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From our Bike Events Calendar
Feb20Wedall-day Move Seattle Oversight Committee... @ 1625 BroadwayMove Seattle Oversight Committee... @ 1625 BroadwayFeb 20 all-dayopen to the publicTuesday, February 5, 2019 5:30 –7:30 PMSeattle Central College, Broadway Performance Hall (BPH),Room 3061625 Broadway, Seattle https://www.seattle.gov/transportation/about-sdot/funding/levy-to-move-seattle/oversight-committeeFacebookTwitterRedditEmailFeb21Thu6:30 pm Bike Works Volunteer Repair Party @ Bike Works ClassroomsBike Works Volunteer Repair Party @ Bike Works ClassroomsFeb 21 @ 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 readingFeb23Sat10:00 am Bike and Pike 2019 @ R&E CyclesBike and Pike 2019 @ R&E CyclesFeb 23 @ 10:00 am – 5:00 pm
Come join us for coffee, beer, bicycles, and a chance to converse one-on-one with some of The Northwest’s cycling gurus at The Seattle Bike and Pike Expo of 2019. At R+E Cycles, we love Seattle, and the small companies that actually … Continue readingFeb24Sun10:00 am Bike Works Volunteer Repair Party @ Bike Works ClassroomsBike Works Volunteer Repair Party @ Bike Works ClassroomsFeb 24 @ 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 reading4:00 pm Doug Walsh – Tailwinds Past Flor... @ Island BooksDoug Walsh – Tailwinds Past Flor... @ Island BooksFeb 24 @ 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
We are excited to welcome local author Doug Walsh to Island Books in celebration of his upcoming release, Tailwinds Past Florence. Doug is an author, a bicyclist, and a travel lecturer, discussing his two-year journey on bike from Seattle to … Continue reading Be a Seattle Bike Blog Supporter!
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Tag Archives: rahm emanuel
Council Transportation Committee approves Bike Master Plan – UPDATED
I know it’s hard to believe, but the Bike Master Plan update that began in early 2012 is still working its way through the bowels of the Seattle Process™. But it may finally be approaching the finish line. The City … Continue reading
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Tagged 2013 bike master plan update, city council, jean godden, rahm emanuel, sally bagshaw, tom rasmussen
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Like Chicago, New York is also using bike lanes to compete for Seattle tech jobs
Remember when Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel called out Seattle during a press conference opening Chicago’s first protected bike lane through the dense downtown Loop? He said, “I expect not only to take all of their [Seattle and Portland’s] bikers but … Continue reading
Mayor McGinn to Rahm Emanuel: Seattle will keep its bikers, thank you
In his State of the City address Tuesday, Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn responded to Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s threat to lure Seattle’s tech jobs to his city by creating a world-class bike lane network. We’re going to build world-class, safe … Continue reading
Chicago Mayor: I want Seattle’s bikers and the jobs that come with them
The great cities of the Pacific Northwest no longer have a free ride as the top bicycling cities in the United States. While Portland and Seattle have spent the past couple years making calculated, political moves to incrementally improve the … Continue reading
Seattle, cycle tracks can be built easily and quickly
Chicago is currently installing some of the last miles of new bike lanes the city has planned for 2012: A two-way cycle track on N Dearborn Street through the incredibly dense and busy downtown Loop. The downtown project is part … Continue reading
Chicago’s separated bike lanes work — It’s time to install one in downtown Seattle
Kinzie Street: Chicago’s First Protected Bike lane from Streetfilms on Vimeo. Separated bike lanes work. Really well. People bike out of their way to ride on them. The Kinzie bike lane saw the number of bikes more than double almost … Continue reading
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Tagged 2nd ave, chicago, downtown, rahm emanuel, separated bike lanes, streetfilms
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