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From our Bike Events Calendar
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/ FacebookTwitterRedditPocketEmail6:00 pm Ballard-Fremont Greenways Meeting @ Outlander BrewingBallard-Fremont Greenways Meeting @ Outlander BrewingJan 22 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pmBallard-Fremont Greenways meets monthly on the 4th Wednesday of the month. Check Facebook for monthly meeting information: https://www.facebook.com/BFGreenways/Outlander Brewing on Wed Jan 22nd from 6-7:30 pm. Upstairs Room. Whoever’s first can check in with the bartender upon arrival. FacebookTwitterRedditPocketEmailJan23Thu6:00 pm Beacon Hill Safe Streets Monthly... @ Beacon Hill LibraryBeacon Hill Safe Streets Monthly... @ Beacon Hill LibraryJan 23 @ 6:00 pm – 7:45 pmformerly Beacon B.I.K.E.S. FacebookTwitterRedditPocketEmail6:30 pm Bike Works Volunteer Repair Party @ Bike Works ClassroomsBike Works Volunteer Repair Party @ Bike Works ClassroomsJan 23 @ 6:30 pm – 9:30 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 readingJan25Sat10:00 am Stinky Spoke Mountain Bike Poker... @ Willows Run Golf Complex (start and finish location)Stinky Spoke Mountain Bike Poker... @ Willows Run Golf Complex (start and finish location)Jan 25 @ 10:00 am – 2:00 pm
It might be gloomy outside on what is traditionally the “stinkiest” weather day of the year, but we make the Stinky Spoke Mountain Bike Poker Ride for Charity so much fun, several hundred riders will be joining us in January … Continue reading
Tag Archives: bikenomics
Study: Recreation cycling in Washington generates $3.1 billion for state’s economy
Biking is good for the state’s economy. It’s one of those ideas that seems fairly obvious, but we haven’t really had much solid data to know exactly how much cycling helps. Until now. It turns out, it helps maybe even … Continue reading
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Tagged bike touring, bikenomics, bikepacking, washington bikes, washington recreation and conservation office
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Bike Jobs: Development Director at Bike Works + 2 at Cascade
Did you know that the bicycle industry in Europe has created 650,000 jobs? That’s more than the continent’s mining and quarrying industry, and more than the number of people employed by the Big 3 US auto makers combined. Well, join … Continue reading
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3rd Annual Spoke & Food coming to a restaurant in your neighborhood Tuesday
Spoke & Food is a brilliant event that brings bikes, local dining and local non-profit fundraising together. All you have to do is bike to the participating restaurant near you for dinner Tuesday (June 26). A portion of your bill … Continue reading
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You have to ride to work this week to get counted
This week is not the week to take a break from bike commuting. SDOT is conducting their bicycle and pedestrian counts May 10-12, according to the SDOT Blog. So if you want to get counted, you gotta ride! From SDOT: … Continue reading
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Tagged bicycle count, bike benefits, bike month 2011, bikenomics, commuting, earl blumenauer, elly blue, federal government, grist
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Bikenomics: I spend more money on the military than on my bicycle
I have a terrible, dirty little secret. Even though I depend on my bicycle as my primary means of transportation and spend my days writing about bicycles on this blog, I spend more money on war than on my bike. … Continue reading
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Tagged bikenomics, elly blue, federal government, taxes, war, wheredidmytaxdollarsgo
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Bikenomics: Biking is as fast as driving
Many people have tried to calculate the “true” cost of driving, and the resulting numbers can vary dramatically. Before even attempting to add the costs up, one needs to figure what should even be included. How far do you go? … Continue reading