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West Seattle safe streets archaeologists unearth long-lost sidewalk

Posted on July 2, 2020 by Tom Fucoloro

Safe streets archaeologists in West Seattle made an astounding discovery this month, unearthing a long-forgotten sidewalk and path connecting the Duwamish Trail to some greenbelt trails off Highland Park Way SW. While waiting for city plans to help ease the … Continue reading →

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What could traffic enforcement look like with no or fewer armed police? SNG task force wants to find out

Posted on July 1, 2020 by Tom Fucoloro

Seattle Neighborhood Greenways has created a “Re-Imagining Traffic Enforcement Task Force” to research best practices and organize with community to develop ways to enforce traffic safety without or with fewer police and to rethink which traffic laws are keeping people … Continue reading →

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Use your bike to help your community by joining the Pedaling Relief Project

Posted on June 30, 2020 by Tom Fucoloro

Since the start of the COVID-19 outbreak, people have been working to find ways to use their bikes to help meet community needs. Mike Lang and Maxwell Burton have been organizing people with bikes to help transport food from food … Continue reading →

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SDOT pilots a car-free Lake Washington Blvd through Tuesday, announces more Stay Healthy Streets

Posted on June 26, 2020 by Tom Fucoloro

Lake Washington Blvd has been the most-requested street for the city’s car-free and car-light street projects, which started as a response to the COVID-19 outbreak and the need to create more space for people to safely distance while getting some … Continue reading →

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Saturday: Peace Peloton rides to support Black-owned businesses

Posted on June 25, 2020 by Tom Fucoloro

The third Peace Peloton ride meets 10 a.m. Saturday at Central Cafe and Juice Bar in the Central District. At noon, the ride will travel ten miles before ending at Fat’s Chicken and Waffles. If you plan to attend, fill … Continue reading →

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Mayor delays more bike projects from her already-slashed and delayed bike plan

Posted on June 24, 2020 by Tom Fucoloro

Mayor Jenny Durkan and SDOT have paused $58.3 million worth of projects as the department attempts to deal with the impacts of the COVID-19 outbreak on the municipal budget. The cuts represent about 8% of the department’s adopted budget with … Continue reading →

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Why do armed police enforce traffic laws?

Posted on June 23, 2020 by Yes Segura

EDITOR’S NOTE: Yes Segura was already researching the role of policing in traffic enforcement before I started working on this story. So I worked with him over the past week to put this piece together. As the city opens the … Continue reading →

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Bike share is back. Lime relaunches 500 JUMP bikes

Posted on June 22, 2020 by Tom Fucoloro

Lime has relaunched e-assist bike share in Seattle, about six weeks after pulling their newly-acquired red JUMP bikes from the streets following a major investment deal with Uber. There are far fewer bikes hitting the streets than were available before. … Continue reading →

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Protest statements from local transportation orgs

Posted on June 17, 2020 by Tom Fucoloro

As massive protests against racist and brutal policing pass the half-month mark, the City Council has passed some significant limits on police weaponry and use of chokeholds. The Council is also developing major changes to the city budget through new … Continue reading →

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The Seattle Bike Brigade keeps protests safe, but doesn’t want the spotlight … so why am I writing about them?

Posted on June 16, 2020 by Tom Fucoloro

EDITOR’S NOTE: Seattle Bike Blog supports the demands led by the King County Equity Now Coalition, including dropping charges against protesters, defunding Seattle Police, and investing in Black-led community organizations and community safety. The Seattle Bike Brigade has been serving … Continue reading →

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Saturday: The 2nd Peace Peloton will ride to Black-owned businesses, promote economic reform

Posted on June 11, 2020 by Tom Fucoloro

The second Peace Peloton ride starts 10 a.m. Saturday at Tougo Coffee on Yesler Way near Broadway. Organized by Doc Wilson, the first Peace Peloton drew more than 300 people for a ride from Alki to the CD. Wilson hopes … Continue reading →

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Noon Thursday: Ride For Justice with Estelita’s Library

Posted on June 10, 2020 by Tom Fucoloro

Dress in black, grab your bike and join the Ride for Justice noon Thursday at 23rd Ave S and the I-90 Trail. The ride will end at Cal Anderson Park. Details from event organizers Estelita’s Library, a non-profit “justice focused … Continue reading →

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City Councilmembers show the leadership our city needs + Mayor Durkan should resign

Posted on June 9, 2020 by Tom Fucoloro

EDITOR’S NOTE: Seattle Bike Blog supports the Defund Seattle Police effort initially led by a large group of community organizations and leaders, including No New Youth Jail, Decriminalize Seattle, Block the Bunker, Seattle Peoples Party, COVID-19 Mutual Aid, Trans Women … Continue reading →

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Noon Saturday: Ride in the ‘Peace Peloton’ starting in Alki

Posted on June 5, 2020 by Tom Fucoloro

The Peace Peloton will ride 20 miles around the city from Alki Beach to the Northwest African American Museum in the Central District Saturday to “bring awareness to and bring about positive change for black, brown, marginalized, and disenfranchised populations … Continue reading →

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Mayor Durkan failed

Posted on June 4, 2020 by Tom Fucoloro

EDITOR’S NOTE: Seattle Bike Blog supports the Defund Seattle Police effort being led by a large group of community organizations and leaders, including No New Youth Jail, Decriminalize Seattle, Block the Bunker, Seattle Peoples Party, COVID-19 Mutual Aid, Trans Women … Continue reading →

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‘Safe streets’ must include safety from racist police

Posted on May 29, 2020 by Tom Fucoloro

Right now, Seattle’s Police Department and Mayor Jenny Durkan are trying to get out of a Federal consent decree in place since 2012 following a pattern of police violence. The current Seattle Police contract is not in compliance with the … Continue reading →

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With the upper West Seattle Bridge closed, bike trips across the low bridge are higher than non-outbreak years

Posted on May 28, 2020 by Tom Fucoloro

As we already saw in our previous post, the covid-19 pandemic has totally scrambled the typical ridership data collected by Seattle’s 24/7 bike counters. On the Fremont Bridge, for example, total ridership is down about 20% compared to the 2013-19 … Continue reading →

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Alert: Lower Spokane Street Bridge will close overnight May 29-31

Posted on May 27, 2020 by Tom Fucoloro

The lower Spokane Street Bridge to West Seattle, a vital lifeline for the neighborhood since the upper West Seattle Bridge closed, will itself close for evening-to-overnight work Friday, Saturday and maybe Sunday. That means anyone biking will need to detour … Continue reading →

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Got more bikes than you really need? Bike Match Seattle will connect you with someone who needs it

Posted on May 26, 2020 by Tom Fucoloro

It’s a surprisingly simple idea. Find people who need bikes, find people who have bikes they don’t need, and then introduce them to each other. That’s basically how Bike Match Seattle works, a project started by Maggie Harger as a … Continue reading →

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Bike counters show weekend and trail rides are up as much as 70% since the outbreak began

Posted on May 22, 2020 by Tom Fucoloro

The number of bike trips across the Fremont Bridge in February was 47% higher than the February average from 2013-19, continuing a trend of strong year-over-year bike trip growth in recent years. But then March happened, and employers shut down … Continue reading →

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