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Oct17Thu5:30 pm Feet First Conversation with Ang...Feet First Conversation with Ang...Oct 17 @ 5:30 pm – 7:30 pmWashington faces a pedestrian safety crisis. The number of people killed walking on our state’s streets has spiked 40% in the last 5 years. Residents of color, seniors, and those living in poverty make up a disproportionate number of those … Continue reading →6:30 pm Bike Works Volunteer Repair Party @ Bike Works ClassroomsBike Works Volunteer Repair Party @ Bike Works ClassroomsOct 17 @ 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 →Oct18Fri7:30 am Seattle Bike Train Weekday Commu...Seattle Bike Train Weekday Commu...Oct 18 @ 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 →Oct19Sat6:30 pm Light the Night: A Casual Ride A... @ Ride Bicycles Bike ShopLight the Night: A Casual Ride A... @ Ride Bicycles Bike ShopOct 19 @ 6:30 pm – 6:30 pmRide Bicycles and Kryptonite Locks present a casual ride around the city ending at Gasworks park! Route will be around from 8-12 miles and will be mostly flat with a couple small hills. Expect a chill pace, friendly folks, and … Continue reading →Oct20Sun10:00 am Bike Works Volunteer Repair Party @ Bike Works ClassroomsBike Works Volunteer Repair Party @ Bike Works ClassroomsOct 20 @ 10:00 am – 1:00 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 → Bike-Friendly Business Showcase
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Tag Archives: mike lindblom
Mayor Durkan moves quickly to improve Rainier/Henderson intersection after someone seriously injured 2 kids
Just 12 days after someone driving struck and seriously injured two kids crossing the street at Rainier Ave and Henderson St, SDOT crews were out making significant temporary safety improvements to the wide intersection. The sense of urgency follows a … Continue reading
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Tagged jenny durkan, mike lindblom, rainier ave, rainier beach, s henderson st, seattle times
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Bike lanes are for cars
People do not need bike lanes to ride a bike. People driving cars need bikes lanes to protect them from intimidating or harming people on bikes. The laws in Washington State are clear. Bikes are vehicles, so people are legally … Continue reading
No, the state’s new ‘E-DUI’ law does not apply to people biking
There has been a bit of confusion in recent days about whether Washington State’s new so-called E-DUI distracted driving law applies to people biking. It does not. The Seattle Times published a story over the weekend saying explicitly that the … Continue reading
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Tagged alex alston, distracted driving, john duggan, mike lindblom, seattle times, washington bikes
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Times: Innovative 5th Ave bikeway and public space in the works
Here’s an idea that’s incredibly obvious and way overdue: Shift parking on 5th Ave underneath the monorail columns, then use the skinny lane to the west to create a fully protected bikeway and expand the neighborhood space. Right now, the … Continue reading
Yes, Seattle has a parking problem. There’s way too much of it.
There are half a million on-street parking spaces in Seattle, and almost all of them are completely free to use. That’s 60 million square feet of city land, or 1,378 acres. And that’s not counting all the parking lots, parking … Continue reading
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Tagged alan durning, downtown, king 5, linda byron, mike lindblom, parking, seattle times, sightline
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Yes, you can get pulled over for speeding on a bike (especially in a school zone)
Seattle’s Internet is blowing up this morning due to a story in the Seattle Times about a handful of people on bikes getting speeding tickets on Fremont Avenue. As with other schools, the speed limit next to BF Day Elementary … Continue reading
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Tagged davis california, fremont, fremont ave, mike lindblom, seattle times, speeding
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Times: As biking in Seattle grows dramatically, number of crashes stays the same
While I was busy ranting about a questionable Letter to the Editor the Seattle Times Ed Board chose to publish, Mike Lindblom in the news department was working on a story about how the number of bicycle crashes and collisions … Continue reading
Snow won’t stop the Riding Reporter (and many others) + VIDEO
The Riding Reporter‘s Anne-Marije Rook made this video yesterday in the Phinney Ridge neighborhood: With powdery snow on the ground and most cars staying in driveways or buried under snow in the streets, many of the adventurous souls who ventured … Continue reading
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Tagged anne-marije rook, mike lindblom, phinney ridge, riding reporter, seattle times, snow, video, west seattle
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