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Tag Archives: commuting
Seattle’s bike commute hot spots
Do you live in a bike commuting hot spot? The Seattle Times’ Gene Balk (AKA: FYI Guy) published an interactive map today displaying bike-to-work rates according to neighborhood. Unlike the map we posted last spring showing BikeScore’s bike commuter map … Continue reading
Grist editor tries out bike commuting in Seattle (and has some great advice)
Getting started as a regular bike commuter is the equivalent of jumping into a cold pool instead of slowly moving, cold inch by cold inch, into the water. Unlike a recreational ride where you can stick only to friendly bike … Continue reading
Dietrich: Gates Foundation campus has some swanky bike commuter facilities
Heidi Dietrich, formerly of Patch and now with the Gates Foundation, brags about some of the company’s awesomely cushy facilities for people who bike to work. From a huge, secure bike parking room to swanky showers to a room specifically … Continue reading
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Tagged commuting, gates foundation, heidi dietrich, lower queen anne, queen anne
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Sanders: W Seattle bike commute was ‘easy, urban, beautiful, bracing’
Eli Sanders over at Slog rode along with the evening commute back to West Seattle and found the ride to be easy, fast and even historic, given the views of Viaduct construction (deconstruction?) you get to take in along the … Continue reading
How was your commute?
With apocalyptic predictions of gridlock, the state and city have been urging people to prepare for a nine-day closure of the Alaskan Way Viaduct, which began today (see our previous post about biking during the closure). Initial reports from the … Continue reading
Biking in Seattle is not declining
A recent story in the PI shows that Seattle’s city-wide bike count showed a 15 percent decline in the number of people biking in 2010 compared to 2008, according to SDOT’s city-wide bike count data. But, as Scott Gutierrez points … Continue reading
Census: Seattle bike commuting rises 22% in 1 year, city claims #2 spot in US
Seattle rose to the number two spot among major US cities in terms of the number of people commuting to work by bike in 2010. The percentage of people using a bicycle as their primary mode of getting to work … Continue reading
Advice for first-time bike commuters
As Seattle’s workforce gears up for Bike to Work Day this Friday, some people out there may be looking for advice to get ready for their first commutes by bike. For one take on how to be prepared, here’s a … Continue reading
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Tagged advice, bike to work week 2011, cascade bicycle club, commuting, getting started, videos
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Middle and high school students: Bike to School Challenge field still wide open
Garfield High School is leading Cascade’s Bike to School Challenge in the number of miles biked, but the field is wide open. Middle and high school students can enter the contest online and are automatically placed on their school’s team. … Continue reading
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Tagged bike to school challenge, cascade bicycle club, commute challenge 2011, commuting
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You have to ride to work this week to get counted
This week is not the week to take a break from bike commuting. SDOT is conducting their bicycle and pedestrian counts May 10-12, according to the SDOT Blog. So if you want to get counted, you gotta ride! From SDOT: … Continue reading
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Tagged bicycle count, bike benefits, bike month 2011, bikenomics, commuting, earl blumenauer, elly blue, federal government, grist
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