SAFETY ALERT: Broken glass on bike trail to/from downtown (update: cleanup planned)

3:01 PM: Nicole has been trying to report this to SDOT and hasn’t gotten through yet so in case it hasn’t already been cleaned up, she wants to let other bicycle riders know: “Rode my bike downtown and back this morning. There’s broken glass on the bike trail from the tragic accident. Spokane and East Marginal. Heads up to bikers.”

4:56 PM: Nicole just sent this update: “I just got off the phone with SDOT Incident Response; they are aware of the issue and said they are sending someone now to clean up the glass now.”

North Admiral Cyclist October 20, 2025 (3:28 pm)

Thanks Nicole. Oh the irony! A big advantage of the terrific new bike path SDOT recently opened along East Marginal to Alaskan Way for those headed to or from the new Waterfront and Downtown is it is (was) “free” of broken glass. The old route Downtown from West Seattle, along the street, resulted in many flat tires as it was littered with broken glass, nails, screws, you name it. Once this crash gets cleaned up, the new bike trail should still be much, much better for West Seattle than what we had before.

NicoleB October 20, 2025 (5:02 pm)

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At last! The new bike trail and adjacent tree plantings are great. I have used it twice so far.

Felicia October 20, 2025 (3:36 pm)

I forwarded this to SDOT email:684-Road@seattle.govMaybe a duplicate but in case you don’t have it

NicoleB October 20, 2025 (4:54 pm)

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Thanks Felicia. I think that did the trick. I just got off the phone with SDOT Incident Response and they were aware of the issue and are sending someone out now to clean up the glass.