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From our Bike Events Calendar
Sep18Sat10:00 am Seattle and Northward Ride @ Drumheller Fountain (UW Campus)Seattle and Northward Ride @ Drumheller Fountain (UW Campus)Sep 18 @ 10:00 am
This is a casual 23.7 mile ride from UW in Seattle to Shoreline and back. We’ll ride new bike infrastructure around Green Lake and check out some interesting sights as we make a loop using the Interurban Trail, Interurban to … Continue readingSep21Tue6:00 pm Rainier Valley Greenways monthly... @ Virtual via ZoomRainier Valley Greenways monthly... @ Virtual via ZoomSep 21 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pmFacebookTwitterRedditPocketEmailSep22Wed6:00 pm Ballard-Fremont Greenways MeetingBallard-Fremont Greenways MeetingSep 22 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pmBallard-Fremont Greenways meets monthly on the 4th Wednesday of the month. Check Facebook for monthly meeting information: https://www.facebook.com/BFGreenways/FacebookTwitterRedditPocketEmailSep23Thu6:00 pm Beacon Hill Safe Streets Monthly... @ Beacon Hill LibraryBeacon Hill Safe Streets Monthly... @ Beacon Hill LibrarySep 23 @ 6:00 pm – 7:45 pmformerly Beacon B.I.K.E.S. FacebookTwitterRedditPocketEmailSep25Satall-day Apple Century Ride @ Walla Walla Point ParkApple Century Ride @ Walla Walla Point ParkSep 25 all-day
A fully-supported non-profit bike ride with 100, 50, and 25 mile route options. Benefits the Challenge Scholarship Program through Wenatchee Sunrise Rotary. Route leads cyclists through beautiful scenery in North Central Washington.FacebookTwitterRedditPocketEmail
Author Archives: Gordon Padelford
Padelford: Let’s build a better bike movement
EDITOR’S NOTE: With Mayor Jenny Durkan delaying or cancelling so many bike route plans, Gordon Padelford and I had a conversation wondering how the movement for safe streets and better bike routes should evolve from here. Padelford, Executive Director of … Continue reading
Seattle Neighborhood Greenways: Disappointing bike commute data is ‘neither surprising nor inevitable’
Editor’s Note: Seattle Bike Blog reported yesterday on newly-released 2017 American Communities Survey data that estimates that the number of people biking to work is declining in Seattle. In response, the folks at Seattle Neighborhood Greenways wrote this guest post looking … Continue reading
Fixing Seattle’s Most Dangerous Street
Seattle Bike Blog Editor Tom Fucoloro has Gone Bikin’ until Labor Day. In the meantime, here’s a post from Phyllis Porter and Gordon Padelford. Phyllis Porter is an educator, advocate for criminal justice reform, and leader with safe streets community … Continue reading
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Guest post part II: How Seattle can rescue residents stranded by an incomplete bike network
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the second of two guest posts by Seattle Neighborhood Greenways this week. Their map conceptualizing the connectivity potential in the city’s bike planning is brilliant. If you like this vision or are frustrated by the city’s … Continue reading
Guest post: Seattle’s stranded biking families
EDITOR’S NOTE: This guest post from Seattle Neighborhood Greenways was a collaboration by several biking parents with the help of SNG staff. It may be inconvenient for city leaders to hear, but disconnected safe bike route islands do not make … Continue reading
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SNG: Imagining a truly bike-friendly Uptown and South Lake Union
EDITOR’S NOTE: The only thing worse than biking in South Lake Union is driving in South Lake Union. But unlike driving, there are some relatively easy and quickly-achievable ways to dramatically improve bike routes to and through our city’s fastest-growing … Continue reading
Padelford: Let’s invest in neighborhood access to parks
This op-ed is by Gordon Padelford. He is the Neighborhood Support Coordinator with Seattle Neighborhood Greenways, lives on Capitol Hill, and loves parks. Have you heard there is a new parks levy in the works? Seattle Neighborhood Greenways has been … Continue reading
