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From our Bike Events Calendar
Jun21Tue6:00 pm Rainier Valley Greenways monthly... @ Virtual via ZoomRainier Valley Greenways monthly... @ Virtual via ZoomJun 21 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pmFacebookTwitterRedditPocketEmailJun22Wed6:00 pm Ballard-Fremont Greenways MeetingBallard-Fremont Greenways MeetingJun 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/FacebookTwitterRedditPocketEmailJun23Thu6:00 pm Beacon Hill Safe Streets Monthly... @ Beacon Hill LibraryBeacon Hill Safe Streets Monthly... @ Beacon Hill LibraryJun 23 @ 6:00 pm – 7:45 pmformerly Beacon B.I.K.E.S. FacebookTwitterRedditPocketEmail7:15 pm Point83 @ Westlake ParkPoint83 @ Westlake ParkJun 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.FacebookTwitterRedditPocketEmailJun24Fri6:45 pm Pride Month Rainbow Ride on Lake...Pride Month Rainbow Ride on Lake...Jun 24 @ 6:45 pm – 9:00 pmFacebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/463019132253481Join Bob and Clara for a Rainbow Ride to celebrate Pride Month!We’ll be gathering queer friends and allies for a rainbow of people wearing a rainbow of colors for a casual, no drop bike ride / roller skate on … Continue reading
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WA Bikes endorses Moon for Mayor + more across the region and state
WA Bikes has endorsed Cary Moon for Seattle Mayor. The politically-active sibling organization to Cascade Bicycle Club released its latest round of 2017 endorsements Tuesday, and Senior Policy Director Blake Trask said the organization will be writing more about their … Continue reading
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Tagged 2017 general election, blake trask, cary moon, jenny durkan, washington bikes
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WA transportation ‘compromise’ spends billions on highways, ransoms transit but keeps most bike/walk funding
UPDATE 12:10p 7/1: Publicola reports that the revenue portion of the transportation package is headed to Governor Inslee. That includes ST3 authorization and an 11.9 cent gas tax. However, other bills that make up the transportation package, including appropriations for … Continue reading
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Tagged 2015 legislature, blake trask, curtis king, transportation choices coalition, washington bikes
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Do conventional road designs put Americans who walk or bike at risk? Rep. Larsen requests Federal study
US Representative Rick Larsen has teamed up with two other members of the US House to look into whether American conventional road engineering standards are putting people who bike and walk at disproportionate risk (spoiler: Yes). Specifically, Larsen (WA-2, much … Continue reading
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Tagged blake trask, eleanor holmes, government accountability office, peter defazio, rick larsen, usdot, washington bikes
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Failed transportation revenue package puts statewide bike funding at risk
On March 13, the Washington State Legislature adjourned with the passage of an 11th-hour supplemental spending plan. The supplemental budget maintains the status quo for statewide bicycle and pedestrian funding for the remainder of this biennium. But, thanks in large … Continue reading
Supreme Court decision could impact several WA trails, but most should be safe
The US Supreme Court handed down a nearly-unanimous decision this week that could spell trouble for some Washington State rail-trails, including parts of the John Wayne Pioneer Trail and the Foothills Trail. But contrary to some early reports, the reach … Continue reading
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Tagged blake trask, foothills trail, john wayne pioneer trail, rails to trails, us supreme court, washington bikes
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Washington becomes first state to endorse the NACTO Urban Street Design Guide
Washington State is the first state to officially back the NACTO Urban Street Design Guide, which provides best practice guidelines for designing complete streets that consider the needs and benefits of all road users, whether they are walking, biking, driving … Continue reading
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Tagged blake trask, lynn peterson, nacto, urban street design guide, washington bikes, wsdot
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Blake Trask: End days in Olympia – What’s at stake for biking and walking? A lot.
Editor’s Note: Blake has been in Olympia all session working with the legislature to make the state safer and more accessible for people on bikes. In this guest post, he makes the case for why urgent action is needed to … Continue reading
KUOW discusses the importance of more inviting bike infrastructure
KUOW’s Weekday today discussed the city’s changing focus on more inviting bicycle infrastructure, such as cycle tracks and neighborhood greenways. The segment was excellent (listen online here), and it demonstrated even further how the conversation about biking in Seattle is … Continue reading
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Tagged blake trask, kuow, michael ennis, sdot, steve scher, washington policy center
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Washington State disproportionaltely underfunds walking and biking
Despite the fact that 13.6 percent of Washington traffic fatalities are people either walking or biking, the state allocates only 0.5 percent of its transportation budget (and 2.7 percent of its federal funds) to walking and biking projects. Seattle has … Continue reading
Bicycle Alliance announces reformed strategic plan, vision
The Bicycle Alliance of Washington announced their reconfigured strategic plan for 2011-2016, and it’s chock full of citizen biking, safety and a focus on being inclusive. The release of the new plan, which has been in the works since spring … Continue reading
Bicycle Alliance hires Policy Director, Cascade proposes bylaw revisions
Washington’s largest bicycle advocacy groups have seen some changes in recent months. The Bicycle Alliance of Washington has hired Seattle Bicycle Advisory Board chair Blake Trask as its new Statewide Policy Director: Currently the chair of the Seattle Bicycle Advisory … Continue reading
