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From our Bike Events Calendar
Feb17Sun9:00 am The Seattle Bike & Outdoor Show ... @ CenturyLink Field Events CenterThe Seattle Bike & Outdoor Show ... @ CenturyLink Field Events CenterFeb 17 @ 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
It may feel like the season for winter recreation outdoors, but inside the CenturyLink Field Event Center, more than 25 bike manufacturers and over 75 bike and outdoor-recreation exhibitors are gearing up for the bike sale of the year — … Continue reading10:00 am Bike Works Volunteer Repair Party @ Bike Works ClassroomsBike Works Volunteer Repair Party @ Bike Works ClassroomsFeb 17 @ 10:00 am – 1:00 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 Be a Seattle Bike Blog Supporter!
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Category Archives: news
Trail Alert: Burke-Gilman Trail detour along Seaview
Work is starting on a Seattle Public Utilities project that will detour the Burke-Gilman Trail along a stretch of Seaview Ave NW in Ballard so crews can stage equipment. Unfortunately, the detour plans currently say that people biking will be … Continue reading
The Seattle Bike & Outdoor Show is this weekend at CenturyLink Field Event Center
The Seattle Bike & Outdoor Show is this weekend. So if you want to check out the latest wares or test ride some new bikes, head down to CenturyLink Field Event Center in Pioneer Square 9–6 Saturday or 9–5 Sunday. … Continue reading
Electric Lady’s Alex Kostelnik on why he’s closing the Central District e-bike shop
Alex Kostelnik is getting out of the e-bike showroom business. After nearly three years on the front lines of a volatile e-bike industry, selling shiny new bikes out of the Central District’s Electric Lady, he finds himself looking longingly up … Continue reading
People walk across street at crosswalk
There were zero pedestrians counted at this Ballard intersection on a Tuesday in January. It was built late last year as part of bus enhancement project. We counted again on Tuesday in January and usage meets the MUTCD threshold for … Continue reading
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Tagged angie schmitt, dongho chang, sdot, streetsblog, traffic engineering
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Redesigned Northgate bike/walk bridge construction should start middle of this year
Crossing I-5 in Northgate is terrible today. The freeway divides the neighborhood, and the few places where crossing on foot or bike is possible are either far apart or very stressful. So as the region prepares to open a light … Continue reading
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Tagged cascade bicycle club, northgate, northgate station, sdot, sound transit
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City advances plans for N 34th St redesign in Fremont + Take the survey
SDOT is moving forward with a plan to redesign N 34th Street between Stone Way and the Fremont Bridge, a major connection in the regional bike network linking the Burke-Gilman Trail to the Fremont Bridge. Though the most popular option … Continue reading
It’s snowy! Obviously, that means it’s time to look for ‘sneckdowns’ on streets near you
We don’t get the chance to do this often, Seattle, so don’t miss the chance to document some of the “sneckdowns” on streets near you. What is a sneckdown, you ask? Well, mother nature has essentially painted the city’s streets … Continue reading
Check out these 300+ neighbor-created ideas to improve Seattle streets
Seattle residents and organizations submitted more than 300 specific Neighborhood Street Fund ideas for improving our city’s streets, and now SDOT needs help prioritizing them. You can weigh in online by February 22. The refined list will then go through another … Continue reading
Bike News Roundup: Batman parks in a bike lane
It’s time for the Bike News Roundup! Here’s a look at some of the stuff floating around the web that caught my eye recently. First up! Seattle Police tweeted this the other day: SPD PRO TIP: Bike lanes are for … Continue reading
Stoked Spoke 2019 kicks off Wed. with ‘Women, Trans and Femme Riders in Early Cycling History’
Seattle’s annual bicycle adventure presentation series Stoked Spoke kicks off 2019 Wednesday with a unique look back at the early days of American cycling by Tessa Hulls. Swift Industries (a SBB sponsor) is once again hosting the series at the … Continue reading
Rails-to-Trails Conservancy launches campaign to build trail from Seattle to DC – UPDATED
“The Great American Rail-Trail” could stretch from Seattle to Washington D.C., entirely off-road and with gentle grades. This is the dream the national Rails-to-Trails Conservancy (“RTC”) announced today, noting that about half the 4,000-mile route is already complete in some form … Continue reading
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Tagged great american rail-trail, palouse to cascades state park trail, rails to trails
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Even a skewed Seattle Times poll finds little support for more driving
You may have seen a headline from the Seattle Times going around this weekend saying that people in Seattle and Kind County don’t like bike lanes. Well, it’s not really as simple as the headline might suggest. I’ve been thinking … Continue reading
We have just proven that Seattle doesn’t need a highway tunnel or massive waterfront road
So it turns out that when people across the Seattle region plan ahead and change their transportation habits, we can prove to ourselves that we don’t need SR 99 to go through downtown after all. After months of news stories … Continue reading
Bike counts were way up on first day of SR 99 closure, and West Seattle neighbors deserve a ton of credit
The bike counter at the foot of the Spokane Street Bridge to West Seattle measured a 327 percent more trips Monday than seen at this time of year previously. The counter has only measured more trips in a single day … Continue reading
Aside from some untreated ice patches, biking was a great way around Day 1 without SR 99
Biking around the city this morning was amazing. Sure, the weather helped a lot, with clear skies and a jaw-dropping sunrise fueling my ride to join the SE Seattle Bike Train. No matter how many times I experience it, the … Continue reading
Want some company biking downtown? Join these welcoming West and SE Seattle rides or start your own
Biking on city streets can be more fun and less intimidating when you are with a group. And riding with a group can be a great way to become familiar with a route and learn some tips before trying it … Continue reading
Waterfront bike routes will remain open during upcoming SR 99 closure
Waterfront bike routes, including the path under the Viaduct along Alaskan Way downtown, will remain open during the upcoming SR 99 closure, SDOT confirmed today. We have received a lot of questions in the past week from folks wondering is … Continue reading
Bellevue is creating a Vision Zero ‘action plan,’ take their survey
The Bellevue City Council unanimously endorsed Vision Zero in 2015, and now they are putting together an action plan to help eliminate deaths and serious injuries on city streets by 2030. City staff have put together an online survey to … Continue reading
JUMP expands service to SE and West Seattle following criticism, announces 2K new bikes
Following a Seattle Times story critical of the company’s limited service area, JUMP has expanded to include all of Southeast and West Seattle. Though the Times story headline says that JUMP has been charging people $25 for parking outside the … Continue reading
Would you bike on the ‘E?’ How about the ‘Eastway?’
As we reported previously, King County is trying to come up with a better name for the Eastside Rail Corridor, and they have narrowed it down to four finalists: The E, The Eastrail, The 425 and the Eastway. You can … Continue reading