over the next year, continuing work we have already been doing. In addition to not showing incomplete/nonexistent infrastructure, this means we will continue to group “Neighbourhood Greenway” and “Healthy Street” under the same common green colour, rather than separating them into green and blue markings.

(Seattle 2025 breaks them out into greens and blues, but unfortunately at the same intensity, meaning there’s no difference for those with colour vision limitations.)

As additional Seattle projects are completed, we will add them to our maps. Once all projects shown on Seattle 2025 are completed, we will most likely transition to Seattle 2025 as our Seattle base map.

There’s only one change since 1.7.1 for outside Seattle, but it’s big:

• Juanita Drive bike lanes are finally open (again) in Juanita! There’s still a little construction on sidewalks, but functionally, they’re done

I’ve been looking forward to that finally being finished since they started work! The bike lane standard is meaningfully higher than it was before. It’s not consistently up to Kenmore’s standard, but it’s a significant and welcome improvement.

Note that sidewalk construction isn’t quite complete, but there’s very, very little left and should not interfere with biking the route.

Updates since 1.7.1 in Seattle include:

• 1st Ave NW neighbourhood greenway north of Greenwood to Broadview added
• S. Walden/Della neighbourhood greenway added
• Ashworth Ave mix of neighbourhood greenway and ped/bike shared path added
• N. 120th St. neighbourhood greenway from Ashworth Ave to Corliss Ave added
• N. 130th St. bike lanes north of Haller Lake added
• W. Marginal Way SW bike lanes extended north to 17th Ave SW
• 6th Ave NW steepness indicator in Fremont corrected
• 6th Ave NW Neighbourhood Greenway corrected (was marked as bike lane)
• Alki Drive/Beach Drive SW Healthy Street in West Seattle added
• Maple Leaf Reservoir Neighbourhood Greenway and related ped/bike path added
• Pike Street bike lane hillclimb over I-5 updated to reflect upgraded status
• 21st Ave Greenway/Health Street from Columbia to Yesler added
• Greenway/Healthy Street connection between 30th Ave S east of MLK to Mountains-to-Sound Trail added
• 39th Ave South Greenway/Healthy Street from south of Othello to Kenyon added
• One block of Neighbourhood Greenway on 27th Ave NE north of Lake City REMOVED
• Several small corrections/adjustments, carrying forward Seattle map corrections/adjustments

Rather than the usual MEGAMAP preview, here’s a comparison between on section of Seattle across the two maps.

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If you enjoy these maps and feel like throwing some change at the tip jar, here’s my patreon. Patreon supports get things like pre-sliced printables of the Greater Northshore, and also the completely-uncompressed MEGAMAP, not that the .jpg has much compression in it because it doesn’t.

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Greater Northshore Bike Connector Map 1.6.1 – 3 May 2025 – is now available on github, as is MEGAMAP 1.6.1.

This release wasn’t supposed to happen yet – arguably at all, the next was supposed to be 1.7 – but I mislabelled a couple of blocks of split sharrow/bike lane in Snohomish County as full both-sides bike lanes and that’s not okay. I had to get that fixed, and I have, so: new maps drop. Corrections are in all latest maps, of course.

Additions and changes since 1.6:

• Correction of errors on 48th West in Snohomish County, where sharrows had been incorrectly shown as full bike lanes across a couple of blocks where only one side has full bike lanes
• Added bike lane markers for Forbes Creek Drive in Kirkland
• Further cleanup of the trail situation in and around Crestwoods Park, Kirkland
• Added Old Market Street Trail in Juanita
• Added continuation notes showing how far infrastructure continues on the MEGAMAP’s northern border

All permalinks continue to work.

If you enjoy these maps and feel like throwing some change at the tip jar, here’s my patreon. Patreon supports get things like pre-sliced printables of the Greater Northshore, and also the completely-uncompressed MEGAMAP, not that the .jpg has much compression in it because it doesn’t. If you have an iPhone, please use the website interface and not the app, because Apple takes 30% if you use the app. I’ll keep doing this regardless, but you know. Thank you! ^_^

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I’ve got an alpha of the Greater Northshore Bike Connector Map posted in a temporary location. [EDIT: There’s now a Beta. Use that instead!] It extends the map northward to Lynnwood City Centre, tho’ not all the way up to Alderwood Mall.

