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From our Bike Events Calendar
Nov30Wed5:30 pm Beacon Hill Bike Lane Conversati...Beacon Hill Bike Lane Conversati...Nov 30 @ 5:30 pm – 7:00 pmJoin Beacon Hill Safe Streets for a conversation about the Beacon Hill Bike Lanes is November 30th at 5:30PM. We will host this meeting via Zoom (Zoom link to be sent this week). This meeting will help BHSS guide suggestions to SDOT on the … Continue readingDec1Thu7:15 pm Point83 @ Westlake ParkPoint83 @ Westlake ParkDec 1 @ 7:15 pm
Meet up in the center of the park at 7ish. Leave at 730. Every Thursday from now until forever rain or shine. Bikes, beers, illegal firepits, nachos, bottlerockets, timetraveling, lollygagging, mechanicals, good times.FacebookTwitterRedditPocketEmailDec3Sat9:00 am First Saturday Neighborhood Clea...First Saturday Neighborhood Clea...Dec 3 @ 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 reading9:00 am Seattle Street Fixers: S Columbi...Seattle Street Fixers: S Columbi...Dec 3 @ 9:00 am – 10:00 amWe’ll be out next Saturday, Dec 3rd from 9am to clear the bike lanes and sidewalks on Columbian Way. Meet up where Columbian Way becomes Alaska St. Bring your own gloves, snow shovels, clippers, water, snacks, etc., or we may … Continue readingDec4Sun10:00 am Ballard-Fremont Greenways Walk A...Ballard-Fremont Greenways Walk A...Dec 4 @ 10:00 am – 11:30 amJoin Ballard-Fremont Greenways for a walk audit of 15th Avenue and the Ballard Bridge between Interbay and Ballard. SDOT is planning to repave this segment next year with no major pedestrian or bike improvements. Join us Sunday, December 4th at … Continue reading
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WA Bikes: Some significant wins during the 2021 session, but the work is not done
The 2021 state legislative session is closing with some wins for biking, progress on other priorities and a lot of uncertainty about the future of transportation funding in Washington. A massive transportation funding bill loomed over the 2021 legislative session, … Continue reading
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Senate chair’s transportation package includes bike tax, less in multimodal investments
A week after the Washington House Democrats unveiled their proposed transportation package, which would fund bike, pedestrian, and transit programs at a level never before seen from the state, the chair of the state Senate’s transportation committee, Steve Hobbs, unveiled … Continue reading
WA House Democrats propose transportation package with huge multimodal component
Correction: a previous version of this post listed the timeframe of this package at 12 years instead of 16. Yesterday the Democratic caucus in the Washington State House announced their proposal for the next major state transportation package. Their proposal … Continue reading
Proposed bill would exempt electric bikes from state sales taxes
A bill introduced into the Washington House of Representatives by Representative Sharon Shewmake (D-Bellingham) would exempt electric bikes, and up to $200 in bike accessories, from state sales taxes. HB 1330 would not apply to non-electric bikes, using the definition … Continue reading
Roger Millar: safety impacts cost Washington nearly $15 billion per year
The Washington State House of Representatives Transportation Committee convened for the first time this session on Tuesday and WSDOT head Roger Millar was there to lead the members through a presentation, which was titled “Return on Investment”. At the beginning … Continue reading
Senator Saldaña proposes $2 billion in statewide multimodal investments
During the last state legislative session in 2020, Steve Hobbs (D-Lake Stevens), chair of the State Senate’s transportation committee, released his latest version of the “Forward Washington” transportation package. The list of proposed projects to receive funding in the package … Continue reading
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Washington Bikes legislative preview this Thursday
The Washington legislature’s long legislative session starts next Monday. This is set to be an important session as lawmakers modify Governor Inslee’s proposal for the biennial budget. If you were wondering what Washington’s statewide bicycle advocacy organization is planing to … Continue reading
