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Bike News Roundup: US traffic deaths jump 13.5% over last year
It’s time for the weekly Bike News Roundup! As eagerly awaited in Seattle as the Blue Angels (with 1/1,000,000,000 the noise!). As always, this is an open thread. First up, I have no idea what to think of this:
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Bike News Roundup: How can I speak for the trees if I’m also selling SUVees?
It’s time for the (very late) Bike News Roundup. Lots o’ good stuff, so let’s get to it. First up, anger over the upcoming Lorax film — which appears to have somehow missed the obvious environmentalist message of the story, at least in its marketing — has launched into full-blown protest after the Mazda commercial…
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Buffer space added to bike lanes on older section of Dexter
A few weeks ago, the city added a couple feet of buffer space to the bike lanes on Dexter between Mercer and Denny Way, just south of the recently-reconfigured section complete with bus islands and a road diet. The added buffers were the only changes made to the road, which still has four general purpose…
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Amber Weilert to the Cascade lunch: ‘No mom can go through this again’
When I saw Amber Weilert’s name on the speaker’s list for Cascade Bicycle Club’s Bike Everywhere Lunch Monday, I looked around at the large room full of people talking with old friends, networking, and glad-handing with local politicians and thought, A lot of these people don’t yet know who Amber is, and they don’t understand…
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New Transportation Chair Rob Saka: Street safety is ‘a responsibility I am not taking lightly’
Rob Saka has an enormous task ahead of him in his first year as a City Councilmember. In addition to the usual challenges, like hiring a legislative team and getting everyone up to speed on how work gets done inside City Hall, he will also chair the Transportation Committee during what will likely be the…
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Man who killed Michael Colmant sentenced to 20 months in prison for vehicular homicide and hit-and-run
Julian Hamilton, 25, pleaded guilty to hitting and killing Michael Colmant in April 2021 and was sentenced to 20 months in prison. Hamilton was driving under the influence after drinking in the park when he crossed to the wrong side of Seward Park Ave S just east of the intersection with Wilson Ave S and…
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