- —Advertisement—
Seattle Bike Blog Supporter Drive
Seattle Bike Blog Supporters pitch in monthly to support the independent transportation journalism featured here.
We are currently hosting our second-ever Supporter Drive with a goal of doubling our contributions. Learn more here.
Please consider being a supporter if you are able, starting at $5 per month.
-
Choose a monthly amount that fits your budget. Paypal or credit/debit cards accepted:
- Got a tip? Email: Tom@SeattleBikeBlog.com
-
From our Bike Events Calendar
Jan19Sun10:00 am Bike Works Volunteer Repair Party @ Bike Works ClassroomsBike Works Volunteer Repair Party @ Bike Works ClassroomsJan 19 @ 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 →Jan20Mon9:30 am MLK Jr. Day – Greenways not Redl...MLK Jr. Day – Greenways not Redl...Jan 20 @ 9:30 am – 10:50 amBeacon Hill Safe Streets, Central Seattle Greenways, and Rainier Valley Greenways are collaborating on a workshop:Greenways not Redlines, at MLK Jr DayMonday, Jan 20, from 9:30 to 10:50Garfield High School (400 23rd Ave, Seattle, at Jefferson).The theme is transportation infrastructure … Continue reading →Jan21Tue6:30 pm Duwamish Valley Safe Streets Mee... @ South Park Community Center (8319 8th Ave S) in the 'computer room'.Duwamish Valley Safe Streets Mee... @ South Park Community Center (8319 8th Ave S) in the 'computer room'.Jan 21 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pmIn case you missed it…Neighbors meet every month (since 2016) to keep making Georgetown and South Park great places to walk, bike, roll and live. Tuesday, January 21st, 20196:30 PM – 8:00 PMSouth Park Community Center (8319 8th Ave S) in … Continue reading →Jan22Wed7:30 am Beacon Hill Safe Streets Donut 2020Beacon Hill Safe Streets Donut 2020Jan 22 @ 7:30 am – 9:00 amCelebrate taking transit during Sound Transit’s Connect 2020 construction with donuts, other pastries, and coffee and meet some Beacon Hill Safe Streets folks!We will be at the International District/Chinatown light rail station on street level. More info: https://www.facebook.com/events/586797028839722/ FacebookTwitterRedditPocketEmail Bike-Friendly Business Showcase
—Advertisement—-
Latest Stories
- Councilmember Pedersen outlines his vision as the new Transportation Committee Chair, offers an olive branch to safe streets advocates
- People who don’t let snow stop them from biking offer some advice
- The streets Seattle plans to plow + City site tracks which streets have been plowed recently
- Funding, legalizing the ‘safety stop’ on WA Bikes’ agenda in Olympia
- Where 2018’s bicycle collisions happened + More from the Traffic Report
Seattle by Bike Flickr Pool
Top Posts
- Councilmember Pedersen outlines his vision as the new Transportation Committee Chair, offers an olive branch to safe streets advocates
- People who don’t let snow stop them from biking offer some advice
- Funding, legalizing the 'safety stop' on WA Bikes' agenda in Olympia
- King County Parks receives permit for final stretch of E Lake Sammamish Trail
- Guerrilla road safety group 'politely' installs illegal bike lane protectors on Cherry Street
Seattle Bike Links
- Biking Bis Bicycle touring and more
- Biking in the Rain By Aviva Stephens
- Car Free Days Insightful blog by parents ditching their cars
- Cascade Bicycle Club Blog
- Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance
- Family Ride Promoting everyday family biking.
- No Spandex Required Blogging about a Jew biking in the City of Seattle
- Northwest In Motion The Northwest’s Active Community
- Seattle Bicycle Laws Know ‘em.
- Seattle Bicyclist Portraits Photos and short interviews of Seattleites who bike
- Seattle Bike Counters Updated every night
- Seattle Bike Friendly Business Network By the folks at Commute Seattle
- Seattle Bike Map Put in your address and Cascade Bicycle Club will mail one to your home for free. Rad.
- Seattle Neighborhood Greenways Find & join your neighborhood group!
- The Bicycle Paper Newsprint publication covering all things cycling in the PNW
- Tubulocity Bike culture for a tubular world
- Walk.Bike.Schools Helathy kids needs healthy trips to school
- Washington Bikes blog
Other Good Links
- Bus Chick Car-free since ’03
- Capitol Hill Seattle Neighborhood news for Seattle’s Capitol Hill.
