- —Advertisement—
- Got a tip? Email: Tom@SeattleBikeBlog.com
-
From our Bike Events Calendar
Jun17Mon6:00 pm Meet the District 3 City Council...Meet the District 3 City Council...Jun 17 @ 6:00 pm – 8:30 pmJoin Central Seattle Greenways volunteers and District 3 Seattle City Council candidates for a walk around the neighborhood followed by a forum at Central Cinema, focusing on issues relating to walking and biking — including issues related to climate and … Continue reading →Jun20Thu6:30 pm Bike Works Volunteer Repair Party @ Bike Works ClassroomsBike Works Volunteer Repair Party @ Bike Works ClassroomsJun 20 @ 6:30 pm – 9:30 pmDetails: Volunteer Repair Parties (VRP) are drop-in, weekly bike repair parties for adults (age 18 and up). You do not need to be a skilled bike mechanic to help out. This is how most volunteers with Bike Works get their … Continue reading →Jun21Fri7:30 am Seattle Bike Train Weekday Commu...Seattle Bike Train Weekday Commu...Jun 21 @ 7:30 am – 8:30 amInterested in using a bike to get downtown but unsure of what routes are safe and reluctant to explore on your own? There is strength in numbers! Beginning May 3, we are offering three rides on Fridays:Columbia City to Downtown via … Continue reading → Bike-Friendly Business Showcase
—Advertisement—Be a Seattle Bike Blog Supporter!
Seattle Bike Blog Supporters receive endless love, some special emails and whatever else we can think up to show our appreciation. We are totally independent, so your support directly powers all this pedal-powered news.
To sign up, just choose a monthly amount that fits your budget and set up auto-payments here:
-
Latest Stories
- Seattle’s latest bike plan takes one step forward, one step back and continues neglecting South Seattle
- Saturday: Seattle’s 9th annual women/trans/femme/non-binary Moxie Summer Jam Alleycat
- Sunday: Join the Ride For Safe Streets starting at City Hall
- Days after SDOT acknowledged safety concerns on new 35th Ave NE, a collision critically injured someone on a motorcycle
- Saturday: Streets will go car-free for two hours before Ballard Crit for an open streets party
Seattle by Bike Flickr Pool
Top Posts
- Seattle's latest bike plan takes one step forward, one step back and continues neglecting South Seattle
- Days after SDOT acknowledged safety concerns on new 35th Ave NE, a collision critically injured someone on a motorcycle
- The famed DENNY bike won't go into production after all
- Sunday: Join the Ride For Safe Streets starting at City Hall
- Seattle Bike Share Guide
Seattle Bike Links
- Biking Bis Bicycle touring and more
- Biking in the Rain By Aviva Stephens
- Car Free Days Insightful blog by parents ditching their cars
- Cascade Bicycle Club Blog
- Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance
- Family Ride Promoting everyday family biking.
- No Spandex Required Blogging about a Jew biking in the City of Seattle
- Northwest In Motion The Northwest’s Active Community
- Seattle Bicycle Laws Know ‘em.
- Seattle Bicyclist Portraits Photos and short interviews of Seattleites who bike
- Seattle Bike Counters Updated every night
- Seattle Bike Friendly Business Network By the folks at Commute Seattle
- Seattle Bike Map Put in your address and Cascade Bicycle Club will mail one to your home for free. Rad.
- Seattle Neighborhood Greenways Find & join your neighborhood group!
- The Bicycle Paper Newsprint publication covering all things cycling in the PNW
- Tubulocity Bike culture for a tubular world
- Walk.Bike.Schools Helathy kids needs healthy trips to school
- Washington Bikes blog
Other Good Links
- Bus Chick Car-free since ’03
- Capitol Hill Seattle Neighborhood news for Seattle’s Capitol Hill.
- Seattle Transit Blog Name says it all
- The Urbanist Focused on Seattle-area urban policy
- Urban Adonia Anthropological analyses of bike culture.
- Walking In Seattle Bloggin’ about walkin’
Tags
- ballard
- beacon hill
- bellevue
- bicycle alliance of washington
- bike counter
- bike news roundup
- bike share
- bike thefts
- bike works
- burke-gilman
- burke-gilman trail
- capitol hill
- capitol hill seattle
- cascade bicycle club
- central district
- city council
- construction
- crime
- cycle tracks
- deaths
- dexter
- downtown
- ed murray
- events
- fremont
- injuries
- king county parks
- mike mcginn
- missing link
- neighborhood greenways
- pronto emerald city cycle share
- protected bike lanes
- rainier valley
- road diets
- sdot
- seattle neighborhood greenways
- seattle times
- sound transit
- spd
- uw
- wallingford
- washington bikes
- westlake
- west seattle
- wsdot
Tag Archives: lynn peterson
For a few hours, two Seattle freeways were bike-only (Photos)
For a few short hours just after sunrise Sunday, two major Seattle freeways were beautiful places filled with smiling people. There were no honking horns and no road rage even as a rush hour’s worth of people traveled some of … Continue reading
Posted in news
Tagged cascade bicycle club, emerald city bike ride, i-5, jay inslee, lynn peterson, sr 520
23 Comments
Political firing of Sec. Peterson is Washington State’s loss
As of Friday, Lynn Peterson is no longer our state’s Secretary of Transportation. And that’s Washington State’s loss. Peterson came on board with our state’s biggest highway megaprojects already in trouble. And on top of those challenges — including a … Continue reading
Washington becomes first state to endorse the NACTO Urban Street Design Guide
Washington State is the first state to officially back the NACTO Urban Street Design Guide, which provides best practice guidelines for designing complete streets that consider the needs and benefits of all road users, whether they are walking, biking, driving … Continue reading
Posted in news
Tagged blake trask, lynn peterson, nacto, urban street design guide, washington bikes, wsdot
7 Comments
School District, WA State get behind Bike to School Day – Big Bryant bike train planned
Wednesday is Bike to School Day, and it could very well blow the doors off every previous bike to school celebration in Seattle. For one, the Seattle School District has put its full support behind the bike to school effort. … Continue reading
Posted in news
Tagged bike to school day 2013, bryant elementary, jose banda, lynn peterson, seattle public schools, wsdot
2 Comments
Governor picks Peterson as new WSDOT Secretary
Leadership at the state Department of Transportation is getting a shake-up. Secretary of Transportation Paula Hammond has been replaced by Lynn Peterson, transportation advisor to Oregon Governor John Kitzhaber. The change has garnered optimism among people pushing for a more … Continue reading