Tag: seattle times

May 22, 2023

Ballard HS Student: Missing bike racks limit biking to school in Seattle

Lucas Salm-Rojo, a junior at Ballard High School, wrote an excellent op-ed for the Seattle Times this week arguing that Seattle Public Schools is making it harder for students to bike to school because not every school has adequate — or any — bike parking. And the problem is particularly apparent at at schools serving…
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tagged: ballard high school, bike to school, lucas salm-rojo, seattle public schools, seattle times
February 15, 2023

People crash cars and trucks into Seattle buildings twice a week on average

Make eye contact, wear bright clothes and only cross the street at designated locations. These are common instructions dictated to people trying to navigate our cities on foot in order to avoid getting hit by a car. What advice then should we be telling our homes and businesses, which were struck by cars and trucks…
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tagged: cars into buildings, charles mudede, david kroman, seattle times
December 7, 2022

Thorness: 5 Seattle holiday light bike routes

I like holiday lights as much as the next person. In fact, I like them so much that I never took the lights off my house after last winter! But sitting in idle traffic in the middle of a neighborhood waiting for a chance to see some lights outside a car window? No thank you.…
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tagged: bill thorness, seattle times
July 20, 2022

Man struck and killed on Harbor Island identified. RIP Robert Mason

The man struck and killed while biking on Harbor Island Friday has been identified as Robert Mason, West Seattle Blog reports. He was 63. We send our deepest condolences to his loved ones. Police are still looking for the person driving a white or silver sedan who struck and killed Mason while he was crossing…
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tagged: harbor island, robert mason, seattle times, west seattle, west seattle blog
June 10, 2022

Thorness: Celebrating the 125th anniversary of the Lake Washington Bike Path

The Lake Washington Bike Path turns 125 this year! Or it would if it weren’t torn up in 1905 to build Interlaken Boulevard. Bill Thorness, author of “Cycling the Pacific Coast” and “Biking Puget Sound,” wrote a story for the Seattle Times about the history of the old path. Thorness also spoke with yours truly…
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tagged: bill thorness, history, interlaken, lake washington bike path, seattle times
January 22, 2019

Even a skewed Seattle Times poll finds little support for more driving

You may have seen a headline from the Seattle Times going around this weekend saying that people in Seattle and Kind County don’t like bike lanes. Well, it’s not really as simple as the headline might suggest. I’ve been thinking about the poll for a couple days now, and we should get one thing out…
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tagged: david gutman, seattle times