Tag: commute seattle
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Friday morning: Get a bagel and coffee for biking downtown
As you may have noticed from their advertisement on this site for the past week, Commute Seattle is hosting their third annual Bikes & Bagels event Friday morning. As a way to encourage and celebrate cycling downtown, they will be handing out free bagels and coffee from 7–9 a.m. at McGraw Square. That’s a pretty…
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Wednesday: Biking the Wave features evening of bike-powered food, drinks and discussion
From Commute Seattle: More details from the Facebook event listing:
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Only one-third of downtown commuters drive alone to work
Commute Seattle released a report recently showing that driving to work in downtown Seattle continues to fall as more and more people choose to walk, bike, telecommute and take transit. In 2000, half of downtown employees got to work by driving themselves. Now, barely one-third do so. Transit has taken on the lion’s share of…
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Times op-ed: Remember Mike Wang by rethinking road behavior
As the one year anniversary of Mike Wang’s death passes, the courts are working to decide the sentence for the man who pleaded guilty to the hit and run that took his life. Meanwhile, Doug Palm from PATH (where Wang worked) and Jamie Cheney (Executive Director of Commute Seattle) co-wrote an op-ed for the Seattle…
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Bike Month Update: Bikes & Bagels Friday + Host a Bike to Work Station
Be sure to swing by McGraw Square on your way to work Friday because Commute Seattle wants to give you bagels and coffee. SDOT will be on hand to get feedback for the Bicycle Master Plan update, and Mayor McGinn will say a few words. From Commute Seattle: Commute Seattle is having their second annual…
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SDOT bike parking program on hold, could be cut
In the face of budget cuts, SDOT has put the city’s bike parking program on hold and has offered it up to city leaders as a potential budget cut. From Sam Woods at SDOT: SDOT was required to offer cuts in our budget to make up for a significant shortfall in the city’s General Fund…
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