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The Linden cycle track …

Posted on November 29, 2012 by Tom Fucoloro

… is getting closer to being finished: Linden Ave making progress! twitter.com/SeaTransitBlog… — Seattle Transit Blog (@SeaTransitBlog) November 29, 2012

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New Seattle-Port Townsend walk/bike ferry in the works

Posted on September 12, 2012 by Tom Fucoloro

Getting to Port Townsend with your bike could get a whole lot easier when plans for a new passenger ferry come to fruition as early as spring 2013. The PTLeader has the story: According to the draft plan, the terminals … Continue reading →

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Seattle Transit Blog: Downtown needs cycle tracks before Bike Share arrives

Posted on August 16, 2012 by Tom Fucoloro

Following up on our recent post on the founding of Puget Sound Bike Share, Zach Shaner at the Seattle Transit Blog argues that the system should not launch downtown unless there are safe and inviting cycle tracks: Simply put, cycling … Continue reading →

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Seattle Transit Blog: People with bikes ride Metro buses FREE during Bike Week

Posted on May 2, 2012 by Tom Fucoloro

Anyone with a bicycle boarding a King County Metro bus between May 14 and 18 will ride for free, Seattle Transit Blog reports. The promotion also applies to Sound Transit buses operated by Metro (540, 542, 545, 550, 554, 555, … Continue reading →

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Seattle Transit Blog: Biggest group of Northgate parkers are within easy bike/walk distance

Posted on March 29, 2012 by Tom Fucoloro

There’s a lot of good information in Seattle Transit Blog’s recent two-part series on the proposed (and much maligned) Northgate Station parking garage (part 1, part 2). If you are interested in the background on the issue and what kinds … Continue reading →

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The war on cars that never was, remembered

Posted on June 23, 2011 by Tom Fucoloro

A column by Jason Gay yesterday in the Wall Street Journal takes a look back at New York’s bickering over the city’s supposed “war on cars.” Now that the weather has improved and more people are riding around town, all … Continue reading →

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Ballard’s Bikeability: Could Portland’s lessons work well there?

Posted on December 17, 2010 by Tom Fucoloro

In April, Adam Parast wrote a post for Seattle Transit Blog about a GIS project he had done to analyze a city’s bikeability. The project is full of fantastic information and pondering about what it means for a city or … Continue reading →

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On other blogs: Biking the coast in 1909

Posted on July 27, 2010 by Tom Fucoloro

A quick roundup of interesting stuff from around the city. Go Means Go has a book review of “Two Wheels North” by Evelyn McDaniel Gibb, the story of two boys who rode their bikes from Santa Rosa to Seattle for … Continue reading →

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Over the weekend: Changes to Roosevelt and Jackson

Posted on July 12, 2010 by Tom Fucoloro

This weekend was amazing for bike riding. Sure, it was sweaty, but there were so many festivals and events going on all over town. And ALL of them had impossible parking and trafic due to road closures … unless you … Continue reading →

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