Tag: everett

July 13, 2024

I biked 30 miles to play late night hockey in Everett, then biked another 30 home

As a kid growing up in the suburbs of St. Louis, I was obsessed with hockey. One of my earliest hockey memories was watching Brett Hull score 50 goals in 50 games when I was five years old. I spent so much time on inline skates in my driveway or nearby church parking lots that…
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tagged: everett, hockey, interurban north, lynnwood
June 3, 2024

Best Side Cycling: Are these Eastside bike lanes really among the worst in the U.S.?

No, they are not. Sorry for the spoiler. Don’t get me wrong, the Coal Creek Parkway bike lanes in Bellevue, Newcastle and Renton are not sufficient for the road conditions. As you can see in the Best Side Cycling video, the road is too fast and busy for a skinny paint-only bike lane to provide…
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tagged: 2nd ave, bellevue, best side cycling, coal creek parkway, dexter, everett, king county traffic safety coalition, mlk way, momentum magazine, mukilteo speedway, newcastle, paine field, renton, worst bike lanes
November 20, 2015

Man killed while biking in Everett, person driving fled but was caught

A man driving a pickup truck in Everett struck and killed a man biking Thursday evening around 6:30 p.m. The identity of the man killed has not yet been released. Our deepest condolences to his friends and family. Few details have been released about how the collision at 126th Street SE and 19th Ave SE…
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tagged: bothell everett highway, deaths, everett, everett police, silver lake, sr 527
November 12, 2013

Herald: Man who killed Trent Graham in Everett gets $10K ticket for negligent driving

The man who drove his pickup across several lanes of Evergreen Way in Everett and killed Trent Graham in October 2012 has been ticketed for second-degree negligent driving, the Everett Herald reports. He received a $10,287 ticket, the sum of court fees plus the $5,000 fee made possible by the state’s relatively young Vulnerable User…
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tagged: everett, negligent driving, trent graham, vulnerable user law
December 12, 2012

Pickup driver who killed Trent Graham in Everett may have been texting

The man who swerved across several lanes of traffic on a wide, busy Everett street before striking and killing Trent Graham October 17 did not fall asleep. There was no medical emergency that caused the 56-year-old man to drift across at least four lanes before striking Graham in the far curb lane on the seven-lane…
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tagged: deaths, everett, texting, trent graham
February 2, 2012

New SDOT Traffic Engineer is excited about bike facilities

Dongho Chang said his new job as Seattle’s City Traffic Engineer is a “dream job,” and he’s excited about streets that help people biking and walking. “I want to build a community where people can get access to what they need to,” he told the Seattle Bicycle Advisory Board. And though he has extensive experience…
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tagged: dongho chang, everett, sdot, traffic engineer