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Dec5Thu6:00 pm Lake City Greenways Meeting @ Lake City Library (meeting room)Lake City Greenways Meeting @ Lake City Library (meeting room)Dec 5 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pmDear Friends:Lake City Greenways will meet on December 5th from 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 at the Lake City Branch Library meeting room.We’ll be writing postcards to SDOT and WSDOT leadership, urging them to implement agreed-to safety changes on Lake City Way.In … Continue reading →6:00 pm Sound Transit Neighborhood Forum...Sound Transit Neighborhood Forum...Dec 5 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pmInterbay/Ballard – Dec. 5Station areas include Smith Cove, Interbay and BallardThursday, Dec. 5, 2019 | 6 – 8 p.m.St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, 5710 22nd Avenue NW, SeattleServed by King County Metro Routes 17X, 18X, 29, 40 and 44More info and … Continue reading →6:30 pm Bike Works Volunteer Repair Party @ Bike Works ClassroomsBike Works Volunteer Repair Party @ Bike Works ClassroomsDec 5 @ 6:30 pm – 9:30 pmDetails: Volunteer Repair Parties (VRP) are drop-in, weekly bike repair parties for adults (age 18 and up). You do not need to be a skilled bike mechanic to help out. This is how most volunteers with Bike Works get their … Continue reading →Dec7Sat9:00 am First Saturday Neighborhood Clea...First Saturday Neighborhood Clea...Dec 7 @ 9:00 am – 12:00 pmEvery month volunteers gather to collect garbage and help beautify our neighborhood. On average, we collect about 15 bags of garbage per clean up, which means 1,000’s of small pieces of plastic that do not find their way into Puget … Continue reading →10:00 am Basic Bike Network Celebration R...Basic Bike Network Celebration R...Dec 7 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pmCome ride a bike along new additions to the downtown network, and join the discussion on how to advocate for more safe routes for people who bike throughout the city! WHAT: Celebrate downtown bike lane construction!! Join us to ride the … Continue reading → Bike-Friendly Business Showcase
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- Crews are currently building Seattle's most important new bike connection in years
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Author Archives: Tom Fucoloro
November’s Ride In the Rain Challenge starts today
Washington Bikes’ annual Ride In the Rain Challenge starts today. So sign up online today, and invite your friends and co-workers to join you. November is typically the rainiest month of the year in Seattle, which makes in my opinion … Continue reading
What should Seattle’s scooter rollout look like? + Public forum Wednesday
Seattle got out in front of most other U.S. cities when it encouraged private bike share companies to launch their services in summer 2017. The city’s experiment in dockless bike share has been wildly influential on how other cities have … Continue reading
There is room for a better Delridge bike lane
The city’s RapidRide H project on Delridge Way SW is shaping up to be one of the most disappointing so-called “multi-modal” improvement projects in the city. With a huge need for people to bike along this rare, relatively flat and … Continue reading
Voting guide for the rest of your ballot
Register to vote online. The online registration deadline in King County is Monday (October 28). So make sure all your friends and family get registered while it is still as easy as signing up online. After that, you can register … Continue reading
District 7 Endorsement: Andrew Lewis
District: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 Register to vote in King County Yet again, we have a race where neither candidate is great on biking and safe streets issues. But Andrew Lewis … Continue reading
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Tagged 2019 general election, andrew lewis, city council district 7, jim pugel
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District 6 Endorsement: Dan Strauss
District: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 Register to vote in King County District 6 should have been an easy call if not for the damn Ballard Missing Link. Dan Strauss says all … Continue reading
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Tagged 2019 general election, city council district 6, dan strauss, heidi wills
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District 5 Endorsement: Debora Juarez
District: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 Register to vote in King County Look, the fun City Council endorsements are over. Districts 5, 6 and 7 are each fairly disappointing by comparison to … Continue reading
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Tagged 2019 general election, ann davison sattler, city council district 5, debora juarez
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District 4 Endorsement: Shaun Scott
District: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 Register to vote in King County This one is a no-brainer. District 4, my district, should elect Shaun Scott to the City Council. There are elections … Continue reading
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Tagged 2019 general election, alex pedersen, city council district 4, shaun scott
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District 3 Endorsement: Kshama Sawant
District: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 Register to vote in King County With a victory in District 3, Kshama Sawant would become the senior member of the City Council. And in her … Continue reading
Watch: Fremont Bridge nears 1 million 2019 bike trips 1 month early
UPDATE: Cascade Bicycle Club, Queen Anne Greenways and Ballard-Fremont Greenways will host a celebration 3–5 p.m. Saturday, October 19. Details here. Video transcript (.txt) As we reported previously, 2019 bike trips across the Fremont Bridge are set to break one … Continue reading
District 2 Endorsement: Tammy Morales
District: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 Register to vote in King County Perhaps this exchange from a September candidate forum best sums up bike leanings among the District 2 candidates: "Whenever roads … Continue reading
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Tagged 2019 general election, city council district 2, mark solomon, tammy morales
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Trail Alert 10/12-13: State will replace bumpy 520 Bridge Trail covers
It’s happening! WSDOT is going to replace all those abruptly bumpy expansion gap covers on the 520 floating bridge trail this weekend. Of course, replacing the covers means crews need to close the trail for the weekend starting 11 p.m. … Continue reading
District 1 Endorsement: Lisa Herbold
District: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 Register to vote in King County District 1 should reelect Lisa Herbold to the Seattle City Council. Herbold has not been bad for biking, walking and … Continue reading
Fewer fights like the Missing Link? Seattle limits ‘weaponized’ environmental review appeals
Just about everyone who first learns about the decades-long Burke-Gilman Missing Link legal battle is baffled when they hear that this delay is under the guise of “environmental review.” It’s a biking and walking trail! Isn’t safer biking and walking … Continue reading
Watch: Move over Sprocket Man, SDOT has a new spokesper…uh…salmon
OK, so departments of transportation are not known for their excellent advertising. There are exceptions, for sure, like those Midttrafik bus commercials: Or New York’s recent car-shrinking bus GIFs: The rollout of our bus lane enforcement cameras starts with M15 … Continue reading
Biking boom: Fremont Bridge biking is on track to reach 1 million 2019 trips a whole month early
When the Fremont Bridge bike counter started ticking away in 2012, the big question was: How many years before it measures 1 million trips in a calendar year? It barely hit 1 million in 2014, though that year was a … Continue reading
The dark side of bait bikes
Bike theft is a serious issue. Not only do victims lose the value of their bikes — measured both by money and sentimental value — but they also lose their mobility. A bike isn’t a car stereo or Amazon package, … Continue reading
Crews are currently building Seattle’s most important new bike connection in years
It may be short, but don’t let that fool you. The protected bike lanes currently under construction on a few blocks of S Main St and 5th Ave S between the International District and the 2nd Ave bike lane should … Continue reading
Bike News Roundup: Cities with more bicycling are also safer for everyone
It’s time for the Bike News Roundup! Here’s a look at some of the stuff going around the web lately. On a personal note, I am in St. Louis for a funeral, so that’s why posts have been slower than … Continue reading
Census survey: Biking, walking and transit up as commute data corrects itself + Driving alone down to 44.5%
Last year, you likely saw a story (or many) saying that biking was way down in Seattle. That was due to the annual release of the Census Bureau’s annual American Communities Survey data, which can vary quite a bit year-to-year. … Continue reading
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Tagged american communities survey, american communities survey 2018, census
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