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From our Bike Events Calendar
Mar30Thu7:15 pm Point83 @ Westlake ParkPoint83 @ Westlake ParkMar 30 @ 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.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 readingApr4Tue7:30 pm NW Greenways Meeting @ Virtual via ZoomNW Greenways Meeting @ Virtual via ZoomApr 4 @ 7:30 pm – 8:30 pmOur regularly scheduled meeting, happens every other month. Please check NW Greenways Twitter account – https://twitter.com/NWGreenways, our Google Group – https://goo.gl/W9jmzW or our Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/NWGreenways/) to confirm the meeting.Apr5Wed6:00 pm Seattle Bicycle Advisory Board M...Seattle Bicycle Advisory Board M...Apr 5 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pmMonthly agendas can be found at: http://www.seattle.gov/seattle-bicycle-advisory-board/meetings/meeting-agendas The Seattle Bicycle Advisory Board (SBAB) advises the Mayor, City Council, and City Departments and Divisions on projects, policies, and programs that improve and/or affect bicycling conditions in Seattle. Responsibilities SBAB’s responsibilities include: … Continue reading
Tag Archives: cars vs bikes
Armistice Declared, Seattle’s ‘War on Cars’ Meme Ends
Last year, you probably had the unfortunate experience of hearing or reading about this new “war on cars” raging all over the streets of Seattle. Mayor McGinn was running around slashing tires on his lunch break, Cascade was using their … Continue reading
Driver runs down caroling cyclists downtown – UPDATED
Scroll down for updates, including an interview with the driver. A driver struck three riders and drove several blocks up Pike with one of them on his car hood Thursday evening, according to reports from the .83 forum and … Continue reading
Driver tries to attack cyclist with Taser in Northgate
The driver of a van tried to attack a person on a bike with a Taser while at a stoplight Northgate, according to the police report. The driver then tried to hit the cyclist with his van, but the cyclist … Continue reading
Puget Sound Business Journal editor tries to pick fight with bikes, falls on face
Al Scott made a fool of himself trying to rag on the Mayor about so-called road diets in his editorial(?) titled “List of Seattle’s road diets: bikes v cars.” It is poorly researched in just about every way imaginable. Info … Continue reading
Bicyclist hit near the Junction in West Seattle
West Seattle Blog has a brief report about a cyclist struck today on California SW just south of the Junction. The rider was transported to the hospital. A reader photo shows the bike lying the street looking fairly beat-up. WSB … Continue reading
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Possibly impaired driver strikes biker in 10th Ave E construction area
An impaired driver stuck a woman riding her bike on 10th Ave E at Lynn early Saturday morning, according to the SPD Blotter (hat tip CHS). The biker was riding northbound on 10th when the driver of an Infinity G20 … Continue reading
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After Yelling Match, Racist Driver Hits Biker in U District
The following post was originally published at SeattleCrime.com An apparently racist driver assaulted a biker in the U District after the two got into an argument. He then spit on him and called him a racial slur, according to the … Continue reading
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Driver of Annoying Loud Car Attacks Biker in Cap Hill
This story was originally published at SeattleCrime.com. A giant douche bag in a smashed up Mazda with an annoying loud muffler got mad at a biker for no reason and swerved into him, knocking him to the ground before speeding … Continue reading
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Pushing the car vs bike fight is not helping
Clearly, I am not someone who shies away from a good car vs bike fight … when it makes sense. But so often, they are unnecessary and distract from other surrounding issues, such as pedestrian safety. The pedestrian safety issues … Continue reading
Car vs bike crash in Cap Hill yesterday, injuries not life threatening
The biker involved in a collision with a car on Capitol Hill yesterday does not have life-threatening injuries. It’s always scary to hear about a bike colliding with a car, and we hope she heals up soon. Capitol Hill Seattle … Continue reading
Driver Intentionally Hits Bike Messenger Downtown
A driver intentionally hit a bike messenger downtown Wednesday. The cyclist was not seriously injured. From me, over at SeattleCrime:
