Seattle Bike Blog Editor Tom Fucoloro has Gone Bikin’ until Labor Day. In the meantime, we will be periodically posting short news bits and excerpts from good reads floating around the web.
It’s time for the Bike News Roundup!
First up, some ways to create a more equitable bike share system:
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Pacific Northwest News
- Kirkland plans for upgrades to 100th Avenue NE corridor – Kirkland Reporter
- “He will truly be missed by many:” Everett man dies after being struck by car on SR 530 | KOMO
- West Seattle Blog | ‘The roadway redesign is improving safety,’ says SDOT as 35th Avenue SW Phase 2 is unveiled
- CHS Pics | Dead Baby Downhill XX starts at 23rd and Union | CHS Capitol Hill Seattle
- Downtown Seattle City Cycling Tour — Larch & Loon
- Madison BRT: An In-Depth Look At The 30% Design – The Urbanist
- John Wayne Trail gets vote of confidence from State Parks panel | The Spokesman-Review
- Lessons Vancouver can learn from Seattle’s bike share program | Metro News
- New Opportunity in Open-Air Dining | SDOT Blog
- Car crashes into bedroom of Federal Way home; driver flees | KOMO
- You, citizen, can shape the Pike People Street plan | CHS Capitol Hill Seattle
- Inslee appoints Roger Millar as transportation secretary | The Seattle Times
- Melrose Promenade Awarded $3 Million For Construction – The Urbanist
- Seattle woman says drivers mistaking her driveway for a road: ‘I am petrified … for my kids’ | Q13 FOX News
- B.C.’s 1st bike share program ‘wheely’ popular ‘right out of the gate’ | Vancouver Sun – Ouch, that headline…
- Langley bicyclist killed by suspected drunk driver – HeraldNet.com
- Levy to Move Seattle 2016 Update | SDOT Blog
- Person struck, killed by car along Interstate 5 near Ridgefield | KATU
- FHWA/FTA Project Selection | PSRC – Browse the list of recommended projects for Federal funding
- Seattle Department of Transportation: North Seattle Greenway & School Safety Project
- Pac-Man Coming to Capitol Hill! | SDOT Blog
- Pod Apartment Developer Pronounces Micro-Housing Dead | Politics | Seattle Met
- Appeals court won’t let Seattle off hook in Schulte lawsuit | The Seattle Times
- John Wayne Pioneer Trail Study Recommendations Coming Out – Washington Bikes
- Daughter of deadly hit & run victim: “I don’t even know how to feel right now” | KOMO
- Two new traffic diverters installed on Ankeny and Mississippi – BikePortland.org
- Driver who hit, killed Oregon man was in another fatal crash two years ago | The Seattle Times
- West Seattle Blog | West Seattle weekend scene: ‘Play Street’ in North Admiral
- Seattle makes its push for ‘Rest of the West’ 520 recommendations | CHS Capitol Hill Seattle
- Hit-and-run vehicle that killed Chelan cyclist found | KOMO
- 2 cars racing on I-5 trigger 3-car wreck in SeaTac | KOMO
- Charge: ‘Unhinged’ man rammed Seattle Jack in the Box to avenge daughter | KOMO
- Seattle mayor, seeking more diverse input, cuts ties with district councils | The Seattle Times
- Queen Anne Community Council Seeking $25K for HALA Challenge | The C Is for crank
- Assphalt: The Anti-Transit Snake Oil That Is the Self-Driving Car – Seattle Weekly
- Meet Your New Montlake Boulevard – The Urbanist
- Kitsap Transit settles case with injured bicyclist | Kitsap Sun
- Seattle Should Double Down on Transit Investements | Politics | Seattle Met
- Traffic Calming and Speed Cushions | SDOT Blog
- A Ducks vehicle involved in minor crash for second time in 3 months; no injuries (VIDEO) | Q13 FOX News
- Fun for everybody! A 7-point action plan for a more diverse Pedalpalooza – BikePortland.org
- Driver dies, car bursts into flames after airborne crash near Lake Sammamish | KOMO
- Craig Hill: Bike rides adapting to attract cyclists | The Olympian
- Assphalt: We Raced the First Hill Street Car on Foot, and Beat it by 8 Minutes – Seattle Weekly
