The Aurora Traffic Safety Project, “a community effort to reduce collisions and make Aurora Avenue a safer, friendlier place,” posted the following on Facebook earlier today (Friday):
New Left Turn Signals at 80th & Aurora Now Functioning!
The Project’s Public Task Force reported that drivers often made risky left turns at this intersection. This put both drivers [...]

Earlier today, we received the following tweet from My Green Lake reader Evan Jacobs:
@MyGreenLake Any idea what happened on 55th between Meridian and Wallingford? Maybe an accident between a pedestrian and garbage truck?
We have not heard any details, but SeattleCrime.com’s 911 Map shows that there was indeed a major medical event at Canfield Pl N [...]

The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) recently began a new project which will bring more real-time traffic information to drivers on SR 99 (Aurora Avenue N).  Crews are installing new traffic cameras, signal timers and electronic overhead message boards.
This construction project will impact traffic and noise levels near Green Lake beginning tonight.
For a full [...]

The Seattle Department of Transportation closed the right hand, southbound lane of the Aurora Bridge today (Monday) from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. to repair the exterior surface of a bridge column.  The lane will also be closed tomorrow (Tuesday) and Wednesday mornings.
Thanks to PhinneyWood for the heads-up!

Don’t forget: 2,800+ Love ‘em or Leave ‘em Valentine’s Day Dash participants will be descending on our neighborhood tomorrow (Saturday) morning.
The race will utilize both the track around Green Lake as well as some streets, which will be cut off to traffic.  Check this map to see which streets will be impacted.  Note that Aurora [...]

The Aurora Traffic Safety Project will be offering a traffic safety education event at the Greenlake PCC (7504 Aurora Ave) on Saturday, February 13, 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m..
The goal of the event is to “to reduce unsafe behavior that contributes to collisions on Aurora such as speeding, failure to yield to vehicles and pedestrians, [...]

My Green Lake tipster Dru sent us the following note at 2:20 this afternoon (Tuesday):
Spotted along the north end of Green Lake. Bright yellow van with a periscoping, tall monopod with camera attached. He appears to be taking pictures of buildings.
What up?
Huh. Any ideas? My first guess is that it’s the Google Street [...]

We just received the following report from “a concerned neighbor.”  We’re assuming that this was a prank?  Anyone else know why someone would stretch a garden hose across a busy street?
Around 9:45 we heard and saw for a split-second a college-aged, white male at our front door on Latona in the 5700 block. We opened [...]

Check out this little factoid making its way around Twitter right now:
The southbound stretch of I-5 at 45th Street (Exit 169) is, according to the number crunchers at The Daily Beast, America’s 7th worst commute.
#7, I-5, Seattle
Weekly hours of bottleneck congestion: 256
Worst bottleneck: Southbound, 45th St/Exit 169
Length of worst bottleneck: 1.46 mi
Weekly hours of congestion [...]

Missed Wednesday’s Green Lake Community Council meeting?  Here’s a tidbit which may be on interest: 2500-3000 people will be heading our way on February 13th.
Meeting attendees heard from Brian Oster of Pro-Motion Events, who shared information about the upcoming Love ‘em or Leave ‘em Valentine’s Day Dash, now in it’s 5th year at Green Lake.
The [...]