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Jun24Thu6:00 pm Beacon Hill Safe Streets Monthly... @ Beacon Hill LibraryBeacon Hill Safe Streets Monthly... @ Beacon Hill LibraryJun 24 @ 6:00 pm – 7:45 pmformerly Beacon B.I.K.E.S. FacebookTwitterRedditPocketEmailJun27Sunall-day Lake Union History Ride Redux @ Gas Works ParkLake Union History Ride Redux @ Gas Works ParkJun 27 all-day
This is a history ride from Gas Works Park clockwise around Lake Union with 12 stops. Ride is free, no-drop, 12.4 miles long, leisurely pace, and has a restroom/snack break around the halfway point. Ride is limited to 15 people, … Continue readingall-day Ride for Major Taylor @ White Center Bicycle PlaygroundRide for Major Taylor @ White Center Bicycle PlaygroundJun 27 all-day
With 63-mile and 26-mile options, the Ride for Major Taylor Project is a fundraiser: 80% of your registration fee goes directly to the Major Taylor Project, a year-round, youth leadership cycling program focused on introducing young adults from underserved communities … Continue readingJul3Sat9:00 am First Saturday Neighborhood Clea...First Saturday Neighborhood Clea...Jul 3 @ 9:00 am – 12:00 pmEvery month volunteers gather to collect garbage and help beautify our neighborhood. On average, we collect about 15 bags of garbage per clean up, which means 1,000’s of small pieces of plastic that do not find their way into Puget … Continue readingJul6Tue6:30 pm West Seattle Bike Connections mo... @ Neighborhood House 6400 Sylvan Way SW Seattle WA 98126West Seattle Bike Connections mo... @ Neighborhood House 6400 Sylvan Way SW Seattle WA 98126Jul 6 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pmFacebookTwitterRedditPocketEmail
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N 34th Street bike lanes fix some of the challenges near the Fremont Bridge
The latest upgrade to the bike connections around the Fremont Bridge make some very significant improvements, though larger solutions are still needed to make it truly comfortable for people of all ages and abilities. The Burke-Gilman Trail is the region’s … Continue reading
Watch: The case for a bike lane over the Fremont Bridge
The Fremont Bridge is Seattle’s busiest bike route pinch point. Routes from all over the region converge here to cross the Ship Canal, which is why the bridge’s bike counter registers the highest number of trips in the city. A … Continue reading
Bike counters show weekend and trail rides are up as much as 70% since the outbreak began
The number of bike trips across the Fremont Bridge in February was 47% higher than the February average from 2013-19, continuing a trend of strong year-over-year bike trip growth in recent years. But then March happened, and employers shut down … Continue reading
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Watch: Fremont Bridge nears 1 million 2019 bike trips 1 month early
UPDATE: Cascade Bicycle Club, Queen Anne Greenways and Ballard-Fremont Greenways will host a celebration 3–5 p.m. Saturday, October 19. Details here. Video transcript (.txt) As we reported previously, 2019 bike trips across the Fremont Bridge are set to break one … Continue reading
Biking boom: Fremont Bridge biking is on track to reach 1 million 2019 trips a whole month early
When the Fremont Bridge bike counter started ticking away in 2012, the big question was: How many years before it measures 1 million trips in a calendar year? It barely hit 1 million in 2014, though that year was a … Continue reading
2018 bike counts up 32 percent on 2nd Ave downtown after bike lane, bike share expansion
The final counts are in, and 2018 is officially a new high water mark for biking in Seattle. Looking at the real-time bike counter data from around town, biking was up significantly in Fremont and across the lower West Seattle … Continue reading
2018’s one millionth Fremont Bridge bike trip is about to cross, smashing the record
Whoever bikes across the Fremont Bridge as number 1,582 today will tip the 2018 bike counter into seven digits, clobbering all previous records by a wide margin. Bike trips across the iconic bridge, which forms a pinch point for many … Continue reading
Biking on 2nd Ave downtown is up 37% as bike share and bike lanes expand
