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Author Archives: Clint Loper
Help Launch Another School Year of Walking and Biking: Info Session Tuesday
Tom and I have both written in the past about Seattle’s growing walk and bike to school movement. Increasing numbers of families are choosing to get to school under their own power, as volunteers around the city are creating programs … Continue reading
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Loper: What’s next after a record Bike to School Day?
This past Wednesday, Seattle’s first ever Bike to School Day rally attracted VIPs from the school district and city, as well as media including Seattle Bike Blog. Seattle Public Schools superintendent Jose Banda, School Board Member Kay Smith-Blum, and Seattle … Continue reading
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Tagged bike to school day 2013, clint loper, safe routes to school, seattle public schools
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Loper: How Bike to School Month can inspire a shift in your school’s transportation culture
This Wednesday is opening day. Not only for Bike to Work Month, with its streams of bikers joining the Dexter peloton and filling the Burke-Gilman Trail. It’s also opening day for Bike to School Month, when schools throughout Seattle will … Continue reading
Loper: My favorite intersection in Seattle? Well, I’m still looking for it…
When Madi Carlson wrote about her least favorite intersection here on Seattle Bike Blog, it created a stir. Lots of folks — myself included — wanted to chime in and add their least favorites as well. It turned out there … Continue reading
Loper: Grief, outrage and a clear call for safer neighborhood streets following NE 75th tragedy
Two weeks hardly seems like enough time for reflection. But these last two weeks in NE Seattle deserve a little anyway. By now, most readers will know the basic facts: A fatal collision at 4:10 pm on Monday, March 25 on … Continue reading
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Tagged clint loper, eckstein middle school, judy and dennis schulte, ne 75th st
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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 … Continue reading
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Loper: Group rides – kid style! How bike trains and after school clubs help kids become strong city bikers
One basic principle of elementary age bike to school programs is that each kid generally rides with one of their parents. Especially when the kids are in their first few years of school. As children get a little older and … Continue reading
Loper: Creating a biking and walking culture at Seattle’s schools
Editor’s Note: I’m pleased to welcome a new columnist to the Seattle Bike Blog lineup. Clint Loper has been a big force behind Seattle’s bike-to-school efforts in the last decade. Now biking and walking to school is growing so quickly, … Continue reading