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Seattle Transportation Plan open houses will discuss the next decade of bicycle infrastructure

Posted on January 26, 2023 by Tom Fucoloro

After extensive public outreach throughout 2022, the Seattle Transportation Plan is moving to the next phase as the team attempts to create a single map and plan that represents the city’s vision for the next decade or so of transportation … Continue reading →

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Cascade announces 2023 events, including long-awaited returns of RSVP and the Emerald City Ride

Posted on December 2, 2022 by Tom Fucoloro

Cascade Bicycle Club this week released its first full-strength events schedule since 2019. The 2023 season will see the return of two major rides that have been sadly missing in recent years: The Emerald City Ride and the Ride Seattle … Continue reading →

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180 riders hauled an astounding 3,308 pounds of donations during Cranksgiving 2022

Posted on November 22, 2022 by Tom Fucoloro

Timelapse from Saturday's #cranksgivingSEA pic.twitter.com/BvibRuI9K2 — Gary A. Fujioka, Sr. (@garyfujiokasr) November 21, 2022 Seattle’s 13th Annual Cranksgiving was one for the record books. The food drive bike ride’s 199 participants (180 riders and 19 volunteers) bought and hauled 3,308 … Continue reading →

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Save the date: A next-level Cranksgiving 2022 is November 19

Posted on October 28, 2022 by Tom Fucoloro

It’s been three years since the last proper Cranksgiving. Thanks to everyone who participated in our dramatically scaled-back pandemic versions in 2020 and 2021. But I think it’s time to get together again and do it right. Or better yet, … Continue reading →

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Cascade lists their 5 top-priority Seattle bike projects

Posted on August 23, 2022 by Tom Fucoloro

Cascade Bicycle Club recently posted their top 5 Seattle bike improvement priorities, though it’s really more like like 4 projects and a citywide plan. They go into more detail about each in their blog post, so go check it out. … Continue reading →

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Two days before Cascade’s 206-mile STP, ride the much easier Seattle to Bainbridge with Bike Works

Posted on July 12, 2022 by Tom Fucoloro

Cascade’s Seattle to Portland ride returns this weekend for the first time since 2019. The legendary double century leaves UW starting at 5 a.m. Saturday with most riders finishing Sunday in Portland. If it’s your first time riding such a … Continue reading →

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Happy Bike Everywhere Day! + Map of stations

Posted on May 20, 2022 by Tom Fucoloro

Happy Bike Everywhere Day! This is the first return to form for the long-standing bike day formerly known as “Bike-to-Work Day.” The Cascade Bicycle Club-organized event is one of my favorite days of the year because there are usually a … Continue reading →

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Cascade: Support the city’s Ballard Missing Link construction permit

Posted on May 16, 2022 by Tom Fucoloro

Seattle has applied for a permit needed to construct the simplified Burke-Gilman Trail Missing Link in Ballard, and you know what that means. It’s time to submit yet another comment supporting the completion of this long, long, long, long delayed … Continue reading →

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Happy Bike Month! + Cascade’s calendar of events

Posted on May 2, 2022 by Tom Fucoloro

Happy Bike Month, everyone! Bike Everywhere Day 2022 is May 20, but there are also bikey events throughout May to help encourage more people to bike or to simply celebrate how great it is to bike around this beautiful place. … Continue reading →

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Cascade: Tell Sound Transit to support bike access to Ballard-West Seattle stations

Posted on April 28, 2022 by Tom Fucoloro

It’s the final day to comment on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for Sound Transit’s Ballard to West Seattle light rail line. Cascade has a form letter you can quickly send to support bike access as a priority for station … Continue reading →

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Bike events are back! How to find bike happenings around town

Posted on March 18, 2022 by Tom Fucoloro

After years of cancelled, scaled back and Zoomified bike events thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Seattle bike events calendar is finally starting to fill up with community celebrations, rides and more. Before 2020, you could pretty much design your … Continue reading →

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Action Alert: Eastlake Ave needs protection for planned bike lanes near U Bridge

Posted on November 22, 2021 by Tom Fucoloro

Today is the final day to submit comments on the revamped Environmental Assessment for the RapidRide J project, which includes a redesigned Eastlake Ave E. There are a lot of excellent improvements included in the project, which would finally build … Continue reading →

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Lee Lambert named Executive Director of Cascade and Washington Bikes

Posted on July 27, 2021 by Tom Fucoloro

After more than a year since their last Executive Director resigned, Cascade Bicycle Club and its sister organization Washington Bikes have selected their new leader. Lee Lambert will take the reigns of one of the largest statewide bicycling organizations in … Continue reading →

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Cascade will host an August (not so) Chilly Hilly

Posted on June 21, 2021 by Tom Fucoloro

With iconic images of dozens of people biking off the ferry together, Cascade Bicycle Club’s Chilly Hilly ride has signaled the start of the bike events season for nearly half a century. As the name suggests, the February ride around … Continue reading →

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Support for repealing all-ages helmet law grows as Health Board begins debate

Posted on June 16, 2021 by Tom Fucoloro

The list of organizations backing a proposal to repeal King County’s all-ages bicycle helmet law includes many local bicycling and safe streets groups like Seattle Neighborhood Greenways and Cascade Bicycle Club as well as national organizations like People for Bikes … Continue reading →

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Bike Everywhere Day is Friday! It may be reduced in scale, but still a great excuse to get up early to ride

Posted on May 20, 2021 by Tom Fucoloro

There’s no rally downtown, no after-party in Ballard and only a fraction of the community-created “celebration stations” in a typical year. But hey, Bike Everywhere Day 2021 is still an excuse to to ride your bike Friday, so it’s still … Continue reading →

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Cascade makes the Pedaling Relief Project permanent

Posted on May 5, 2021 by Tom Fucoloro

The Seattle Pedaling Relief Project (“SPRP”) started in the spring of 2020 as a way to help food banks deal with the sudden influx of people who needed to access their services at a time when COVID restrictions made it … Continue reading →

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After cancelling most 2020 events, Cascade’s ready to roll again (but no STP, Emerald Ride or RSVP)

Posted on April 22, 2021 by Tom Fucoloro

As a major event producer, the COVID-19 pandemic hit Cascade Bicycle Club hard along with so many other organizations and businesses. After Chilly Hilly in February 2020, nearly all of Cascade’s annual events were cancelled. But after more than a … Continue reading →

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Support the MASS Coalition’s efforts to ease the pain from the 2021-22 Seattle transportation budget

Posted on November 2, 2020 by Tom Fucoloro

Both Cascade Bicycle Club and the larger MASS Coalition (including Seattle Neighborhood Greenways and Transporation Choices Coalition among others) they are part of have action alerts out right now asking supporters to call on city leaders to limit the huge … Continue reading →

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The WA bicycle and pedestrian count has resumed + How you can help

Posted on October 13, 2020 by Tom Fucoloro

Details from Maimoona Rahim at Cascade Bicycle Club: After a short break, the Washington State Bicycle and Pedestrian Count is back! It’s happening this fall on October 20, 21 and 22 at a street or trail near you. To sign … Continue reading →

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