BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//104.21.3.77//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.26.9// CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Seattle Bike Blog X-WR-CALDESC: X-FROM-URL:https://www.seattlebikeblog.com X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20231105T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 RDATE:20241103T020000 TZNAME:PST END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20230312T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 RDATE:20240310T020000 TZNAME:PDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-505624@www.seattlebikeblog.com DTSTAMP:20230811T070938Z CATEGORIES: CONTACT:Tom Fucoloro\; tom@seattlebikeblog.com\; https://elliottbaybook.com /events/27833 DESCRIPTION:Seattle Bike Blog founder Tom Fucoloro presents his new book Bi king Uphill in the Rain: The Story of Seattle from behind the Handlebars. \nIn Biking Uphill in the Rain\, Tom Fucoloro\, a leading voice on bike is sues in the region\, blends his longtime reporting with new interviews and archival research to tell the story of how a flourishing bike culture eme rged despite the obstacles of climate\, topography\, and—most importantly— an entrenched\, car-centric urban landscape and culture. From the arrival of the first bicycles in the late nineteenth century to the bike-share ent repreneurs of the present day\, the result is a unique perspective on Seat tle’s history and its future. Advocates\, policy makers\, city planners\, and bike enthusiasts around the world can learn plenty from the successes and failures of this city’s past 130 years.\nMore than just a mode of tran sportation\, the bicycle has been used by generations of Seattleites as a tool for social change. Biking Uphill in the Rain documents the people and projects that made a difference and reveals just how deeply intertwined t ransportation is with politics\, public health\, climate change\, and raci al justice.\nTom Fucoloro is founder of Seattle Bike Blog and has served a s its editor since 2010. He was named one of “15 People Who Should Really Run Seattle” by Seattle Met magazine.\nShareMastodonTwitterFacebookRedditE mail DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230828T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230828T203000 GEO:+47.61467;-122.319792 LOCATION:Eliott Bay Book Company @ 1521 10th Ave\, Seattle\, WA 98122\, USA SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Biking Uphill in the Rain book release with Tom Fucoloro URL:https://www.seattlebikeblog.com/event/biking-uphill-in-the-rain-book-re lease-with-tom-fucoloro/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://www.seattlebikeblog.com/wp-content/uploa ds/2023/08/event_image_27833-150x150.png\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https://www .seattlebikeblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/event_image_27833-330x330. png\;330\;330\;1\,large\;https://www.seattlebikeblog.com/wp-content/upload s/2023/08/event_image_27833-575x575.png\;575\;575\;1\,full\;https://www.se attlebikeblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/event_image_27833.png\;1080\; 1080\; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n

Seattle Bike Blog founder Tom Fucoloro prese nts his new book Biking Uphill in the Rain: The Story of Seattle from behind the Handlebars.

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In Biking Uphill in the Ra in\, Tom Fucoloro\, a leading voice on bike issues in the re gion\, blends his longtime reporting with new interviews and archival rese arch to tell the story of how a flourishing bike culture emerged despite t he obstacles of climate\, topography\, and—most importantly—an entrenched\ , car-centric urban landscape and culture. From the arrival of the first b icycles in the late nineteenth century to the bike-share entrepreneurs of the present day\, the result is a unique perspective on Seattle’s history and its future. Advocates\, policy makers\, city planners\, and bike enthu siasts around the world can learn plenty from the successes and failures o f this city’s past 130 years.

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More than just a mode of transportat ion\, the bicycle has been used by generations of Seattleites as a tool fo r social change. Biking Uphill in the Rain documents the people a nd projects that made a difference and reveals just how deeply intertwined transportation is with politics\, public health\, climate change\, and ra cial justice.

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Tom Fucoloro is founder of Seattle Bike Blog and has served as its editor since 2010. He was named one of “15 People Who Should Reall y Run Seattle” by Seattle Met magazine.

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