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From our Bike Events Calendar
Dec4Sun10:00 am Ballard-Fremont Greenways Walk A...Ballard-Fremont Greenways Walk A...Dec 4 @ 10:00 am – 11:30 amJoin Ballard-Fremont Greenways for a walk audit of 15th Avenue and the Ballard Bridge between Interbay and Ballard. SDOT is planning to repave this segment next year with no major pedestrian or bike improvements. Join us Sunday, December 4th at … Continue reading4:00 pm Move Redmond & Complete Street B... @ Mox Boarding HouseMove Redmond & Complete Street B... @ Mox Boarding HouseDec 4 @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Lets Give Together Join Move Redmond & Complete Streets Bellevue at our joint Fundraiser at Mox Boarding House on December 4th from 4pm – 6pm to help us raise our goal of $4,000 will help power the advocacy work of … Continue readingDec6Tue6:30 pm West Seattle Bike Connections mo... @ OnlineWest Seattle Bike Connections mo... @ OnlineDec 6 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pmFacebookTwitterRedditPocketEmail7:30 pm NW Greenways Meeting @ Virtual via ZoomNW Greenways Meeting @ Virtual via ZoomDec 6 @ 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. FacebookTwitterRedditPocketEmailDec7Wed6:00 pm Seattle Bicycle Advisory Board M...Seattle Bicycle Advisory Board M...Dec 7 @ 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: chicago
Chicago’s streets feel less mean when you’re on a Divvy bike
I have been out of town since Seattle’s bike share system launched, so to deal with my intense Pronto jealousy I had to check out some Divvy bikes while in Chicago. I grew up in St. Louis and went to … Continue reading
Andersen: Using plastic posts instead of curbs, Seattle plans to reduce the cost of protected bike lanes
Which is better for bike lanes: concrete curbs or plastic posts? In the small, fast-growing world of the protected bike lane, Seattle is the city of physical beauty. I won’t lie to you: my organization, which helps U.S. cities build … Continue reading
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Tagged ADA, chicago, cycle tracks, green lane project, michael andersen, peopleforbikes, protected bike lanes
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Mayor McGinn to Rahm Emanuel: Seattle will keep its bikers, thank you
In his State of the City address Tuesday, Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn responded to Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s threat to lure Seattle’s tech jobs to his city by creating a world-class bike lane network. We’re going to build world-class, safe … Continue reading
Chicago Mayor: I want Seattle’s bikers and the jobs that come with them
The great cities of the Pacific Northwest no longer have a free ride as the top bicycling cities in the United States. While Portland and Seattle have spent the past couple years making calculated, political moves to incrementally improve the … Continue reading
Seattle, cycle tracks can be built easily and quickly
Chicago is currently installing some of the last miles of new bike lanes the city has planned for 2012: A two-way cycle track on N Dearborn Street through the incredibly dense and busy downtown Loop. The downtown project is part … Continue reading
Seattle’s Craig Etheridge wins 2012 Cycle Messenger World Championships
Seattle’s Craig Etheridge is, once again, the top bike messenger in the world. He claimed the top spot in Chicago over the weekend to claim his second Cycle Messenger World Championship title (the first was in Guatemala in 2010). Seattle’s … Continue reading
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Tagged chicago, craig etheridge, cycle messenger world championship, matt nasimiento
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Chicago’s separated bike lanes work — It’s time to install one in downtown Seattle
Kinzie Street: Chicago’s First Protected Bike lane from Streetfilms on Vimeo. Separated bike lanes work. Really well. People bike out of their way to ride on them. The Kinzie bike lane saw the number of bikes more than double almost … Continue reading
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Tagged 2nd ave, chicago, downtown, rahm emanuel, separated bike lanes, streetfilms
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