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From our Bike Events Calendar
Aug21Wed6:00 pm GET SPOKED! WOMXN, TRANS, GENDER... @ Bike Works WarehouseGET SPOKED! WOMXN, TRANS, GENDER... @ Bike Works WarehouseAug 21 @ 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 readingAug22Thu6:00 pm Beacon Hill Safe Streets Monthly...Beacon Hill Safe Streets Monthly...Aug 22 @ 6:00 pm – 7:45 pmformerly Beacon B.I.K.E.S. We will be having our August meeting at a different location so that we can all enjoy a potluck! This Thursday, August 22, we will be meeting at Jefferson Park at 6:00 pm near the north end … Continue reading6:30 pm Bike Works Volunteer Repair Party @ Bike Works ClassroomsBike Works Volunteer Repair Party @ Bike Works ClassroomsAug 22 @ 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 readingAug23Fri7:30 am Seattle Bike Train Weekday Commu...Seattle Bike Train Weekday Commu...Aug 23 @ 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 readingAug24Satall-day NW Epic Series Capitol Forest 14... @ Evergreen Sportsmen's ClubNW Epic Series Capitol Forest 14... @ Evergreen Sportsmen's ClubAug 24 all-day
To round out the season, we’re heading to one of our favorite riding places: Capitol Forest, home of some of the most amazing singletrack in Washington. We’d like to thank our non-profit partner, Friends of Capitol Forest, a mountain bike … Continue reading
Tag Archives: q13
Q13: Man killed in Sodo was biking to job where he worked his way out of homelessness. RIP Celso Diaz
Celso Diaz was biking to his job at iClick’s Sodo warehouse November 21 when someone driving twice the speed limit struck and killed him while he crossed 1st Ave S at S Andover Street. The suspect, driving a light-colored Toyota Prius, … Continue reading
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Tagged 1st ave s, celso pete diaz, crime stoppers, deaths, iclick, q13, sodo
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With the problem on the rise, UW Police host a Bike Theft Symposium
Bike theft is up, at least on UW campus. “It’s our number one property crime on campus,” said UW Police Deputy Chief Csaba Maczala. “That’s a good thing, since violent crime is down. So I’m glad we most have to … Continue reading
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Tagged bike index, bike theft symposium, bike thefts, cindi west, crime, csaba maczala, keith jackson, kendra borzio, project 529, q13, spd, uwpd
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Chatting with Q13 about downtown’s traffic violence emergency
Q13 News invited me on their morning news show today to talk about traffic violence downtown, which I described a few weeks ago as “a public health emergency we haven’t been treating.” We also talked about SW Admiral Way, where … Continue reading
Talking urban biking with Q13 News
A couple weeks ago, some folks from Q13 News strapped cameras on my bike and my head, then drove near me, filming me as I rode around South Lake Union narrating some of the trials facing people biking in our … Continue reading
Neighborhood greenways and Prop 1 are about much more than bicycling
As neighborhood greenways quickly gain grassroots and political support in Seattle, the city could be on the verge investing in miles of the family-safe residential roads every year. In a front-page story in the Seattle Times, Mike Lindblom explains the … Continue reading
Wallingford bike boulevard will include ‘runnel’
The bicycle boulevard planned for Wallingford will include modifications to the Aurora pedestrian overpass at 41st Street and an enhanced crossing at Stone Way, according to Sam Woods at SDOT. Woods said plans will likely include installing a runnel on … Continue reading
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Tagged bike boulevards, n 43rd st, n 44th st, neighborhood street fund, q13, wallingford
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