Tag: cars vs bikes
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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 Big Bicycle money to push through legislation making it illegal to sell Turtle Wax, and…
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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 CHS. The riders, some of whom were dressed in festive attire, were out to sing…
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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 picked up his bike and ran onto the sidewalk to safety. The incident occurred around…
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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 Info is out of date, he cites months-old articles about projects that have since changed and…
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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 commenter Mookie reports from the scanner: Overheard Medic unit speaking with trauma doc at Harborview…
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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 driving eastbound on Lynn stopped at the stop sign, then continued into the intersection and…
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