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From our Bike Events Calendar
Dec7Wed6:00 pm Seattle Bicycle Advisory Board M...Seattle Bicycle Advisory Board M...Dec 7 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pmMonthly agendas can be found at: http://www.seattle.gov/seattle-bicycle-advisory-board/meetings/meeting-agendas The Seattle Bicycle Advisory Board (SBAB) advises the Mayor, City Council, and City Departments and Divisions on projects, policies, and programs that improve and/or affect bicycling conditions in Seattle. Responsibilities SBAB’s responsibilities include: … Continue readingDec8Thu7:15 pm Point83 @ Westlake ParkPoint83 @ Westlake ParkDec 8 @ 7:15 pm
Meet up in the center of the park at 7ish. Leave at 730. Every Thursday from now until forever rain or shine. Bikes, beers, illegal firepits, nachos, bottlerockets, timetraveling, lollygagging, mechanicals, good times.FacebookTwitterRedditPocketEmailDec10Sat10:00 am Friends on Bikes 2nd Saturday Ri...Friends on Bikes 2nd Saturday Ri...Dec 10 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pmFriends on Bikes2nd Saturday Ride Series– – – ✨🌸 SPRING HAS SPRUNG 🌸✨And we are ready to roll into the sunshine. Starting April 9th, join us every second Saturday, late mornings for no-drop, snack-forward, and friendly rides all over Seattle.Meet-up locations … Continue reading10:00 am Little Brook Neighborhood CleanupLittle Brook Neighborhood CleanupDec 10 @ 10:00 am – 11:00 amMonthly 2nd Saturday Neighborhood Cleanup. If you want to help with cutting vegetation, bring your own good gloves and tools. We have yard waste bags, grabbers, yellow bags for trash, light weight gloves and vests.And, as usual, if you want info … Continue readingDec11Sun9:00 am Mt Baker Hub Alliance 2nd Sunday...Mt Baker Hub Alliance 2nd Sunday...Dec 11 @ 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 reading
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KUOW: Larger vehicles on wide roads are at the center of Seattle’s rising traffic death toll
Traffic deaths, especially for people walking, are rising in communities all across the United States, and Seattle is no exception. We have known this increase in deaths is happening, especially since the COVID-19 pandemic changed traffic patterns. But why? There … Continue reading
Banning turns-on-red is an exciting first step to taking back our crosswalks
We’ve all been there. You get the walk signal and step off the curb. But the person driving keeps inching towards you. You try to make eye contact, but they are looking left for a break in traffic, still inching … Continue reading
KUOW and SDOT will host impressive transportation speaker series
Some of the most influential names in recent American urban transportation history will be headed to Seattle in the next couple months. KUOW and the City of Seattle announced a series called “Where Are We Going? Seattle’s Transportation Future.” Featured … Continue reading
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Listen: KUOW on Rainier Ave’s speeding problem + Meeting tonight
Rainier Ave has a serious speeding problem. But, of course, that speeding problem is actually a symptom caused by the street’s dangerous, highway-style design problem. Four lanes of traffic splitting through bustling neighborhood centers and business districts is inherently dangerous. … Continue reading
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Tagged bike works, columbia city, kuow, meetings, phyllis porter, rainier ave, rainier valley, rainier valley greenways, sdot
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I talk 2nd Avenue with KUOW
This morning, I had the opportunity to sit down with KUOW’s Ross Reynolds and producer Hannah Burn to chat about 2nd Avenue downtown and the city’s plans to build a protected bike lane there by September. Burn actually took an … Continue reading
KUOW: Family bikes and better bike routes key to getting more Seattleites to bike
KUOW has a wonderful radio story asking a question at the core of the recently-approved Bike Master Plan: How can Seattle get more people biking? The first answer is pretty straightforward: More connected and complete bike routes that are comfortable … Continue reading
KUOW talks Bike Master Plan
KUOW’s The Conversation discussed the Bicycle Master Plan update Thursday afternoon. The program is archived online here if you want to give it a listen. I was among those interviewed. Do I really say “ya know” and “um” that often? … Continue reading
Even more awesome stolen bike recovery stories
I could get used to news weeks like this one. Story after story of recovered stolen bikes have been pouring in, including this tale from Robin who recovered two stolen bikes in one month: 2am Monday morning July 22nd my … Continue reading
KUOW discusses the importance of more inviting bike infrastructure
KUOW’s Weekday today discussed the city’s changing focus on more inviting bicycle infrastructure, such as cycle tracks and neighborhood greenways. The segment was excellent (listen online here), and it demonstrated even further how the conversation about biking in Seattle is … Continue reading
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Bicycling won’t make you an ‘elite snob,’ so where did this image problem come from?
KUOW’s The Conversation hosted a program about a month ago talking about the unfortunately-titled Salon article “Are urban bicyclists just elite snobs?” Headline aside, author Will Doig makes some good points, saying that while people who bike are not likely … Continue reading
KUOW feature looks at cycling in the city and the call for safe streets
KUOW’s Sara Lerner rode along with the Safe Streets Social in September and put together a feature in the lead-up to yesterday’s Road Safety Summit (more on that soon). Give it a listen.
KUOW takes on ‘road diets’
KUOW Weekday took on road diets this morning (listen here). Eric Widstrand from SDOT was on to defend the road diet projects, focusing mostly on Nickerson, from the fears of residents and so-called business representatives. The same old arguments came … Continue reading
