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From our Bike Events Calendar
Mar23Thu6:00 pm Beacon Hill Safe Streets Monthly... @ Beacon Hill LibraryBeacon Hill Safe Streets Monthly... @ Beacon Hill LibraryMar 23 @ 6:00 pm – 7:45 pmformerly Beacon B.I.K.E.S.7:15 pm Point83 @ Westlake ParkPoint83 @ Westlake ParkMar 23 @ 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.Mar27Mon5:30 pm Downtown Greenways monthly meetingDowntown Greenways monthly meetingMar 27 @ 5:30 pm – 7:00 pmLast Monday of the month. Join us! https://seattlegreenways.org/downtowngreenwaysMar30Thu7:15 pm Point83 @ Westlake ParkPoint83 @ Westlake ParkMar 30 @ 7:15 pmMeet 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.Apr1Sat9:00 am First Saturday Neighborhood Clea...First Saturday Neighborhood Clea...Apr 1 @ 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 reading
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City building and planning neighborhood greenways in all corners of the city this year
The city is catching its groove on neighborhood greenways this year, setting a pace for installing and planning them in all corners of the city simultaneously. While neighborhood greenways so far have been somewhat experimental and one-off projects, 2014 is … Continue reading
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Tagged bike portland, dawn schellenberg, neighborhood greenways, portland, sdot, seattle neighborhood greenways
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Portland has upgraded 163 car parking spaces to create 1,644 bike spots
Portland Now Has 100 Street Bike Corrals! from Streetfilms on Vimeo. The City of Portland has hit a milestone: 100 bike corrals installed, and as many businesses are still clamoring for one near them. Bike Portland presents the number like … Continue reading
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Tagged bike corrals, bike parking, bike portland, on-street bike parking, streetfilms
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PDX Study: Downhill bike boxes may increase collisions
A multi-year study of bike-involved collisions at Portland intersections that have bike boxes has returned mixed results showing only minimal reductions in collisions at some intersections and increases at others. The results have prompted the city to rethink some of … Continue reading
Bike Portland: Blumenauer sees House anti-transit, biking and walking bill as test
“This is chance to prove that the [bike] movement is real,” bike-friendly US House legislator from Oregon Earl Blumenauer told Bike Portland as GOP lawmakers push a much-maligned transportation bill through the US House (including Dave Reichert of Washington’s 8th … Continue reading
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Bike Portland: Be careful, it’s sun glare time again
As the equinox comes and goes, the sun will continue to be at a dangerous angle during rush hour. Bike Portland (and Seattle Bike Blog!) would like to remind you to be extra careful and aware. From Bike Portland: Last … Continue reading
Banning children from bike seats is bad politics
Local and state lawmakers in Washington, hear this tale of warning from Oregon: Don’t propose a ban on children in bike seats. An Oregon legislator, Mitch Greenlick, has proposed a bill that would make it illegal to carry a child … Continue reading
How the proposed WA ‘Mutual Responsibility’ bill compares to Oregon’s law
Marcus Griffith at Bike Portland wrote a piece comparing the recently-proposed Washington bill mandating a safe passing distance to laws on the books in Oregon. The bill, being referred to as the “Mutual Responsibility Bill,” will attempt to mandate a … Continue reading
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Tagged bike portland, HB 1018, mutual responsibility, safe passing, seattle weekly
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Portland bike group asks for streetcar track fixes
EDITOR’S NOTE: While I am in majestic St. Louis, Missouri, for the holidays, I will be posting interesting bike links and urging discussion. I’ll still be writing, but at a reduced rate. Feel free to comment on this link or … Continue reading
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Tagged bike portland, first hill streetcar, holidays 2010, jackson, streetcars
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Portland’s BikeCraft looks awesome, should Seattle hold something similar?
I am jealous of Bike Portland’s BikeCraft, a “bike-lover’s holiday gift bazaar that showcases local, handmade, bike-themed arts, crafts, fashion, and more.” This year’s show just wrapped up, and look at all the awesome handmade bike stuff in the slideshow … Continue reading
The air is better on the other side of the parked cars
This may seem obvious to anyone who has ever followed a diesel bus up a steep hill, but the air quality several feet away from motor vehicle lanes is significantly cleaner and healthier, according to a new study by PSU … Continue reading
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Tagged bike lanes, bike portland, cycle tracks, exhaust, health, psu, separated bike lanes
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Bike News Roundup: A Virginia man is murdered over a speed bump
Bill Clinton made fun of Colorado Republican candidate Dan Maes for being an anti-bike conspiracy theorist (from Salon.com): And at another point he mocked Dan Maes, the floundering Republican gubernatorial candidate in Colorado. “He says that the bike paths that … Continue reading
‘Free Ice Cream for Bike Lane Builders’
BikePortland has a cheery report today about a group of appreciative bikers who are on a mission to bring cool treats to workers on bike infrastructure projects. Perhaps we could do something similar for our bike project workers. After all, … Continue reading
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