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Safe Streets Social provides space for healing, calls for change

Posted on September 26, 2011 by Tom Fucoloro

80 or so people gathered in Lake Union Park to ride in memory of people killed on our streets. But the Safe Streets Social was also about creating an opportunity for bicycle riders who have been shaken by news of … Continue reading →

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Nine days after bicycle wreck, Espresso Vivace Manager Brian Fairbrother dies

Posted on September 9, 2011 by Tom Fucoloro

In a big hit to Capitol Hill, the city and coffee lovers everywhere, long-time Espresso Vivace barista and general manager Brian Fairborther has passed away after injuries sustained from a bicycle crash. He was 50 years old. Since news of … Continue reading →

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Long-time Vivace general manager seriously injured in bicycle crash – UPDATED

Posted on September 7, 2011 by Tom Fucoloro

Brian Fairbrother, a 20-year veteran of Espresso Vivace, was seriously injured in a late-August bicycle crash, Capitol Hill Seattle reports. Comments from long-time customers are pouring in expressing their condolences. CHS reports that Fairbrother will be taken off life support … Continue reading →

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Metro and SDOT keep bicycle groups in the dark about rushed Howell St plans

Posted on May 6, 2011 by Tom Fucoloro

If you have been on Howell St in the past week or so, you may have noticed spray paint markings on the pavement between 9th Ave and Stewart. This key bicycle route from downtown to Eastlake Ave, Fairview Ave E, … Continue reading →

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On Fairview and Fairview and the demand for free parking

Posted on October 28, 2010 by Tom Fucoloro

SDOT held an open house last night to discuss plans to redo the intersection of Fairview N and Fairview E, near Eastlake Ave. The project was selected for funding by the Neighborhood Street Fund (see our previous post), and the … Continue reading →

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Changes coming to Fairview and Fairview

Posted on September 27, 2010 by Tom Fucoloro

Among the Neighborhood Street Fund projects announced by the city last week are changes to the intersection of Fairview Ave N and Fairview Ave E, just north of the new Lake Union Park. Currently, cars on Fairview Ave N make … Continue reading →

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One block of Terry Ave to become ‘green street’

Posted on July 20, 2010 by Tom Fucoloro

SDOT has started work on on block of Terry Avenue between Virginia and Lenora that will turn it from a street that has some parking into a street that has less parking and way more trees and sidewalks. The total … Continue reading →

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