It’s time for the Bike News Roundup! I’m headed to New York City for my first time ever. I am crazy excited. I’ll keep posting while I’m out of town for the next week, but things might be a little slower than usual. And of course, email [email protected] if you see anything I should know about.

First up, Charles Mudede posted this 2003 Saturn commercial I had completely forgotten about. It’s a great visual for how much space cars take up in our cities.

Pacific Northwest News

• Washington state trails opened up to farm vehicle use » Biking Bis – Um…
• Friends remember Microsoft engineer killed in Redmond crash | www.kirotv.com – So sad.
• VIDEO: Seattle residents work to get back longtime city beach | www.kirotv.com – Just off the Burke-Gilman Trail.
• Seattle Frequent Network Maps Preview (Sept 2015) | Seattle Transit Blog – These maps are a great public service.
• Tacoma voters to decide $500 million measure to fix potholes | KOMO News
• Police find truck from Kennewick fatal hit-and-run | KOMO News
• Transportation projects which never happened | King 5
• Op-Ed: NE 130th Street Station will Provide Access to Underserved Communities | Seattle Transit Blog
• Idea to raise speed limits to 75 mph gets over bump in House :: The Capitol Record – Bad idea.
• Access Seattle fixes unpermitted sidewalk blockage! | SDOT Blog – Good work, SDOT! (and Merlin!)
• $1B Washington State Convention Center expansion means big changes across I-5 | CHS Capitol Hill Seattle
• Oregonian editorial calls on city to ‘reconsider its bike ban’ in River View – BikePortland.org – Similar (but also very different) issue as Cheasty.
• ORCA LIFT Reduced Fare Program – King County Metro Transit – Is your income below 200 percent of poverty? You may qualify for a $1.50-fare ORCA! Really great program that is even getting attention from the NY Times.
• Seattle Traffic Collision Data – 2011 and 2012 – Kenneth Trease | Tableau Public – That’s a whole lot of red.
• Explore this: Seattle’s new political district map | The Seattle Times – Includes commute mode data
• Is Rainier Ave S Off-Scale Dangerous? Yes. – Seattle Neighborhood Greenways
• The downtown bicycle revival circus | Crosscut – Don’t get the title, but the story is good.

• Pole on Mercer at Taylor has ped button located per Fed ADA. Looking to better guide bikes where they mix w peds. pic.twitter.com/XvhsopEHCV

  — seattledot (@seattledot) March 4, 2015

• Seattle considers adding ‘pedestrian zones’ | King 5 – We need a lot more!
• Centennial Middle School gets sophisticated crosswalk signal | HeraldNet.com – This HAWK signal is a bit more significant than the RRFB signs Seattle installs
• Cyclist “leaning rails,” because cyclists aren’t lazy enough | The Spokesman-Review
• Walkable Washington & Awards Symposium
• Seattle City Council News Release: Seattle Transit Advisory Board Established, Seattleites Encouraged to Apply
• Meet the Architect Behind “Born Again Bertha” (Who Once Designed a Bike Freeway Using Viaduct Parts) – Slog – The Stranger
• What would bike-friendly auto parking reform look like? Seven ideas – BikePortland.org
• Bike theft booming in Portland: Even in Bike City USA, thieves are rarely caught, data show | OregonLive.com
• Woonerf? It means pedestrians, bikers and SLU developer win | The Seattle Times – Well, sort of. It’s not like this stretch of 8th is an in-demand bike route. More “pedestrianized” (I don’t really like that term, is there a better one?) space is great, but this was a pretty hefty subsidy on the city’s part.
• The Porter: The Lucky One (Surviving Rainier Avenue) | South Seattle Emerald
• Amtrak’s trains keep getting bike-friendlier, but its buses aren’t keeping up – BikePortland.org – Amtrak really needs to get this figured out. If they sell a bike ticket, they have to transport that bike. Otherwise, their service is not dependable.
• Democrats Help Pass Republican Transportation Package | Seattle Politics | Seattle Met
• Are Voters Mad at Council Members Who Voted for the Tunnel? Poll Says Yes. – Slog – The Stranger
• Westside Seattle Transit Tunnel: An Introduction | Seattle Transit Blog
• Senate Transportation Package – A Good Start to Grow Bicycling Statewide | Washington Bikes
• Seattle Weekly | Road Kill: How Bertha Left the Surface-Street Option
• Neighbors sick of speeders push to create Home Zone | www.kirotv.com

Halftime Show! This Redmond crosswalk is not safe enough:

NE 40th St at WA-520 Designed To Kill People Walking from GlenBikes on Vimeo.

National & Global News

• U.S. Bicycling Participation Benchmarking Report | PeopleForBikes – A lot more people bike in the US than previous studies suggested
• Minneapolis plans big push for protected bike lanes in city core | Star Tribune
• How a Group of Local Shovelers Dug a 40 Foot Snow Tunnel on a Medford Bike Path | BDCwire – This looks fun, though so is a properly cleared path.
• Amsterdam Has Officially Run Out of Spaces to Park Its Bicycles – CityLab
• Copenhagenize.com – Bicycle Culture by Design: Top Ten Ways to Hate on Pedestrians
• Why We Should Worry About London’s Nine Elms to Pimlico Bridge Design Competition – CityLab – Curving pathways look like fun in concept drawings, but in real life people want a short and direct path.
• St. Louis Gets Rolling on Plans For Bike Sharing | Riverfront Times – Yes!
• Hamburg is burying the Autobahn and putting parks on top – Vox
• Boston, Columbus, Detroit, Indy, Minneapolis, Houston, Denver & Seattle all unveil protected lanes | PeopleForBikes
• Chilling footage of cyclist’s road death sparks passionate debate – 9news.com.au – This is why door zone bike lanes are not good enough.
• The Terrible 60-Year-Old Parking Advice That’s Still Haunting America | Streetsblog.net
• The Dark Side of Cheap Gas | Sightline Daily
• Route 66 by Bicycle: The Complete Guide – CityLab
• Can Protected Bike Lanes Help Close the Gender Gap in Cycling? Lessons from Five Cities (pdf)
• Race, ethnicity, class and protected bike lanes: An idea book for fairer cities | PeopleForBikes
• Eben Weiss: Cycling’s Most Famous Snob | The Bicycle Story
• Phoenix bike share lets you park anywhere, but most people stick to docks | PeopleForBikes
• Outer London is about to activate the ‘secret weapon’ of the suburbs: the bicycle | PeopleForBikes
• Copenhagenize.com – Bicycle Culture by Design: Watching Copenhagen Bike Share Die
• The L.A. Dodgers Are Named After Terrified Brooklyn Pedestrians – CityLab
• Halifax advocates hand their city an entire protected bike lane plan on a platter | PeopleForBikes
• Proposed Helmet Law for Adults Has Some California Cyclists Upset – Next City – Take it from a place that has one: Don’t do it!
• The Complete Guide to the Final Move NY Plan | Streetsblog New York City – “Move NY” sounds a lot like “Move Seattle,” but it is not. It’s a congestion pricing concept, and it could change NYC transportation forever.
• An Urban Cycling Guide for Even the Most Skittish Riders – CityLab
• Barcelona Expands their Public E-Bike System | Momentum Mag
• Driver Who Plowed Into Minneapolis Protesters Won’t Be Charged | Streetsblog USA
• Paris mayor announces plans for ‘car-free’ day – The Local

This is an open thread.