Month: March 2013
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Loper: Helping Students Bike to Aki Kurose Middle School
Having been involved in bike-to-school programs in North Seattle, I’m keenly aware of the challenges of promoting and supporting kids in riding their bikes to school. Even in a part of Seattle with involved parents and a high percentage of adult bike commuters, starting and growing a bike to school program can be daunting. Aki…
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Police: Road raging pregnant woman attacks bike messenger with stun gun
It’s Friday, the sun is out, and things are getting sloppy out on Seattle’s streets. Seattle Police report that a pregnant woman got out of the passenger seat of a car at 5th and Pike, pulled a stun gun from her bra and hit a bike messenger with it two times out of what appears…
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University Bridge will be CLOSED Saturday – UPDATE: Now open
UPDATE: Work wrapped up early Saturday, so the bridge will be open Sunday. Yay! Well, this isn’t the most welcome news, especially since Sunday could crack 60 degrees, but the University Bridge will be closed from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday and Sunday to make repairs. Yes, this includes people on foot and bike.…
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Graphing trends in Fremont bike trips by the hour and in the rain – UPDATED
It’s a kick to watch the Fremont Bridge Bike Counter tick up one notch as you pedal past it on your way across the Ship Canal. But the counter is also a source of never-before-seen real-time bicycle travel data in Seattle. A gift of Cascade Bicycle Club and the Mark & Susan Torrance Foundation, the…
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A family e-bike with an audio system? Help UW entrepreneurs by taking survey
Remember LionTail Cycles, that inventive startup focused on custom electric-assist cargo and family bikes? Well, they’ve been hard at work and, along with a team of UW engineering and business students including wheelha.us‘s Julie Medero, have come up with a bicycle power system that does much more than simply flatten hills: It also powers bright…
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BikeWA: State has chance to invest in vital walking and biking trails throughout the state
Washington State has many incredible opportunities for expanding and connecting regional walking and biking trails. The Washington Wildlife and Recreation Coalition and its many partners are working to get a list of valuable trails on the state’s capital construction budget, and they need your help. There are no Seattle projects on the list, but there…
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