‘We’re pretty disappointed by this,’ says cycling nonprofit of decision to restrict bikes at Green Lake

Seattle Parks and Recreation has closed the inner loop trail at Green Lake Park to bicycles, tricycles, rollerblades, and scooters.

Foot and vehicle traffic in and around the nearly 300-acre Green Lake Park has been in flux since the start of the pandemic. In 2020, the parks department announced that they would close the inner loop to bicycles, along with the decision to keep traffic flow facing in a single direction.

Officially, Seattle Parks revisited that policy every 60 days. COVID-related restrictions on inner loop bicycles were still in place in August, and the park’s board of commissioners voted to make the restriction indefinite in October.

In March, the

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