- Employers Bike Summit Convenes in Seattle | Examiner.com
- THEN & NOW: the True Story of Sidewalks in Burien | WABI Burien
- Edison Elementary in Centralia Gets Bicycle Helmets for All After Student’s Injury – The Chronicle: Home
- City: Road diet has cut Rainier Avenue crashes | KING5.com
- Seattle intersections with the most DUI arrests – seattlepi.com
- Maple Valley driver killed in Issaquah ‘touched the lives of hundreds’ | The Seattle Times
- Women & girls ride in Tacoma | Cascade Bicycle Club
- Historic Tokul Creek Trestle reopens on Snoqualmie Valley Trail » Biking Bis
- Thank You for Being a Friend: 12 Years With the Dead Baby Bike Club | Jetspace Magazine
- Portland’s Largest Bike Advocacy Group Is No Longer Just About Bikes – Blogtown – Portland Mercury
- Metro bike racks don’t meet state standards | KING5.com
Halftime show! SDOT kids explain curb bulbs:
National & Global News
- Bike-Share Systems Test Out Cheaper, Single-Trip Fares | Streetsblog.net
- Traffic deaths up in cities that turn off red-light cameras | AP
- Bike Index’s July 2016 bike recoveries
- Level of Traffic Stress – Peter G Furth
- Spurred by S.F. Cyclist Deaths, Guerrilla Safe Streets Activists Take Action | News Fix | KQED News
- Four-City DOT Tour Spotlights Highways That Thwart Opportunity – Next City
- Let’s design for women too – beyond the commute – katsdekker
- Rio Olympics Opening Ceremony Bikes Were Straight Up Whimsical |Huffington Post
- ‘Straddling bus’ locked up, all testing stopped after allegations surface that it’s just a big scam: Shanghaiist
- Seattleites Own More Cars Than Atlantans, and Other Surprising Comparisons | Streetsblog USA
- Tim Kaine Took a Stand Against Cul-de-Sacs | Streetsblog.net
- Streetcar tracks increase risk of bike crashes: UBC and Ryerson study | EurekAlert! Science News
- Teens suspected of running down artist and motivational speaker with car | KSDK.com
- Pokémon Go crash is proof texting and driving has gone too far. – The Washington Post
- AASHTO’s Draft Bikeway Guide Includes Protected Bike Lanes and More | Streetsblog USA
- Drunken off-duty cop plows onto Brooklyn sidewalk, killing one – NY Daily News
- Does the right to drive trump the 1st Amendment right to assemble? : TreeHugger
- The philosophy that has pitted cars against cyclists for the last 40 years is finally dying – LA Times
- “Investigatory” Traffic Stops Need to End | Streetsblog.net
- The Surprising Health Benefits of an Electric Bike – The New York Times
- What Might Help Is Decriminalizing Minor Offences That Increase Encounters Between Cops and Blacks – Slog – The Stranger
- Game off! Why the decline of street hockey is a crisis for Canada’s cities | Cities | The Guardian
- Divvy Rider Killed, Believed To Be Nation’s First Bike-Sharing Death – Avondale – DNAinfo Chicago
- Brexit complicates things for Brompton Bicycles » Biking Bis
- It’s time for cycling advocates to stop ignoring people of color – SPOKE magazine
- Minneapolis tries to topple Portland as America’s most cycle-friendly city | Cities | The Guardian
- Duck boat bill offers ‘common sense’ ideas – Berkshire Eagle Online
- A Bike Bell That Maps Where Cyclists Feel Unsafe and Pings the Mayor | Streetsblog.net
- Atlanta Launches Bike-Share – Next City
- Texas DOT Seems Open to a Downtown Dallas Highway Removal | Streetsblog USA
- Would-be bike thief brought down by horse-mounted hero in Eagle Point | OregonLive.com
- The great Copenhagen loading-zone compromise | PeopleForBikes
- Transportation For America – California officially dumped the outdated “level of service” metric — your state should too
- Bringing back driver’s ed could be just the thing to get teens behind the wheel – The Washington Post
- Enough with the Smashed Watermelons! Helmet Mania Is Scaring Kids Away from Biking | Free Range Kids