If you have any knowledge of southwestern Snohomish County biking, give it a look? I’ll get up to Mountlake Terrace to catch a train and I’ve biked the Interurban and North Creek trails pretty far up, but that’s it, and is nothing like on-the-ground knowledge.

The uploaded version had to be trimmed at the bottom a little to stay on 11×17 paper with one-quarter-inch margins. Here’s what the full thing looks like; I’m honestly a bit up in the air about what to do about this. Staying on a single row of tiled 11×17 strikes me as kind of important.

(Just because I happen to have some 11×17.625″ paper for reasons doesn’t mean most people do, because ALMOST NOBODY DOES lol)

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Okay! So! Tesla Takedown Day, March 29th, as it happened in Lynnwood.

It went pretty well. I’m not good at estimating crowd sizes; I thought it was around 300, but it turns out they did a more formal count and it was more like 425. That’s funny, given the location and area code, but also pretty dang good for south Snohomish county.

Drivers going by honked a LOT of support. The counter-crowd was functionally nonexistent – we had a couple of drive-by finger-throwers and swearers, but I only saw one (1) MAGAt hat. I didn’t really know what to expect, but I do think I expected a little more than that.

There was also one fash hanger-on littleman doing a livestream while walking down the sidewalk through the crowd. I think he only did one run-through – I can’t be sure, but I didn’t spot him a second time, and I was looking. He had a couple of his buds trailing behind him, maybe as bodyguards? They weren’t talking, though.

Littleman himself was going off to his audience of maybe tens about how “pathetic” all these people were with “nothing better to do” on a Saturday afternoon. I really wish I’d turned around and gone into my “aren’t you so pathetic! what a good li’l booklicker! <3” doggie voice before delivering commentary about how if protesting is pathetic showing up to cover a protest must be a whole ‘nother world of pathetic but alas, I didn’t.

There’s always next time.

But yeah, even in Snohomish County, the people going by were overwhelmingly on our side. Overwhelmingly, and enthusiastically. Which isn’t that surprising but is good to have confirmed.

Cascadia Strong, team.

Hm, what else? I’ve got a few other notes:

The GMC dealership next door to the Fashhaus had to set up traffic monitors, because the crowd on sidewalks meant they couldn’t see the road on the way out. We weren’t blocking the driveway at all, we just blocked the view by being there. They weren’t mad – after all, we weren’t protesting them.

Lots of people wanted photos of my sign – both sides, specifically. I think I want to change “DO NOT” on the “DO NOT BUY CARS FROM NAZI ASSHOLES” to “DON’T” though, because:

DON’T buy
CARS from
NA-zi
ASS-holes

…is a good chant rhythm. Repeat the set three times, then “Don’t! Buy! their CARS!” over the same beat count, and you’ve got a nice little bit going, I think.

One of the few pro-Tesla cretins who did show up drove by the crowd a couple of times in their Incel Camino with a big I <3 ELON sign, but I couldn’t help but notice that they’d debadged the skip truck. No Tesla logo to be seen.

Hilarious.

We had a couple of T-Rex brigade people show up, that’s always fun. I also managed to completely miss that other people I know where there. From talking with them on Monsterdon afterwards, I literally walked by them multiple times and didn’t notice. But, well, I suppose that wasn’t the point.

Anyway, all in all, two hours, overwhelming enough support to help a bit with the ol’ morale, plus the weather held and we biked there so got in some good exercise. Not a bad day.

Next major event up are the Hands Off!/All Out protests on the 5th. I’ll have a post up about it on Monday; find your local and show up. It won’t be specifically Elon Musk this time, it’ll be about the whole Trump administration, and these have to keep happening and keep getting bigger.

See you on Saturday, I hope.

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spokane street s. across I-5

connects spokane street across the freeway

sorta

the worst parts are of of course around the freeway but it’s still an absolute deathrace along columbian once you make it past the third under-freeway stairwell

find something worse than this

i dare you

it’s nowhere near me but i kinda wanna bike it – but i can’t (because those stairs wow) so maybe hike it

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