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From our Bike Events Calendar
Nov14Wed6:00 pm Monthly SPAB MeetingMonthly SPAB MeetingNov 14 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pmhttp://www.seattle.gov/spab/FacebookTwitterRedditEmail7:00 pm Green Lake Wallingford Safe Stre...Green Lake Wallingford Safe Stre...Nov 14 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pmThis is the monthly meeting for Green Lake & Wallingford Safe Streets.Agendas will be sent out a couple/few days prior to the meetings via the glwstreets@googlegroups.com listserv.FacebookTwitterRedditEmailNov15Thu6:30 pm Bike Works Volunteer Repair Party @ Bike Works ClassroomsBike Works Volunteer Repair Party @ Bike Works ClassroomsNov 15 @ 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 readingNov17Sat10:30 am Cranksgiving 2018Cranksgiving 2018Nov 17 @ 10:30 am – 5:00 pm
Seattle’s Cranksgiving 2018 is November 17! See this post for more details, or invite your friends via Facebook. FacebookTwitterRedditEmailNov18Sunall-day World Day of RemembranceWorld Day of RemembranceNov 18 all-dayhttp://worlddayofremembrance.org The World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims (WDR) is commemorated on the third Sunday of November each year – to remember the many millions killed and injured on the world’s roads, together with their families, friends and … Continue reading Be a Seattle Bike Blog Supporter!
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Tag Archives: sightline
Yes, Seattle has a parking problem. There’s way too much of it.
There are half a million on-street parking spaces in Seattle, and almost all of them are completely free to use. That’s 60 million square feet of city land, or 1,378 acres. And that’s not counting all the parking lots, parking … Continue reading
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Tagged alan durning, downtown, king 5, linda byron, mike lindblom, parking, seattle times, sightline
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State transportation proposal is exact opposite of what people want
The Senate Majority Caucus Coalition has proposed a transportation package that in no way resembles the desires of Washington residents. If anything, it is the opposite of what people want. In fact, I’m not sure it’s accurate to call it … Continue reading
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Tagged 2013 legislature, cascade bicycle club, senate majority caucus coalition, sightline, washington bikes
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Sightline talks bikes and social justice with Major Taylor Project director
Ed Ewing is the Director of Cascade Bicycle Club’s Major Taylor Project (or, as the students call it, “Bike Club”). Bike Club aims to bring safe cycling and bike mechanic skills to youth in low-income communities in King County. Ewing … Continue reading
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Tagged bike club, cascade bicycle club, ed ewing, king county, major taylor project, sightline
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Is lowering speed limits the key to increased safety on Dexter?
Alan Durning wrote a column for the Seattle Times earlier this week arguing that, in light of Mike Wang’s death and other senseless traffic fatalities in our state, Washington should follow nearby states and provinces by allowing municipalities to lower … Continue reading
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Tagged 20's plenty, 2011 legislature, alan durning, cindy ryu, dexter, hb 1217, mike wang, neighborhood greenways, road diet, sightline
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Sightline: A reluctant cyclist learning to love riding (despite SLU confusion)
Eric Hess is getting back on a bike for the first time in over a decade, and he has written two pieces about his experience for Sightline. As the weather warms, more and more Seattlites will be looking to hop … Continue reading
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Tagged beginners, construction, dexter, eric hess, mercer mess, sightline, south lake union
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Armistice Declared, Seattle’s ‘War on Cars’ Meme Ends
Last year, you probably had the unfortunate experience of hearing or reading about this new “war on cars” raging all over the streets of Seattle. Mayor McGinn was running around slashing tires on his lunch break, Cascade was using their … Continue reading