- Seattle Transit Blog Name says it all
- The Urbanist Focused on Seattle-area urban policy
- Urban Adonia Anthropological analyses of bike culture.
- Walking In Seattle Bloggin’ about walkin’
Tags
- ballard
- beacon hill
- bellevue
- bicycle alliance of washington
- bike counter
- bike news roundup
- bike share
- bike thefts
- bike works
- burke-gilman
- burke-gilman trail
- capitol hill
- capitol hill seattle
- cascade bicycle club
- central district
- city council
- construction
- crime
- cycle tracks
- deaths
- dexter
- downtown
- ed murray
- events
- fremont
- injuries
- jenny durkan
- king county parks
- mike mcginn
- missing link
- neighborhood greenways
- pronto emerald city cycle share
- protected bike lanes
- rainier valley
- sdot
- seattle neighborhood greenways
- seattle times
- sound transit
- spd
- uw
- wallingford
- washington bikes
- westlake
- west seattle
- wsdot
Tag Archives: 35th Ave NE
Days after SDOT acknowledged safety concerns on new 35th Ave NE, a collision critically injured someone on a motorcycle
Someone driving a pickup truck collided with someone on a motorcycle at the intersection of 35th Ave NE and NE 75th Street Monday evening. The person on the motorcycle was critically injured and was rushed to the hospital in life-threatening … Continue reading
With the paint barely dry on bike-lane-free 35th Ave NE, person driving strikes and injures someone on a bike
Just hours after a video of dangerous conditions for people biking on the new 35th Ave NE gained a lot of traction on social media, someone driving struck and injured a person biking on the street near the intersection with … Continue reading
Rashomon in Wedgwood: SDOT Director and Deputy Mayor grilled during Bike Board meeting
SDOT Director Sam Zimbabwe and Deputy Mayor Shefali Ranganathan sat down for a long talk with the Seattle Bicycle Advisory Board Wednesday to have a difficult and at times uncomfortable conversation about Mayor Jenny Durkan’s commitment to building the city’s … Continue reading
Posted in news
Tagged 35th Ave NE, casey gifford, emily paine, jenny durkan, sam zimbabwe, seattle bicycle advisory board, shefali ranganathan
29 Comments
How did Mayor Durkan get the 35th Ave NE decision so wrong? + Councilmembers respond
Mayor Jenny Durkan’s decision this week to scrap planned, designed and contracted bike lanes on 35th Ave NE has drawn a major backlash as people are dismayed to hear that Seattle’s mayor is abandoning the Bicycle Master Plan in order … Continue reading
Posted in news
Tagged 35th Ave NE, jenny durkan, mike o'brien, rob johnson, teresa mosqueda
46 Comments
Mayor Durkan chooses 35th Ave NE car convenience over street safety and the fight against climate change
Mayor Jenny Durkan has officially abandoned the Bicycle Master Plan, which was approved unanimously by the City Council and funded through a vote of the people. The Mayor has until recently only delayed Bike Master Plan projects, like essentially all … Continue reading
After mediation fails, 35th Ave NE bike lanes head to Mayor Durkan’s desk
Remember the $10,000 of bicycle safety funds Councilmember Rob Johnson and Mayor Jenny Durkan spent on a confidential mediation effort to see if there was any way for bike lane opponents and supporters to agree on a plan for the … Continue reading
35th Ave NE safety changes still on track + How can the city avoid such divisive neighborhood fights?
While I was on family leave this winter, a seemingly routine repaving project in Northeast Seattle somehow became a flashpoint that has divided neighbors, spilling gallons of red and green sign-making ink and even drawing competing streetside protests. It has … Continue reading
Anti-bike lane group tweets that single moms don’t bike. It backfires spectacularly
A twitter handle representing the “Save 35th Ave NE” group fighting against city plans for safer crosswalks and bike lanes posted a sexist tweet the other day saying that “single mothers don’t commute to work on bikes.” It backfired spectacularly … Continue reading
35th Ave NE: A Project at Risk
This is a guest post written by Liam Bradshaw. Liam is a research scientist in materials chemistry who lives near 35th Ave NE in Wedgwood. He enjoys riding for both commuting and recreation, but drives, walks, and busses when necessary. … Continue reading