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From our Bike Events Calendar
Oct16Wed6:00 pm GET SPOKED! WOMXN, TRANS, GENDER... @ Bike Works WarehouseGET SPOKED! WOMXN, TRANS, GENDER... @ Bike Works WarehouseOct 16 @ 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Every THIRD Wednesday of the month from 6 – 9 PM, we’re hosting a Volunteer Repair Party (VRP)/Open Shop specifically for folks who identify as women, trans, or gender non-binary to come together in an inclusive space to repair bikes … Continue readingOct17Thu5:30 pm Feet First Conversation with Ang...Feet First Conversation with Ang...Oct 17 @ 5:30 pm – 7:30 pmWashington faces a pedestrian safety crisis. The number of people killed walking on our state’s streets has spiked 40% in the last 5 years. Residents of color, seniors, and those living in poverty make up a disproportionate number of those … Continue reading6:30 pm Bike Works Volunteer Repair Party @ Bike Works ClassroomsBike Works Volunteer Repair Party @ Bike Works ClassroomsOct 17 @ 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 readingOct18Fri7:30 am Seattle Bike Train Weekday Commu...Seattle Bike Train Weekday Commu...Oct 18 @ 7:30 am – 8:30 amInterested in using a bike to get downtown but unsure of what routes are safe and reluctant to explore on your own? There is strength in numbers! Beginning May 3, we are offering three rides on Fridays:Columbia City to Downtown via … Continue readingOct19Sat6:30 pm Light the Night: A Casual Ride A... @ Ride Bicycles Bike ShopLight the Night: A Casual Ride A... @ Ride Bicycles Bike ShopOct 19 @ 6:30 pm – 6:30 pmRide Bicycles and Kryptonite Locks present a casual ride around the city ending at Gasworks park! Route will be around from 8-12 miles and will be mostly flat with a couple small hills. Expect a chill pace, friendly folks, and … Continue reading
Tag Archives: brian fairbrother
The true cost of Move Seattle
Mike Wang was biking home to his family one evening in July 2011 when a man driving an SUV made a quick left turn and killed him on Dexter Ave. It’s impossible to fill a hole in the world the … Continue reading
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Let’s pass Move Seattle to build ‘communities where all families thrive’
“Last year, the citizens of this city stepped up to fund the largest bus system expansion in history,” Mayor Ed Murray said to press, flanked by safe streets, business, labor and social justice leaders Tuesday. But putting more buses on … Continue reading
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Party to kickoff the Move Seattle campaign Tuesday + Mayor will speak at bridge where Fairbrother died in 2011
Flanked by business, transportation and social justice leaders Tuesday, Mayor Ed Murray will mark the official kickoff of the Let’s Move Seattle campaign to pass Prop 1. The 10 a.m. press event will be held next to the Fairview Ave … Continue reading
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New artsy barriers hope to prevent repeat of fall that killed Fairbrother
The ghost bike remembering the life of Brian Fairbrother still hangs from a tree near the staircase that took his life. Fairbrother, a longtime Espresso Vivace employee, crashed on the Fairview Ave N staircase August 30 and died nine days … Continue reading
Safe Streets Social provides space for healing, calls for change
80 or so people gathered in Lake Union Park to ride in memory of people killed on our streets. But the Safe Streets Social was also about creating an opportunity for bicycle riders who have been shaken by news of … Continue reading
Weekend Guide: Safe Streets Social Saturday + Bellevue transpo planning rides
Saturday’s “Safe Streets Social: A slow bike ride to honor the fallen and support each other” leaves South Lake Union Park at 4 p.m. We are meeting at 3, near the end of Moving Planet’s line-up of activities. We look … Continue reading
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SunBreak: City was warned about Fairview staircase hazard in 2008
Did the city know that the staircase on Fairview Ave N was a hazard years before Brian Fairbrother died after crashing his bike there? At first, the city said they had not previously received any complaints about the stairs. Indeed, … Continue reading
We have reached a turning point in Seattle bicycle safety
What started as a couple deaths after a long stretch with very few has turned into a devastating couple weeks on our city’s streets. After the third death on Seattle streets since July, one question has been on the minds … Continue reading
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Friends hold beautiful memorial for Brian Fairbrother
Many wearing orange, his favorite color, a group of people who loved Brian Fairbrother gathered together to hold a memorial for him September 13. Laughter mixed with tears as people remembered a man whose life touched so many others. The … Continue reading
Nine days after bicycle wreck, Espresso Vivace Manager Brian Fairbrother dies
In a big hit to Capitol Hill, the city and coffee lovers everywhere, long-time Espresso Vivace barista and general manager Brian Fairborther has passed away after injuries sustained from a bicycle crash. He was 50 years old. Since news of … Continue reading
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Long-time Vivace general manager seriously injured in bicycle crash – UPDATED
Brian Fairbrother, a 20-year veteran of Espresso Vivace, was seriously injured in a late-August bicycle crash, Capitol Hill Seattle reports. Comments from long-time customers are pouring in expressing their condolences. CHS reports that Fairbrother will be taken off life support … Continue reading
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