The number of people biking on 2nd Ave in downtown Seattle is up an average of 19 percent year-over-year since the July 2017 launch of private bike share services. And the trend appears to have accelerated as SDOT opened a … Continue reading
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Tagged 2nd ave, basic bike network, bike counter, downtown, fremont bridge, jenny durkan
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City has chance to improve biking, walking and transit in Fremont’s ‘Center of the Universe’
Fremont’s Center of the Universe could get an amazing walking, biking and transit makeover next year, but only if the city chooses to be bold. SDOT is in the early design phase for bus stop improvements on Fremont Ave between … Continue reading
Work starts Monday on bike lanes to connect Burke-Gilman, Fremont Bridge
After more than a year of planning, SDOT is ready to begin construction on a short-but-key section of protected bike lane connecting the Burke-Gilman Trail to the Fremont Bridge. People biking already make up nearly a third of traffic on … Continue reading
Ride the Ducks plans to use scary Fremont bike merge lane starting Friday
If you bike across the Fremont Bridge regularly, then you know this terrible merge lane well. People biking are routed down a ramp into what becomes a shared bike and right turn lane. You have to be extremely on guard, … Continue reading
Would fewer draw bridge openings help your bike commute?
Getting stopped for a draw bridge is one of those truly Seattle experiences, especially for people on bikes. Three of the busiest bike route chokepoints in the city are bridges that open for maritime vessels: Fremont, University and Montlake Bridges. … Continue reading
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2015 Fremont Bridge bike counts have broken records every month so far
The number of bicycle trips across the Fremont Bridge continues to climb year-over-year. In fact, a mild winter has helped to break all-time monthly bike count records every month so far in 2015. In fact, bike counts have increased 14 … Continue reading
Painters will close Fremont Bridge overnight Saturday & Sunday
The never-ending Fremont Bridge painting project is, well, getting close to ending. But some of the biggest closures are still to come. Workers will close the bridge overnight from midnight to 7 a.m. Saturday and Sunday. There will only be … Continue reading
Cue the balloon drop! One million Fremont Bridge bike trips in 2014! – UPDATED 1/1/15
@seabikeblog Hey, count made it to 645 on the 28th (7:36pm) pic.twitter.com/nSP4Fkgt45 — Jay Talbot (@JayTalbot2) December 29, 2014 We did it! One million bike trips over the Fremont Bridge in 2014! And reader Jay Talbot got a photo of … Continue reading
All I want for Christmas is 1 million Fremont bike trips – UPDATED 12/28
UPDATE 12/28: It could happen today! Rider number 645 on Sunday will be number one million for 2014. However, if bike trip levels today are like Saturday, the one millionth trip will happen Monday morning. UPDATE 12/26: I have updated … Continue reading
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Update on journey to 1 million annual Fremont bike trips: We did it! (sort of)
We did it! One million bike trips across the Fremont Bridge in one year! Actually, as commenter Doug Ollerenshaw pointed out on our previous Fremont bike counter story, we did it back on September 29. That was the first day … Continue reading
Will we reach 1 million 2014 bike trips over the Fremont Bridge? It’s gonna be close
Despite work on the Fremont Bridge that has at times restricted access to sidewalks in recent months, the city is still on track to reach one million bike trips across the bridge in 2014. But it will likely come down … Continue reading
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More details on upcoming Fremont Bridge work, sidewalk closures begin Sept 2
The Fremont Bridge is one of the busiest bike routes in the city with about 5,000 bike trips recorded on summer weekdays. But using the bridge can be uncomfortable for people walking and biking because the bridge’s sidewalks are too … Continue reading
Required painting project will close Fremont Bridge sidewalk
In order to keep the Fremont Bridge in good shape and corrosion-free, the city needs to repaint it every once in a while. That is no easy task, since the historic steel structure has all kinds of moving parts and … Continue reading
