Tag Archives: history

From the beginning, Seattle ‘jaywalker’ stings were used to arrest poor people

Posted on January 5, 2021 by Tom Fucoloro

In the decade between 1924 and 1934, the number of people dying in traffic collisions in Seattle each year increased 250% from 48 to 121. About 70% of those killed were people walking. By the end of the 1930s, Seattle … Continue reading →

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Berger: 20 bike shops on 2nd Ave and plans for bike paths all over the city? Welcome to 1900 Seattle

Posted on September 24, 2013 by Tom Fucoloro

Crosscut’s Knute Berger has started a series about urbanism in Seattle with a piece exploring the first bicycle boom in the city. Around the turn of the 20th century, bicycling was so popular that an estimated 10,000 of the city’s … Continue reading →

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International Women’s Day reading: Bicycles and equality

Posted on March 8, 2011 by Tom Fucoloro

Anne-Marije Rook wrote up a little post on her blog about women and bicycling in honor of International Women’s Day. If you have never read about the link between bicycles and women’s sufrage and social equality, I’d say now is … Continue reading →

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Biking around Seattle in the 1890s

Posted on August 11, 2010 by Tom Fucoloro

With the help of Phyllis Franklin from the Museum of History and Industry, the P.I.’s Big Blog has a great little history of biking in Seattle (click the link to see an awesome photo): You think bicycling is challenging in … Continue reading →

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