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From our Bike Events Calendar
Feb16Sat9:00 am The Seattle Bike & Outdoor Show ... @ CenturyLink Field Events CenterThe Seattle Bike & Outdoor Show ... @ CenturyLink Field Events CenterFeb 16 @ 9:00 am – 6:00 pm
It may feel like the season for winter recreation outdoors, but inside the CenturyLink Field Event Center, more than 25 bike manufacturers and over 75 bike and outdoor-recreation exhibitors are gearing up for the bike sale of the year — … Continue readingFeb17Sun9:00 am The Seattle Bike & Outdoor Show ... @ CenturyLink Field Events CenterThe Seattle Bike & Outdoor Show ... @ CenturyLink Field Events CenterFeb 17 @ 9:00 am – 5:00 pmIt may feel like the season for winter recreation outdoors, but inside the CenturyLink Field Event Center, more than 25 bike manufacturers and over 75 bike and outdoor-recreation exhibitors are gearing up for the bike sale of the year — … Continue reading10:00 am Bike Works Volunteer Repair Party @ Bike Works ClassroomsBike Works Volunteer Repair Party @ Bike Works ClassroomsFeb 17 @ 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 Be a Seattle Bike Blog Supporter!
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Tag Archives: bike boulevards
Neighborhood-Powered Streets Part 3: Controversially less controversial
This story is part of a series about Seattle’s young neighborhood greenway movement. In part three, we look into hopes that greenway projects will be less controversial than arterial bike lanes and how that could impact the city’s bicycle infrastructure … Continue reading
Neighborhood-Powered Streets Part 2: Beacon Hill and Wallingford groups lead the way
This story is part of a series about Seattle’s young neighborhood greenway movement. In part two, we look at two neighborhood groups that are paving the way for other neighborhoods to get organized and start planning safe streets. Beacon (Hill) … Continue reading
Neighborhood-Powered Streets, Part 1: Greenways find new political momentum in Seattle
This story kicks off of a series about Seattle’s young neighborhood greenway movement we are publishing this week. In the first installment, we look at neighborhood greenway design and Seattle’s newly-found political power supporting them. Bicycle advocates have worked tirelessly … Continue reading
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Tagged bike boulevards, bio-retention, bioswales, neighborhood greenways, Neighborhood-Powered Streets, sally bagshaw, sdot, spu, stormwater
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My Ballard: Bagshaw says group will look into bike boulevards
Councilmember Sally Bagshaw told the Ballard District Council that a group is forming to look into bike boulevards in Seattle, according to My Ballard: “The neighbors love it because it slows down traffic so much. That again you can be … Continue reading
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Tagged ballard, bike boulevards, city council, neighborhood greenways, sally bagshaw
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Wallingford bike boulevard will include ‘runnel’
The bicycle boulevard planned for Wallingford will include modifications to the Aurora pedestrian overpass at 41st Street and an enhanced crossing at Stone Way, according to Sam Woods at SDOT. Woods said plans will likely include installing a runnel on … Continue reading
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Tagged bike boulevards, n 43rd st, n 44th st, neighborhood street fund, q13, wallingford
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Bike boulevard coming to Wallingford
The Neighborhood Projects Fund has announced support for the Wallingford Bicycle Boulevard Project, which aims to turn N 44th or 43rd Avenues into a much-needed bike friendly east-west route through northern Wallingford. Bicycle boulevards are streets where bicycle travel has … Continue reading
Portland takes the ‘bad ass’ out of biking, part 1: The Going St bicycle boulevard
While riding around Portland this weekend (my first time seeing the city by bike), I came to one big conclusion: Seattle bikers are bad asses. Biking in Portland is so easy that there is hardly any excuse not to bike (before … Continue reading
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A bike boulevard for Beacon Hill
Dylan from Beacon BIKES, a recently-formed group focused on advocating for more bike infrastructure within neighborhoods, created an interesting walk-through of a potential bike boulevard route through Beacon Hill. Move the map behind the video player to see the route … Continue reading
Signal getting ready at Fremont and 105th
On a ride yesterday, I noticed the coming traffic signal for Fremont Ave and 105th is already in place, getting ready to go. Once it is running, it will plug a hole in the Fremont Ave bike boulevard, which is … Continue reading
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Tagged bike boulevards, fremont ave, n 105th, road diets, traffic calming, traffic signal
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