Author: Tom Fucoloro
Alert 10/11-13: 520 Bridge Trail closed, but biking will still be the best way to get around
The 520 Bridge Trail will be closed across Lake Washington from 11 p.m. tonight (October 11) until 5 a.m. Monday (October 14). There was a bit of confusion about this earlier, but WSDOT has confirmed the closure. Despite this, biking is still going to be the best way to get around town this weekend. I…
Move Redmond: Add protection to buffered bike lanes in the city budget + A note on evolving bike lane terminology
Move Redmond put out an action alert asking people contact the Redmond City Council and/or attend one of the upcoming public hearings on October 15 urging them to add enough funding to upgrade the city’s planned buffered bike lanes to protected bike lanes. Now, I may be biased because Move Redmond’s Executive Director Kelli Refer…
The shovels are in the dirt, so Eastlake bike lanes are really happening
Seattle leadership across three mayors have supported building bike lanes on Eastlake Ave as part of the RapidRide J project, but you just never know what might happen before the shovels hit the dirt. Well, the shovels are officially in the dirt now, and at the groundbreaking celebration today (October 8) Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell…
We just hit 10,000 miles on our 3-year-old family cargo bike
Our family cargo bike just rolled over to 10,000 miles. It took three years as our primary mode of kid transportation to get there. Even as much as I talk up how great an electric cargo bike can be as a family-hauling vehicle, I may still be underselling it. 3,333 miles per year is equivalent…
Proposed 2025 Seattle budget shows why passing the transportation levy in November is so important
Mayor Bruce Harrell’s proposed 2025-26 SDOT budget (PDF) had to be written assuming the 2015 Move Seattle Levy will expire at the end of 2024 without a replacement. So it is a grim look at how SDOT’s work would be gutted if voters do not approve the Seattle Transportation Levy (Proposition 1) on the November…
Bike Portland answers my question: Where are the downtown Portland protected bike lanes?
Last week, I published a story recapping a wonderful train plus folding bike trip my kid and I took to Portland shortly before the start of the school year. Though we had a great time biking around and exploring the city together, I was surprised by the lack of complete and connected protected bike lanes…
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- Alert 10/11-13: 520 Bridge Trail closed, but biking will still be the best way to get around
- Move Redmond: Add protection to buffered bike lanes in the city budget + A note on evolving bike lane terminology
- The shovels are in the dirt, so Eastlake bike lanes are really happening
- We just hit 10,000 miles on our 3-year-old family cargo bike
- Proposed 2025 Seattle budget shows why passing the transportation levy in November is so important
- Bike Portland answers my question: Where are the downtown Portland protected bike lanes?
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