Melrose Avenue Guide

Bike Melrose Ave through Capitol Hill in Seattle, Washington while learning how it connects within the city in this video guide.
Introduction 0:06
Melrose Ave Overview 0:25
North end connections 0:46
Riding Melrose Ave 2:10
Melrose Promenade project 2:46
New protected bike lanes 3:22
Pike Pine Streetscape project 4:23
Pine Street connections 5:30
Pike Street connections 6:26
Outroduction 7:36
Credits 7:49
Melrose Promenade: www.seattle.gov/transportatio...
Pike Pine Streetscape & Bicycle Improvements: waterfrontseattle.org/waterfr...
Videos were taken by me with my GoPro HERO 7 Black camera.
3D map animation was created using Google Earth Studio.
Map images were created using Affinity Photo and Google Earth Pro.
Voiceover recordings were created using Rode Wireless GO II microphones, Blue Yeti microphone, and Audacity software.
Final video including overlays and animations was created by me using Wondershare FilmoraPro.
Music is licensed through Soundstripe app.soundstripe.com/
“Bounce City”
Written by Erick Pena - Performed & Produced by Ivy Bakes
“Future Trip”
Written by Aaron Sprinkle - Performed & Produced by Neon Beach
“Lesssss Go!”
Written by Matthew Wigton - Performed & Produced by Matt Wigton
“Montego Hills”
Written by Michael Thomas Geiger - Performed & Produced by Mikey Geiger

[@anthonynguyen2343]

Thank you Bob

[@jeffwilcox]

That Melrose Connector Trail has standing water on it 100% of the time, argh!

[@nickwax7175]

Hopefully a leading pedestrian interval/bike signal coming soon at Melrose and Pine.
I also hope they improve the Melrose and Pike intersection.
Otherwise pretty cool project. It has made my commute safer.

[@bobco85]

I wonder if Melrose/Pine will get an upgrade with the Pike Pine Streetscape project, same for Melrose/Pike. I'm glad it's made your commute safer; I hope more people are aware of the route.

[@sklegg]

3:03 Local history fact: Back in 2008 two charter busses slid down Thomas St., broke through the barrier here and were hanging over I-5.

[@bobco85]

Yikes! I just looked up the pics of it from the Capitol Hill Seattle Blog, and it's wild seeing how close they were to falling onto the interstate: www.capitolhillseattle.com/2017/12/december-19th-2008-the-day-a-bus-almost-slid-off-an-icy-capitol-hill-onto-i-5/
Thanks for sharing the history!

[@will_jennings]

Minor correction, at around 2:04 the 10th ave route has an impossibly steep section of Harvard Ave as you come directly off of Lakeview. To avoid double digit grades you would need to go all the way to Roanoke, going under the highway (green line crossing under I5 on the map).

[@bobco85]

It's true, that first section of Harvard Ave is steeper than other parts, but I think it's still doable as a lower traffic route. I wasn't able to get an accurate calculation (via RideWithGPS or other tools) of the grade; do you know the steepness of that climb?

[@will_jennings]

@@bobco85 It's supposedly 15% but to me it feels like 20% for a short section tapering off as you go up. Definitely not impassible like I suggested above but even some ebikes may struggle with it!

[@bobco85]

@@will_jennings 15% still seems steeper than it might be; there's a segment of Franklin Pl going uphill from Eastlake Ave that gets super steep that I think would be 15%. I'm interested to know if there is a tool that has a precise measurement for the Harvard Ave segment; the trees seem to interfere with aerial elevation calculations.

[@hillyseattlenarrowstreets6087]

Riding Seattle's bike paths becomes a maze, especially with our hills and non grid side streets. Is there a Seattle Bike Route Map that can be uploaded to a Smartphone or dedicated Bike GPS so it can help riders plan their routes and follow it easy?
Do you use a dedicated bike GPS? "I bike unfolded" is a Denver bike channel who likes Bromptons and Zizzo bikes for commuting. He likes a Garmin Edge Explorer on his bike, did a nice video on it too.
You should do a Collaboration with Garmin and SDOT on doing a Seattle Bike Route map. Safe bike routing would sell well.

[@bobco85]

I use a combination of past experience, Google Maps, Google Maps Streetview, Strava Global Heatmap, and RideWithGPS to figure out usable routes.
While I don't personally use them, I know of 2 separate mobile-friendly bike tools that you could use:
-Bike Citizens Cycle Route Planner map.bikecitizens.net/us-seattle
-BBBike @ Seattle - Cycle Route Planner www.bbbike.org/Seattle/

[@sklegg]

It's great to see parking removed in favor of adding capacity for moving people on bikes, scooters, etc.