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From our Bike Events Calendar
Aug12Friall-day 2022 Gigantic Bicycle Festival @ Centennial Fields Park2022 Gigantic Bicycle Festival @ Centennial Fields ParkAug 12 – Aug 13 all-day
The Pacific Northwest’s Music & Arts Celebration of the Bicycle! We’re excited to be back for an in-person Gigantic Festival and supported bike rides this August 12th & 13th, at Centennial Fields Park in Snoqualmie, Washington! Featuring performances by Superchunk, … Continue readingAug13Satall-day Lake Washington Boulevard open s...Lake Washington Boulevard open s...Aug 13 – Aug 14 all-dayFrom 7 PM Friday through 7 AM Monday, three miles of Lake Washington Boulevard, from Mt. Baker Park to Seward Park, will re-open to people walking, running, riding, rolling, and playing and close to people driving. And mark your calendars for the … Continue reading10:00 am Friends on Bikes 2nd Saturday Ri...Friends on Bikes 2nd Saturday Ri...Aug 13 @ 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 Home Zone Barrel Planting PartyHome Zone Barrel Planting PartyAug 13 @ 10:00 am – 6:00 pmBe part of the first ever DIY Homezone!We will close down the block on Evanston Ave N between 101st and 102nd Streets to build 88 half-barrel planters for the NE Greenwood and Bitter Lake Homezones.Food, drinks, music, and fun provided. … Continue reading10:00 am Little Brook Neighborhood CleanupLittle Brook Neighborhood CleanupAug 13 @ 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 reading
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Huffington Post spotlights Seattle’s bike to school movement, research
The Huffington Post has a great profile of some of Seattle’s bike to school efforts and research by Seattle Children’s to learn more about its effects on students. We have written many times about Seattle’s bike to school revolution. It’s … Continue reading
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Tagged anne king, car free days, huffington post, jason mendoza, lynne peeples, maya jacobs, safe routes to school, seattle children's
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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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Children 9-12 years old needed for school bike train research
Attention young Seattle Bike Blog readers (and parents): A study of the health impact of school bike trains needs your help! Common sense says that biking to school is good for the health of Seattle students, but exactly how good … Continue reading
Yes! Magazine on how to build a bike train to school
Thornton Creek Elementary bike train organizer Maya Jacobs wrote an article for Yes! Magazine giving advice for people who want to organize bike trains to their neighborhood schools. Among her bits of advice: Find a group of interested parents, pick … Continue reading
