Tag: reasonably polite seattleites

December 5, 2013

Seattle makes national list of top ten protected bike lanes in 2013 … twice

Seattle’s belated entry into protected bike lanes has definitely made a splash. In fact, the national Green Lane Project recently created a list of the top ten protected bike lanes of 2013, and Seattle made the list … twice. Linden Ave clocked in at 5th, and Cherry Street made the list in the 9th spot.…
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tagged: cherry st, cycle tracks, green lane project, linden, protected bike lanes, reasonably polite seattleites
September 26, 2013

New York guerrilla bike lane painters hope city takes cue from Seattle

The Reasonably Polite Seattleites just wanted to push the city to make some bike lanes safer. I doubt they imagined their small, “polite” statement about road safety would be used by New York City residents to pressure their leaders to complete a Midtown Manhattan bike lane. But now Atlantic Cities reports that the Cherry Street…
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tagged: atlantic cities, dongho chang, new york, reasonably polite seattleites, right of way
April 4, 2013

Guerrilla road safety group ‘politely’ installs illegal bike lane protectors on Cherry Street

An extremely polite group of anonymous guerrilla road safety activists armed with $350 worth of reflective plastic pylons turned the painted Cherry Street bike lane under I-5 into a protected bike lane Monday morning. The group—calling themselves the Reasonably Polite Seattleites—wanted to make a statement about how easy and affordable it would be for the…
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tagged: cherry st, dongho chang, protected bike lanes, reasonably polite seattleites, sdot