Tag: bicycle friendly communities

December 6, 2016

Seattle again falls short of ‘platinum’ bike-friendly status

Seattle has again failed to reach “platinum” in the League of American Bicyclists’ Bicycle Friendly Communities ratings. The city has maintained its “gold” status, which is revised every two years. The city lost a lot of points due to the rare all-ages helmet law in King County. Requiring helmets under the threat of getting stopped…
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tagged: bicycle friendly communities, league of american bicyclists
June 10, 2015

League names 4 new bike-friendly communities in WA

The League of American Bicyclists have named four new Bicycle Friendly Communities in Washington State: Bellevue, Ellensburg, Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe and Port Angeles/Clallam County. Tacoma keeps its bronze rating. Ellensburg (PDF) skips right over bronze and enters the listings at silver. With the highest bike commute rate in the state, that’s not a huge surprise.…
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tagged: bellevue, bicycle friendly communities, clallam county, ellensburg, Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe, league of american bicyclists, port angeles, tacoma
December 1, 2014

Seattle fails to achieve ‘platinum’ bike-friendly rating + Here’s how to get there

Seattle is, once again, a gold-level bike friendly community, according to the League of American Bicyclists. While Seattle is the only gold-level community in Washington State and one of only four US cities with populations larger than 300,000 to achieve gold status, the reconfirmation of gold status shows that the city is not doing enough…
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May 15, 2014

Washington’s newest Bicycle Friendly Community: Sequim

Congratulations to Sequim, Washington State’s newest Bicycle Friendly Community. Sequim is the only new or upgraded Washington community on the League of American Bicyclists’ national list this year. The Peninsula Daily News has the story of how Sequim made the list: Sam Chandler of Ben’s Bikes, 1251 W. Washington St., filled out the lengthy questionnaire…
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tagged: ben’s bikes, bicycle friendly communities, league of american bicyclists, sam chandler, sequim, steve burkett
May 16, 2012

Tacoma and Snohomish named Bicycle Friendly Communities, Port Townsend moves up list

Tacoma and Snohomish have earned spots on the The League of American Bicyclists’ Bicycle Friendly Communities list. Both communities earned Bronze level recognition, joining 214 other communities in the nation on the list. Port Townsend moved up a spot in the list, trading in their Bronze for a Silver. The League also rechecked Vancouver, Wash.…
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tagged: bicycle friendly communities, league of american bicyclists, port townsend, snohomish, tacoma