Tag: clint loper

April 8, 2013

Loper: Grief, outrage and a clear call for safer neighborhood streets following NE 75th tragedy

Two weeks hardly seems like enough time for reflection. But these last two weeks in NE Seattle deserve a little anyway. By now, most readers will know the basic facts: A fatal collision at 4:10 pm on Monday, March 25 on NE 75th St. took the lives of two grandparents and left a woman and her…
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tagged: clint loper, eckstein middle school, judy and dennis schulte, ne 75th st
March 25, 2013

Loper: Helping Students Bike to Aki Kurose Middle School

Having been involved in bike-to-school programs in North Seattle, I’m keenly aware of the challenges of promoting and supporting kids in riding their bikes to school. Even in a part of Seattle with involved parents and a high percentage of adult bike commuters, starting and growing a bike to school program can be daunting. Aki…
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tagged: aki kurose, bike works, clint loper, Laura Ruchinskas, sdot
March 11, 2013

Loper: Group rides – kid style! How bike trains and after school clubs help kids become strong city bikers

One basic principle of elementary age bike to school programs is that each kid generally rides with one of their parents. Especially when the kids are in their first few years of school. As children get a little older and more experienced — typically as they approach 4th or 5th grade — some become competent…
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tagged: bike trains, clint loper, loyal heights, loyal heights elementary, thornton creek elementary, urban cycling club, walk bike schools
March 5, 2013

Loper: Creating a biking and walking culture at Seattle’s schools

Editor’s Note: I’m pleased to welcome a new columnist to the Seattle Bike Blog lineup. Clint Loper has been a big force behind Seattle’s bike-to-school efforts in the last decade. Now biking and walking to school is growing so quickly, we may be reaching the tipping point where kid-powered transportation becomes mainstream at neighborhood schools.…
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tagged: clint loper, walk bike schools
January 8, 2013

A record 28 Safe Routes to School programs will be funded in 2013 – UPDATED

Walk.Bike.Schools posted a roundup of Safe Routes to School mini-grants that will help students all across the city more safely and easily get to school on foot or by bike. SDOT will fund 28 of 30 applications they received for funding, the largest number of projects ever funded through the Safe Routes to School program.…
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tagged: clint loper, safe routes to school, sdot, walk bike schools