Tag: commute seattle
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When I say ‘Bike Everywhere Month,’ I mean EVERYWHERE
The long winter finally ended recently in Seattle, just in time for the year’s first heat wave. The sun is out, so biking energy is endless. Seattleites in sunlight are like sharks: they must keep biking in order to breathe. Bike Everywhere Month is well underway, and the number of events is not slowing down.…
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Commute Seattle survey: Driving, transit and walking down, biking unchanged, and remote work way up
Commute Seattle dramatically expanded its annual analysis of work trip survey data, finding a wealth of interesting data about how the city’s commute patterns have changed since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. The biggest change by far is that as of late 2022, remote work was more than seven times higher than before the…
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For some reason, we are still adjusting our clocks so that evening commutes are in the dark
Washington, Oregon and California have all passed laws saying that they are ready to switch to permanent Daylight Saving Time, but we still need to meaninglessly and abruptly plunge the evening commute into darkness next week because Congress has not yet approved the West Coast time zone change. That means sunset today is 4:47 p.m.…
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City and Commute Seattle want you to bike to bakeries
In case you were looking for an excuse to hit up a bakery, Commute Seattle and SDOT have got you covered. They have a Bikes and Bakeries challenge going all May. All you have to do is bike there and then scan a QR code at the register. If you visit four during the month,…
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Party for Bike Month Friday, bike for Mighty-O Donuts Saturday
Happy Bike Week! As Seattle Neighborhood Greenways suggested in a post here Friday, this is a great opportunity to (politely and non-judgmentally) reach out to a friend and offer to help them get on a bike. Maybe that means helping them buy or borrow a bike. Maybe it means helping them get their old bike…
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Seattle’s top bike commuting workplaces are all within 5 blocks of a protected bike lane or trail
New analysis from Commute Seattle found that the city’s large workplaces (100+ employees) with the highest bike commute rates all are within five blocks of a protected bike lane or trail and offer secure bike parking. Even more telling: The top seven workplaces were all within one block of a trail or protected bike lane.…
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- Alert 6/5-9: Port is repairing Interbay Trail bumps + Planned detour has very tight squeezes – UPDATED
- Crosscut: Seattle Police are leaders in violent use of bikes during protests
- 32 Congressmembers including Rep. Jayapal urge adding walking and biking safety to vehicle safety ratings
- You should join the Bike Advisory Board (or any of these other boards)
- Thursday: Feit will release poetry collection ‘The Night of Electric Bikes’ at Good Weather
- Beacon Hill bike lane plan gets more detailed + City finds ways to add nearby parking
- Ballard HS Student: Missing bike racks limit biking to school in Seattle
- I love new Bike Lane Day
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