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From our Bike Events Calendar
Sep21Thu5:30 pm SNG Volunteer OnboardingSNG Volunteer OnboardingSep 21 @ 5:30 pm – 6:30 pmCome learn about how to get involved with Seattle Neighborhood Greenways. Seattle Neighborhood Greenways is powered by people like you who work to make our streets safer and more comfortable for everybody. We want all neighborhoods great places to walk, … Continue reading6:00 pm Recharge the Battery: The Future... @ Block 41Recharge the Battery: The Future... @ Block 41Sep 21 @ 6:00 pm – 10:00 pm
From Recharge the Battery: Presented by: Aaron Asis Downtown Seattle Association Project Belltown Growing Vine Street Block 41 Recharge the Battery invites all Seattle area residents to help us re-imagine the future of one of Seattle’s most under-appreciated infrastructural icons, … Continue reading6:30 pm Bike Works Volunteer Repair Party @ Bike Works ClassroomsBike Works Volunteer Repair Party @ Bike Works ClassroomsSep 21 @ 6:30 pm – 9:30 pmDetails: Are you a new volunteer? Do you have worktrade debt from a Bike Works class? Are you a volunteer from Bike Works past and want to re-engage? Are you interested in learning more about bikes while participating in some … Continue readingSep22Friall-day Age Friendly City HackathonAge Friendly City HackathonSep 22 – Sep 24 all-dayhttps://www.eventbrite.com/e/a-city-for-all-tickets-36417003237 6PM Friday thru 4PM Sunday Seattle City Hall Imagine yourself in Seattle 20 years from now. Or 40 years from now. Or maybe 60 years from now. What does your life here look like? Has our world adapted to … Continue readingSep23Sat7:00 am Friday Harbor Bike-n-Brew @ San Juan County FairgroundsFriday Harbor Bike-n-Brew @ San Juan County FairgroundsSep 23 @ 7:00 am – 9:00 pm
From the event page: Friday Harbor Bike-n-Brew offers a choice of three bike routes exploring the picturesque back roads of San Juan Island. After the ride, relax and share your stories with fellow riders at Brickworks in Friday Harbor. Enjoy … Continue reading Be a Seattle Bike Blog Supporter!
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Tag Archives: komo
Kitsap volunteer firefighter killed while biking near Poulsbo
Longtime Kitsap County volunteer firefighter, Seattle-to-Portland bike ride medic, father, grandfather and husband Joe Vlach died July 2 while biking near Poulsbo. He was 77. Our condolences to his friends and family. Vlach was on a training ride to get … Continue reading
Man biking in NE Seattle seriously injured – UPDATED
UPDATE 9/21: Seattle Police say there is not yet evidence that this was a hit and run, as KOMO reported. Traffic collision investigators are still working the case and do not have more details at this time. UPDATE 2: Rollin … Continue reading
Desiree’s mom: ‘I don’t want anyone else to lose their future on something that’s so preventable’
Family members of Desiree McCloud spoke with KOMO for a powerful story about her untimely death on Yesler Way near 13th Ave. Desiree crashed May 13 while biking westbound on Yesler with friends. She was passing a friend on the … Continue reading
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Tagged 13th ave, cody mccloud, deaths, desiree mccloud, first hill streetcar, komo, penny mccloud, yesler
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This must end. Child hit ‘like a dog’ by two people who both kept driving in Rainier Valley
A seven-year-old girl is in serious condition in the Harborview ICU after she was struck by two different cars on MLK at S Genesee Street last night. “They hit her like a dog. Just ran over her, not stopping, no … Continue reading
These Northgate kids pretty much sum up how runaway car culture creates hostile places
The culture of driving in America has little regard for people outside of cars. That’s not to say that people who drive are bad people, it’s that we collectively consider actions —such as not stopping to let someone cross the … Continue reading
KOMO: South Seattle bike train fights obesity, creates community
This KOMO report on school bike train research in Hillman City is pretty much awesome. I cannot wait to see the results of this Seattle Children’s study by Dr. Jason Mendoza and Maya Jacobs. We wrote about the study when … Continue reading
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Tagged bike trains, hillman city, jason mendoza, komo, maya jacobs, seattle children's
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KOMO: Police seek assailant who attacked man with car in Wallingford
Police are seeking a man who they say assaulted Neal DeWitt in Wallingford Monday. DeWitt was biking to work on Wallingford Ave near N 40th Street when a person driving a Subaru Impreza struck him on purpose and fled the … Continue reading
Lose the delivery truck: New business will haul your cargo by bike
In a way, Freewheel is just rediscovering what the founders of UPS knew when they started the business in downtown Seattle back in 1907: Bikes are a fast, cheap and easy way to move goods around town. UPS has long … Continue reading
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Tagged business, capitol hill, capitol hill seattle, dan kohler, freewheel carbon free cargo, komo
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Neighbors and relatives walk to remember James St. Clair, call for a safe 35th Ave SW
Neighbors, family members, elected officials and Seattle Neighborhood Greenways gathered Saturday to walk in remembrance of James St. Clair and to call for a safer 35th Ave SW. “I just hope my uncle’s death is not in vain,” St. Clair’s … Continue reading
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Tagged darlene saxby, deaths, james st clair, komo, memorial walks, seattle neighborhood greenways, west seattle, west seattle blog
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Using bike parts, Thurston County man constructs effective prosthetic finger
KOMO has a story this week that is starting to gain national attention: Thurston County’s Colin Macduff of Olympia-based RCM Enterprise invented an effective and low-cost prosthetic finger using his in-home bike shop and a bit of ingenuity. Macduff lost … Continue reading
Seattle’s new focus on neighborhood biking and protected bike lanes makes national news
Seattle is getting press all over the country today from an AP story about the city’s new neighborhood and protected bikeway focus. Not only does the story by Phuong Le do a great job of capturing the city’s shift to … Continue reading
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Tagged 2012 bicycle master plan update, ap, komo, michael ennis, neighborhood greenways, phuong le, washington policy center
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Cops mock West Seattle man struck by truck while jogging to work
“That’s why you drive a car!” said one Seattle Police officer responding to the scene of a man struck by a semi truck near the foot of West Seattle’s lower bridge while he was jogging to work during the October … Continue reading
Seattle gets a sperm bike
In a completely awesome marketing gimmick, European Sperm Bank USA has released a sperm bike into the streets of Seattle. The bike is how the company will transport samples from their trail-side Seattle Sperm Bank building — located where the … Continue reading
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Tagged cargo bikes, european sperm bank, komo, seattle sperm bank, sperm bike
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Hiller’s appointment not outside of mayor’s budget
When the news broke that the mayor’s office had hired former Cascade Bicycle Club Advocacy Director David Hiller, many of the city’s media outlets jumped on the news as hypocritical amid budget cuts across many city departments. After all, how … Continue reading