It’s time for the Bike News Roundup! I’m in St. Louis visiting family this week, so that’s why news here is a bit slow. But here’s a long list of interesting stuff to read. And if I missed anything, this is an open thread.
First up, I know you all have heard some baffling reasons why a bike lane can’t be installed. Well, you’re in good company. StreetFilms put together a video highlighting some baffling anti-bike lane excuses people have heard from all around the country:
Pacific Northwest News
- 12th Avenue S Vision Zero Project Seeks to Increase Pedestrian and Cyclist Safety » The Urbanist
- Transportation Equity Workgroup: Call for nominations! | SDOT Blog
- Welcome Gabe Meyer, Cascade’s new Policy Director | Cascade Bicycle Club
- Ultra-High-Speed Ground Transportation study | WSDOT
- Durkan Tries for Last Word on SR-99 Tunnel Controversy » The Urbanist
- Turn the Waterfront Over to the People – Slog – The Stranger
- Driver Arrested for DUI Following Vehicle/Sled Injury Collision in West Seattle
- What killed Washington’s carbon tax? (What Killed Washington’s Carbon Tax?) — High Country News
- King County jury awards $123 million to victims of Ride the Ducks crash – The Seattle Times
- Seattle driver arrested in snowball rage incident – KIRO
- Mike O’Brien, 10-Year Council Veteran, Will Not Seek Reelection | The C Is for crank
- Can this woman save biking in Washington state? | Crosscut
- Seattle gets an F on snow shoveling | Crosscut
- Yelm’s Magnetic Appeal: Rural Community is State’s 9th Fastest Growing – ThurstonTalk
- Bike sharing may be back this spring with new rules | The Spokesman Review
- In Seattle, 1 in 5 people booked into jail are homeless | Crosscut
- The Neighborhood Group That Will Get Your Stolen Bike Back – Slog – The Stranger
- Jobs at Seattle Neighborhood Greenways – Seattle Neighborhood Greenways
- Detectives Investigating Vehicle/Pedestrian Collision on Beacon Hill, Driver Arrested
- All Seattle Lime Bikes Will Be Electric by Mid-March – Slog – The Stranger
- Save Sound Transit 3 Funding – Action Network
- Neighbors once again call for Aurora Ave. guard rail after driver crashes into condo – KIRO
- Kent police arrest city employee on suspicion of fatal hit-and-run – The Seattle Times
- Bicyclist Killed Monday Is 3rd To Die On Rainier Ave Since July | Seattle, WA Patch
- Northwest drivers are more aggressive than they used to be, poll shows – The Seattle Times
- City officials say electric vehicle charging station won’t pit Teslas vs. bikes on Broadway | CHS Capitol Hill Seattle
- Transit Advocate Abigail Doerr Announces Bid for King County Council – Slog – The Stranger
- Is Jenny Durkan the Most Secretive Seattle Mayor in Recent History? | Seattle Met
- Woman Gets Long Sentence In 2018 Killing Of Seattle Bicyclist | Seattle, WA Patch
- What’s the Cheaper Bike Sharing Option in Seattle: Lime Bike or JUMP? – Slog – The Stranger
- City Accelerates Rainier Avenue Improvements, Too Late to Save Some Lives » The Urbanist
- Activists rip City’s Vision Zero progress | Seattle Transit Blog
- Kent must do more to protect pedestrians | Kent Reporter
- Stubborn thinking – A Whole Lotta Nothing
- Why did green legislators vote to spend carbon taxes on highways? | Seattle Transit Blog
- Crosswalk deaths of elderly Boise couple spark safety advocates | Idaho Statesman
- Seven months, seven pedestrian deaths in Kent | Kent Reporter
- What would a clean fuel standard mean for WA gas prices? | Crosscut
- Child, 12, Seriously Injured In White Center Collision | Seattle, WA Patch
- Washington’s Proposed Transportation Package Is the Opposite of a Green New Deal – Slog – The Stranger
- CHAPTER 1 #SeattleSqueeze Data: Less driving, more transit, more biking! | SDOT Blog
- City Agencies Re-Charge the Debate About Transportation Priorities On Broadway » The Urbanist
National & Global News
- The Bible Belt Should Really Be Called ‘The Carnage Corset’ – Streetsblog USA
- B-Cycle is peddling 5,280 annual bike-share passes — for free – Denverite, the Denver site!
- Bird CEO on scooter startup copycats, unit economics, safety and seasonality – TechCrunch
- Minneapolis and Seattle Have Achieved the Holy Grail for Sustainable Transportation – Streetsblog USA
- Bike-friendly cities should be designed for everyone, not just for wealthy white cyclists | The Conversation
- Record 7 million Americans are 3 months behind on car payments, a red flag for economy – The Seattle Times
- How to make bike share family-friendly – Better Bike Share
- Believe It or Not, Trump Put a Huge Tax on Parking Lots, Maybe by Mistake – Sightline Institute
- In 10 years, more than 49,000 U.S. pedestrians have been killed by cars | The Washington Post
- How ‘green waves’ can make city riding better | CyclingTips
- States May Forfeit $1 Billion in Biking and Walking Funding – Streetsblog USA
- Study: Bike-share programs affect transit ridership | Smart Cities Dive
- BMW and Daimler will invest $1B in new joint venture that brings car2go and ReachNow under one roof – GeekWire
- Uber study in Sacramento: Surprise discovery of Jump bike use | The Sacramento Bee
- Miami Hosted ‘Safe Streets Summit’ — Yet Hasn’t Fixed Its Unsafe Streets – Streetsblog USA
- Rent an apartment, get a bike: Baltimore developers pitch a new, carless way to live – Baltimore Sun
- Tesla’s promise of ‘full-self-driving’ angers autonomous vehicle experts – CNN
- Uber not criminally liable in fatal 2018 Arizona self-driving crash: prosecutors – East Bay Times
- New Bill Would Provide a Tax Break for Bike Commuters – Streetsblog USA
- Omloop Het Nieuwsblad: Woman cyclist stopped after catching men – CNN
- After fatal crash on Esplanade Avenue, ‘clear … urgency’ for change, bicycle advocates say | Crime/Police | theadvocate.com
- Scooter Startup Spin Ditches Gig Workers for Real Employees
- Bike Index’s January 2019 recoveries!
- We Must Change How We Talk about Pedestrian Deaths – Streetsblog USA
- Is Road Riding Worth the Risk? | Outside Online
- Shared scooters don’t last long | Oversharing
- Lyft May Spend $50M to Expand Divvy to All Wards, Using Dockless-Option eBikes – Streetsblog Chicago
- To build the cities of the future, we must get out of our cars | National Geographic
- Episode 14: The War on Cars Meets Car Talk – The War on Cars
- Op-Ed: Save Commuters From More Delays with Smart Rules for Scooters – Streetsblog New York City
- Why Congress Should Put More Data in the Hands of Planners | League of American Bicyclists
So SDOT has officially renamed the (soon to be not) Missing Link to the Ballard Multimodal Corridor:
https://www.seattle.gov/transportation/projects-and-programs/programs/bike-program/ballard-multimodal-corridor
They’re still moving forward with the terrible “compromise” route on Market St.
Are they already building the Market part of the missing link? The superior court ruling doesn’t affect that part of the project right?
The City compromised with the litigious businesses on Market St, regardless of the Courts or the EIS findings. The businesses went back on the agreement and sued, but the City kept the compromise route, even though Courts and EIS will soon clear the way for a 54th trail.
“This will be easier on a bike trail.”
– 5 year old crossing Market & 30th with his bike, mother and grandmother yesterday afternoon