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From our Bike Events Calendar
Jul17Wed6:00 pm Ballard Greenways RideBallard Greenways RideJul 17 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pmJoin us for the Ballard-Fremont Summer Greenway Ride! Rendezvous Time: 6:00 pm at Hale’s Ales Ride Start: 6:15 pm Distance: 10.5 miles Route: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/30392421 This ride is a chance to follow the proposed 6th Ave greenway and also survey recently … Continue reading6:00 pm GET SPOKED! WOMXN, TRANS, GENDER... @ Bike Works WarehouseGET SPOKED! WOMXN, TRANS, GENDER... @ Bike Works WarehouseJul 17 @ 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Every THIRD Wednesday of the month from 6 – 9 PM, we’re hosting a Volunteer Repair Party (VRP)/Open Shop specifically for folks who identify as women, trans, or gender non-binary to come together in an inclusive space to repair bikes … Continue readingJul18Thu4:00 pm Queen Anne Greenways Playstreet @ Queen Anne Community CenterQueen Anne Greenways Playstreet @ Queen Anne Community CenterJul 18 @ 4:00 pm – Jul 19 @ 7:00 pm
Queen Anne Greenways (QAG), a community organization that advocates for safe and healthy streets, is putting on their annual Playstreets event on Thursday, July 18 on 1st Ave W between Crockett St & Howe St.. It starts at 4pm. QAG … Continue reading4:00 pm Queen Anne Greenways Summer Play...Queen Anne Greenways Summer Play...Jul 18 @ 4:00 pm – 7:00 pmJoin us for the annual Play Street in the heart of Upper Queen Anne. Enjoy live music, local artists, a kids climbing wall and lots of games. Located next to the farmers market, it’s the perfect summer evening for adults … Continue reading6:30 pm Bike Works Volunteer Repair Party @ Bike Works ClassroomsBike Works Volunteer Repair Party @ Bike Works ClassroomsJul 18 @ 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 Be a Seattle Bike Blog Supporter!
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Tag Archives: ne 65th
Community organizes to celebrate NE 65th St bike lanes, shows what’s possible when city builds the bike plan
Unlike the $4.4 million advertising budget and public fanfare celebrating the new SR 99 car tunnel, no official celebration or encouragement campaign was planned for a major new set of protected bike lanes on NE 65th Street. So excited community … Continue reading
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Tagged #Fix65th, inga manskopf, jenny durkan, matt white, ne 65th, oralea white, rob johnson
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Sunday: Community celebration for opening of NE 65th St bike lanes
Details from the event listing: Unlike the new downtown tunnel for cars, we don’t have an expensive ad campaign to encourage people to use the new bike lanes on NE 65th St, so let’s create our own! Bike #Fix65th Sunday, … Continue reading
A Roosevelt junior redesigned the streets around his high school, and his plan is better than SDOT’s
Just about every school day when Joe Mangan and his fellow Roosevelt High School students walk to area businesses during their lunch breaks, they have to squeeze together on sidewalks so skinny they can barely walk side-by-side and talk to … Continue reading
As NE 65th Street safety changes develop, tell SDOT to keep sidewalks wide and bike lanes protected
NE 65th Street needs a safer design. People keep getting seriously injured and killed on this street, and that won’t stop until something changes. This point has been well established, with neighbors even leading a community memorial and march to … Continue reading
Salomon: Finally fixing NE 65th Street (Part Two)
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is Part Two of a two-part series by Andres Salomon looking at NE 65th Street safety improvements. Part One describes the urgent need for safety improvements along the part of 65th where five people have been killed and … Continue reading
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Salomon: Finally fixing NE 65th Street (Part One)
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is Part One of a two-part series by NE Seattle Greenways leader and former mayoral candidate (“I ran for Mayor before it was cool“) Andres Salomon. In this post, Salomon gives an update on the need for … Continue reading
NE 65th Street will get autumn quick fixes, bigger remake in 2018-19
After years of community urging and protest, Seattle is about to kick off a road safety project on NE 65th Street to address the street’s serious ongoing safety problems. People walking, biking and inside cars all continue to get seriously … Continue reading
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Tagged #Fix65th, andres salomon, ed murray, inga manskopf, ne 65th, rob johnson, sdot
