Tag: tacoma
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Sound Transit seeks feedback on South Tacoma Station biking and walking access improvements
You have until December 5 to complete Sound Transit’s online survey about potential walking and biking improvements near South Tacoma Station. More details from Sound Transit: In 2021, we assessed current conditions for walking, rolling, bicycling, and taking transit to and from South Tacoma Station. The assessment identified gaps and potential improvements to make it…
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31 bikes stolen from Tacoma Major Taylor Project school + How you can help
A thief (or thieves) broke into Tacoma’s iDEA High School Sunday and stole more than 30 bikes belonging to the school’s chapter of Cascade Bicycle Club’s Major Taylor Project. The bikes were mostly quality road and mountain bikes, so the total value of the loss is likely in the $25,000 range. Tacoma student Greyson Monaghan-Bergson…
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League names 4 new bike-friendly communities in WA
The League of American Bicyclists have named four new Bicycle Friendly Communities in Washington State: Bellevue, Ellensburg, Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe and Port Angeles/Clallam County. Tacoma keeps its bronze rating. Ellensburg (PDF) skips right over bronze and enters the listings at silver. With the highest bike commute rate in the state, that’s not a huge surprise.…
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Sally Clark struck person biking in Tacoma + Why she should become leader for safe streets
Seattle City Councilmember Sally Clark was driving in Tacoma looking for a church when she made a left turn directly into the path of someone biking back in May 2012. Steve Fairbanks had the right of way and had no time to stop before colliding with the side of Clark’s Ford Escape, seriously injuring his…
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Tacoma celebrates missing link completion with ‘Sunday Parkways’
The Tacoma Parks is holding a nearly seven-mile “Sunday Parkways” event to celebrate the completion of their waterfront trail connecting downtown to Point Defiance Park. The event runs from 8 a.m. until noon Sunday. While we don’t typically cover Tacoma on this blog, this event sounds particularly awesome. Cascade Bicycle Club has more details: The…
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King 5 Video: Tacoma business owners miss city-removed guerrilla crosswalk
One morning, they were just there: Crosswalks and a short bike lane in a Tacoma business district to help people get across a dangerous street. Business owners loved it. But the city recently spent $1,000 to grind away the illegal crosswalk paint, leaving one business owner to ask King 5, “How much is paint versus…
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