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Oct16Sat9:00 am Capitol Hill Green Stormwater Wa...Capitol Hill Green Stormwater Wa...Oct 16 @ 9:00 am – 11:00 amCapitol Hill Green Stormwater Walking ToursOctober 16, 2021Morning Tour: 9am – 11amAfternoon Tour: 1pm – 3pm Join the Capitol Hill EcoDistrict and Seattle 2030 District to explore the impacts of stormwater in Capitol Hill. We are hosting guided walking tours of Capitol Hill that … Continue reading1:00 pm Capitol Hill Green Stormwater Wa...Capitol Hill Green Stormwater Wa...Oct 16 @ 1:00 pm – 3:00 pmCapitol Hill Green Stormwater Walking ToursOctober 16, 2021Morning Tour: 9am – 11amAfternoon Tour: 1pm – 3pm Join the Capitol Hill EcoDistrict and Seattle 2030 District to explore the impacts of stormwater in Capitol Hill. We are hosting guided walking tours of Capitol Hill that … Continue reading7:00 pm Trail Blaze Bash: Twice the Fun ... @ 7Cedars Hotel and STREAMING IN ZOOMTrail Blaze Bash: Twice the Fun ... @ 7Cedars Hotel and STREAMING IN ZOOMOct 16 @ 7:00 pm
Trail Blaze Bash: Twice the Fun in 2021! Saturday, October 16, 2021 – HOLD THE DATE 7Cedars Hotel and Casino, Sequim, WA 7-8 PM We’re back and twice the fun! Attend live at 7Cedars Hotel and Casino or ZOOM-in virtually. … Continue readingOct17Sun10:00 am Neighborhood Sidewalk Cleanup: S... @ S Orcas St between Dearborn Park Elementary and 32nd Ave SNeighborhood Sidewalk Cleanup: S... @ S Orcas St between Dearborn Park Elementary and 32nd Ave SOct 17 @ 10:00 am – 11:30 amSunday, October 17 at 10 amMeet on the north sidewalk of Orcas St between Dearborn Park Elementary School and 32nd Ave S.– – – – We’ll be clearing the sidewalk on Orcas St east of Dearborn Park Elementary School and west … Continue reading12:00 pm Find-it-Fix-it Group Ride with B...Find-it-Fix-it Group Ride with B...Oct 17 @ 12:00 pm – 2:00 pmhttps://www.facebook.com/BFGreenways/ for more informationFacebookTwitterRedditPocketEmail
Tag Archives: safety in numbers
Times: As biking in Seattle grows dramatically, number of crashes stays the same
While I was busy ranting about a questionable Letter to the Editor the Seattle Times Ed Board chose to publish, Mike Lindblom in the news department was working on a story about how the number of bicycle crashes and collisions … Continue reading
We have reached a turning point in Seattle bicycle safety
What started as a couple deaths after a long stretch with very few has turned into a devastating couple weeks on our city’s streets. After the third death on Seattle streets since July, one question has been on the minds … Continue reading
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Overcoming the fear of bicycling
Unless you are reading this post on your smart phone while riding down the Burke-Gilman (please don’t do that), you should probably be more afraid of the chair you are sitting in than your bicycle. If bicycling has such clearly … Continue reading
The ‘Vision Zero’ philosophy of traffic engineering puts safety above all else
Bike Portland published an interesting Q&A with Peter Jacobsen, a public health researcher who pushes a philosophy of traffic engineering that focuses on reducing traffic deaths first. This concept, “Vision Zero,” should not be a revolutionary idea, but it is … Continue reading
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‘Safety in Numbers’ should be our loudest bicycle safety cause
The evidence is piling up that the absolute best way to improve bicycle safety is by increasing the number of riders. It’s not helmets, it’s not bike lights. In fact, the new riders don’t even need to be experienced riders. … Continue reading