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CM Johnson calls on SDOT, Mayor to have plan to fix 65th ready by Feb 14
As neighbors once again fired up the well-worn #Fix65th hashtag after yet another person was injured on that street, Councilmember Rob Johnson and Mayor Ed Murray announced a plan to expedite an already-budgeted effort to improve safety on NE 65th … Continue reading
Neighbors march for a safer NE 65th Street
Standing next to the ghost bike painted white in memory of Andy Hulslander, Councilmember Rob Johnson (District 4) lamented that the city had not acted fast enough to make NE 65th Street safer. “I stated [in my campaign] that we … Continue reading
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Tagged #Fix65th, andres salomon, city council district 4, ne 65th, ravenna, rob johnson
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CM Johnson will join community walk for a safer NE 65th Street Thursday
It’s well past time to make NE 65th Street safer for everyone. A community walk Thursday plans to call for exactly that. The #Fix65th Safety Walk starts 8 a.m. Thursday at 12th Ave NE and NE 65th St. Councilmember Rob … Continue reading
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Tagged #Fix65th, 2013 bike master plan update, andy hulslander, ne 65th, rob johnson
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Person biking critically injured in collision at 65th and Ravenna Blvd- UPDATED
A 48-year-old man biking in Ravenna was critically injured in a collision with someone driving a King County Metro VanPool vehicle this morning on NE 65th Street near Ravenna Boulevard. Though few details have been released, Seattle Police say the … Continue reading
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NE 65th St is dangerous by design, and we know how to make it safer. What’s stopping us?
EDITOR’S NOTE: This story is a follow-up to yesterday’s report about Vehicular Homicide charges against Lucas McQuinn in the alleged DUI collision that killed Andy Hulslander. I suggest reading that story first. The dangers on NE 65th Street are not … Continue reading
Andy Hulslander was father of two who proposed at a velodrome + His alleged killer pleads not guilty
Lucas McQuinn, 29, pleaded not guilty to Vehicular Homicide Wednesday morning, three weeks after he allegedly drove under the influence and killed Andy Hulslander. Andy, a father of two, was biking home to Lake Forest Park from his job in … Continue reading
DUI suspect kills person biking in Ravenna – UPDATE: RIP Andres Hulslander
A person suspected of driving under the influence struck and killed a 45-year-old who was biking in Ravenna late Saturday, according to Seattle Police. UPDATE: The man killed has been identified as Andres Hulslander, according to the King County Medical … Continue reading
Murray reverses his position about NE 75th Street bike lanes
The Ed Murray campaign this morning backtracked on his answer to Feet First about the NE 75th Street bike lanes, saying the project was “not a mistake.” As we reported yesterday, Murray had originally told Feet First that the project … Continue reading
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Tagged 2013 bike master plan update, 2013 mayoral race, ed murray, mike mcginn, ne 65th, ne 75th st
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A closer look at the proposed NE 65th St options
As promised in our previous post (see also for background), here is a more in-depth and ground-tested look at the options SDOT is considering for NE 65th Street in the city-wide Bike Master Plan. I went on a bike tour … Continue reading
City releases bike plan options for NE 65th Street + Is a compromise possible?
The mayor sent an email to neighbors of NE 65th Street to give them an update on the city’s research into which option should be included in the Bicycle Master Plan. SDOT came up with four options and created an … Continue reading
Seattle Transit Blog: Business on NE 65th dramatically increased after bike lane was installed
UPDATE 8/16: I understand that pairing this headline and this graphic was slightly misleading, so I want to make it clear that the study quoted here does not have enough data to say this rise is due to the bike … Continue reading
Mayor McGinn will hold Monday town hall to discuss NE 65th Street
In the whole Bicycle Master Plan update, the idea of a protected bike lane of some kind on NE 65th Street has proven to be the most controversial. But it also one of the projects with the most promise, both … Continue reading
Bike Master Plan Draft 2: NE Seattle, Wallingford, Green Lake and Northgate
The last day to comment on the second draft of the Bicycle Master Plan is Friday. Email your comments to bmpupdate@seattle.gov. This post is a continuation of a series investigating some of changes in the newest draft of the Bike … Continue reading