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- Can we declare a truce in the age-old 'bike lanes vs vehicular cycling' fight?
- Mayor touts city bike-friendly progress at Bike to Work Day rally
- Sunday: Alki Summer Streets + Costumed bike parade
- State lawmaker defends bike tax, says bicycling is not good for the environment
- King 5 Video: Tacoma business owners miss city-removed guerrilla crosswalk
Seattle Bike Links
- An Adventure Called Bicycling To the grocery store, up a mountain…it’s all an adventure.
- Bicitoro stitching and cycling and stitching for cycling
- Bicycle Alliance of WA blog
- Bike Hugger Bike culture blogged
- Bike Intelligencer Bike news and thoughts by Paul Andrews
- Bike Works Community non-profit bike org. in Columbia City
- Bikejuju The magic of cycling all over the world
- BikeWise Report Bike Crashes/Hazards/Thefts
- Biking Bis Bicycle touring and more
- Bird & Bicycle Biking, sewing and crafting
- blame it on the rain a girl + her bike in Seattle
- Car Free Days Insightful blog by parents ditching their cars
- Cascade Bicycle Club Blog
- Cycle Chic Seattle We look good, even in rain gear.
- Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance
- Family Ride Promoting everyday family biking.
- fietsSeattle life ain’t always beautiful, but it’s a beautiful ride
- Fremont Bike Counter Updated every night
- Go Means Go Plans and promotes cycling events
- Go Means Go Events Calendar Go Means Go keeps up on what’s going down
- Kent's Bike Blog For those who like bikes AND Sci Fi
- No Spandex Required Blogging about a Jew biking in the City of Seattle
- Riding on Roadways Finally, the Internet has a blog by Davey Oil
- Seattle Bicycle Laws Know ‘em.
- Seattle Bike Life Photos and profiles of bikes and the people who ride ‘em
- Seattle Bike Map Put in your address and the Bicycle Alliance will mail one to your home for free. Rad.
- Seattle Neighborhood Greenways Find & join your neighborhood group!
- Spokespeople Helping Seattleites start biking
- Stylen' Cycle Mom Cycling mom in Eastlake
- The Bicycle Paper Newsprint publication covering all things cycling in the PNW
- The Riding Reporter The Ballard News Tribune’s Anne-Marije Rook reports from two wheels
- Totcycle Family cycling
- Tubulocity Bike culture for a tubular world
- Urban Adonia Anthropological analyses of bike culture.
- Walk.Bike.Schools Helathy kids needs healthy trips to school
- Wheelha.Us Family biking in Seattle
Other Good Links
- Bus Chick Car-free since ’03
- Capitol Hill Seattle Neighborhood news for Seattle’s Capitol Hill. I am a contributor
- Central District News Neighborhood news for Seattle’s Central District. I am the editor
- Seattle Transit Blog Very active and interesting blog about public transit
- Walking In Seattle Bloggin’ about walkin’
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Tag Archives: publicola
Person shot with pellet gun while biking in Bellevue + Bike thief arrested at UW
A man was shot in the leg with a pellet gun while biking to work on SE 36th in Bellevue last week, King 5 reports. There was no altercation leading up to the incident, and he did not even realize … Continue reading
Why an $80 vehicle license fee makes sense
The city is considering an increase in the Vehicle License Fee (car tabs) to help pay for the massive backlog in road maintenance. But the proposal recommended by the citizen’s committee tasked with putting the funds to use also saw … Continue reading
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Tagged city council, ctac III, jean godden, mike o'brien, neighborhood greenways, publicola, sally bagshaw, vehicle lisense fee
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Cascade was not included in cutback to Bicycle Sundays
Cascade Bicycle Club’s David Hiller told Publicola the club was not included in the Parks Department’s decision to cut the number of Bicycle Sundays from 18 to 12 this year: David Hiller, policy director for the Cascade Bicycle Club, says … Continue reading
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Tagged bicycle sundays, cascade bicycle club, clarence eckerson jr, david hiller, events, publicola, streetfilms
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Publicola: Health Dept Director supports NE 125th changes
Publicola reports that David Fleming, the Seattle/King County health department director has sent a letter to the mayor in support of SDOT’s proposed road diet for NE 125th St: In a letter to the city council and Mayor Mike McGinn … Continue reading
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Tagged chris rule, david fleming, health department, ne 125th, publicola, road diets
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Freight group upset that city cares about bike safety
There are these wonderful moments where opponents to bicycle projects just come right out and say what they mean. It’s refreshing to hear a group’s arguments against lanes without them being distorted into, say, an Orwellian desire to “protect” cyclists … Continue reading
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Tagged 2011 paving, airport way, bike lanes, georgetown, industry, manufacturing Industry council, marginal way, mic, publicola, sharrows
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Accidentally saying ‘accident’
For someone who spends this much time and energy thinking and writing about misuse of the term “accident,” how did this happen? In a story about a pedestrian struck by a Volvo on Yesler last week, I referred to the … Continue reading
Port of Seattle study of Nickerson confirmed the project would not affect traffic – UPDATED
UPDATED: The Port denies this study ever existed. See update at bottom of story. Publicola found out an interesting little tidbit the other day. After hearing concerns from many industrial and maritime businesses that the Nickerson changes would adversely affect … Continue reading
My gas taxes pay for (0.44% of) these roads!
Josh at Publicola has written a post that should (but probably won’t) put the old “my gas taxes pay for these roads” argument to sleep. Josh went to SDOT to find out exactly what percentage of road projects and repairs … Continue reading
Where did the 2nd Ave bike lane go wrong? – UPDATED
Erica Barnett at Publicola says the 2nd Ave bike lane is probably the worst in the city: Here are some of the many things that could happen to you as a cyclist on Second:A passenger in a parked car could … Continue reading
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Tagged 2nd ave, bike lanes, publicola, road diets, road tailoring, traffic calming
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Dan Bertolet hates cars because they kill your children
If only that headline were exaggerating. However, in his anti-car post on Publicola, Dan Bertolet points out that cars are the leading cause of death among American children: This is one reason I hate cars (but not the only one): … Continue reading
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