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Bike News Roundup: Why isn’t cycling normal in [insert city here]?

It’s time for the Bike News Roundup! Here’s a look at some stuff floating around the web in recent weeks (months?) that caught our eye. This is also an open thread, so feel free to discuss whatever bikey stuff is … Continue reading

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Bike News Roundup: Four weeks old

It’s time for the bike news roundup! As always, this is an open thread. A little update on my family. Fiona turns four weeks old today. Kelli and I spend every day at the NICU with her, holding her for … Continue reading

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Bike News Roundup: Ghost Bikes

It’s time for the Bike News Roundup! Actually, it’s well past time. I’ve apparently totally forgotten to do this since early October, so I’ve got what might be the biggest Roundup in Seattle Bike Blog history. Oops! I hope you … Continue reading

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Bike News Roundup: The Classic American Road Diet

It’s time for the Bike News Roundup! Here’s some interesting stuff floating around the web lately. First up, here’s a pretty good explanation of one way to redesign a four-lane street to be safer and more efficient. Seattle has so … Continue reading

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Bike News Roundup: Some post-eclipse reading

It’s time for the Bike News Roundup! For all you eclipse travelers stuck in traffic, this one’s for you. And arcing to the southeast: pic.twitter.com/0IGW97opGA — Josh Cohen (@jcohenwrites) August 21, 2017 First up, sometimes you just gotta do it … Continue reading

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Bike News Roundup: A dangerous rail crossing. No not that one.

It’s time for the Bike News Roundup! First up, University of Tennessee Civil and Environmental Engineering Professor Chris Cherry and graduate students Ziwen Ling and Nirbesh Dhakal recently documented a ton of bike crashes at a single railroad crossing (hmm, … Continue reading

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Bike News Roundup: Citi Bike vs a couple car parking spaces

It’s time for the Bike News Roundup! This is an open thread. First up, a quick and clear comparison of the benefits of well-used bike share (and sidewalks) vs car parking spaces in New York City. “The Citi Bike dock … Continue reading

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Bike News Roundup: The opposite of Mercer’s new traffic signal timing system

It’s time for the Bike News Roundup! Here’s a list of stuff we’ve been reading lately. This is also an open thread. Is there something bikey on your mind you want to discuss? Start a conversation in the comments below. First … Continue reading

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Bike News Roundup: Should Seattle get a Bicycle Mayor?

It’s time for the Bike News Roundup! This is an open thread, so feel free to discuss anything at least vaguely bikey below. First up! Should Seattle have a Bicycle Mayor? Should NYC Have a Bicycle Mayor? Meet Anna Luten … Continue reading

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Bike News Roundup: How Oslo is preparing to go car-free downtown

It’s time for the Bike News Roundup! The comments below are also open to whatever at-least-somewhat relevant topic you want to discuss. First up, here’s how Oslo is working to go car-free in its city center. A hopeful note for … Continue reading

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Bike News Roundup: The Future of Mobility

It’s the Bike News Roundup! I may starting posting these more often so they don’t get so ridiculously long. The comments below are open to whatever at-least-somewhat-relevant topics you want to discuss. First up, move over self-driving cars. The true … Continue reading

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Bike News Roundup: A 1996 PBS doc on the auto industry’s demolition of public transit

It’s time for the Bike News Roundup! Here’s a look at some stuff floating around the web lately. This is an open thread. First up, a PBS documentary (fresh out of 1996) on the auto industry’s conspiracy to destroy public … Continue reading

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Bike News Roundup: NCDOT accidentally made the scariest short horror film of 2016

It’s time for the Bike News Roundup! As always, this is an open thread. Discuss anything localish and bikeish in the comments below. First up, the most terrifying short horror film of 2016 was released in October by the North … Continue reading

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Bike News Roundup: The first cargo bike ride at the top of the Space Needle?

It’s time for the Bike News Roundup! Here’s a collection of some stuff floating around the web recently. You may find some good stuff here that fell through the cracks during the holidays. First up, The Pedal-Powered Talk Show visited … Continue reading

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Bike News Roundup: Seattle’s multimodal neighbor

It’s time for the Bike News Roundup! Here’s a taste of some of the sweet (and not-so-sweet) bike-related and bike-adjacent news floating around recently. First up: StreetFilms visits Vancouver, BC, giving an overview of how Seattle’s neighbor to the north … Continue reading

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Bike News Roundup: Dodging bullets on an Olympia mountain bike trail

It’s time for the Bike News Roundup! Here’s some stuff floating around the web recently that caught out eye. First up, at least one extremely irresponsible person nearly shot and killed a group of people mountain biking in Capitol State … Continue reading

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Bike News Roundup: Gone Bikin’ edition

Seattle Bike Blog Editor Tom Fucoloro has Gone Bikin’ until Labor Day. In the meantime, we will be periodically posting short news bits and excerpts from good reads floating around the web. It’s time for the Bike News Roundup! First … Continue reading

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Bike News Roundup: ‘How highways wrecked American cities’

It’s time for the Bike News Roundup! Lots of good stuff floating around the web lately, so let’s get right to it. First up, Vox created a short and punchy video report outlining “how highways wrecked American cities.” Definitely worth … Continue reading

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Bike News Roundup: 1975 report suggests building transit tunnel to replace the Viaduct

It’s time for the Bike News Roundup! Here’s a look at some of the bikey stuff floating around the web recently. First up! This 1975 archive report from KOMO about mass transit in Seattle is worth all 25 minutes of … Continue reading

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Bike News Roundup: The world’s biggest city has few bike lanes, yet people bike a lot anyway

It’s time for the Bike News Roundup! Here’s a glance at some of the bikeish stuff floating around the web. First up! Lots of people in the world’s most populous city bike despite few bike lanes: The Gaman Spirit: Why … Continue reading

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