Tag: port townsend
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Not just Seattle: King County is also driving less + A look at biking rates around Puget Sound
Get ready for a little data overload. I’ve been swimming through Census data ever since the 2012 American Communities Survey data came out and showed that biking, walking and transit use in Seattle is way up. But what about the rest of the region? As several readers have pointed out, Seattle’s plummeting rate of driving…
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Port Townsend cancels plans for a walk/bike ferry to Seattle
This is a huge bummer. Port Townsend has given up on its plans for a passenger ferry to Seattle, citing a lack of expected ridership. We reported previously that the ferry was expected to start as early as the spring of 2013, finally creating an easy and fast way for people to get between the…
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New Seattle-Port Townsend walk/bike ferry in the works
Getting to Port Townsend with your bike could get a whole lot easier when plans for a new passenger ferry come to fruition as early as spring 2013. The PTLeader has the story: According to the draft plan, the terminals would be located at the Point Hudson Marina in Port Townsend and the Bell Harbor…
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Tacoma and Snohomish named Bicycle Friendly Communities, Port Townsend moves up list
Tacoma and Snohomish have earned spots on the The League of American Bicyclists’ Bicycle Friendly Communities list. Both communities earned Bronze level recognition, joining 214 other communities in the nation on the list. Port Townsend moved up a spot in the list, trading in their Bronze for a Silver. The League also rechecked Vancouver, Wash.…
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