Tag: familyride
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FamilyRide: Save the date for disaster
What would happen if a major earthquake hit the Seattle Fault, causing roads to collapse and public transit to shut down? Portland explored how bicycles could help in just such a scenario during last year’s Disaster Relief Trials and more recently in the real world, bikes played a big role in Sandy relief. We in…
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Sound Transit’s new bike + bus ad
This is totally us! Right now! Except we don’t have a cat with us. And our biceps are way bigger. Bike+bus=<3 twitter.com/familyride/sta… — familyride (@familyride) April 8, 2013
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FamilyRide: Mapping our bike corrals
I love bike corrals! My big bike doesn’t really fit in the artsy ones, but I still love them. Riding through Ballard the other day, I passed one I’d never seen before. It’s not new, I’d just never biked on that block. I know we don’t have many in this city (Yet? Yet!), but there…
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FamilyRide: Are you a fair-weather biker? Three fun rides to get back on the saddle
Fair-weather riders, take note: the seasons are changing! Three wonderful, easy-paced rides are coming up next month so dust off your bike, find your helmet, and get ready to roll. (Hard-core, year-round cyclists are welcome, too, of course.) We’ve got got an everyone-friendly, a women-friendly, and a kid-friendly ride. For everyone: SPOKESPEOPLE rides! Bike Shops…
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FamilyRide: Gotta haul something that won’t fit in your car? Call your friend with a family bike!
While my misery is loving the company my least favorite intersection post generated last week, I’m in the mood for something lighter this week. The kids and I hauled a big (empty) box from Green Lake to Lower Queen Anne yesterday. A fellow bicyclist took a picture for me at my least favorite intersection (N…
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FamilyRide: My least favorite intersection
The Bicycle Master Plan public comment period is over so now we just sit back and wait for the magic to happen. But while we’re waiting, who’s to say we can’t complain about our least-favorite intersections? The bulk of my commute is along the Burke-Gilman Trail, but when I leave the trail at Stone Way…
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