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From our Bike Events Calendar
Aug20Satall-day Lake Washington Boulevard open s...Lake Washington Boulevard open s...Aug 20 – Aug 21 all-dayFrom 7 PM Friday through 7 AM Monday, three miles of Lake Washington Boulevard, from Mt. Baker Park to Seward Park, will re-open to people walking, running, riding, rolling, and playing and close to people driving. And mark your calendars for the … Continue reading10:00 am ALUV Homezone Walking ToursALUV Homezone Walking ToursAug 20 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pmhttps://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.facebook.com/events/559463839217027/559463849217026&sa=D&source=docs&ust=1659465433205707&usg=AOvVaw1G5-GUn_Y0-h5btqV_YbopFacebookTwitterRedditPocketEmail5:00 pm Feast in the StreetFeast in the StreetAug 20 @ 5:00 pm – 8:00 pmJoin the party on Saturday, August 20! The 4th annual community celebration & fundraiser for Seattle Neighborhood Greenways returns to the Roberto Maestas Festival Street on Beacon Hill. Details and tickets at seattlegreenways.org/2022feast.FacebookTwitterRedditPocketEmailAug21Sun9:00 am Black Girls Do Bike and Rainier ... @ Jack Block ParkBlack Girls Do Bike and Rainier ... @ Jack Block ParkAug 21 @ 9:00 am – 1:00 pm
Join us for a special day to experience West Seattle by land and water! Recreation meets transportation with a short bike ride, free sailing on the Water Taxi, complementary lunch from Marination Ma Kai, and a small celebration at the … Continue readingAug24Wed6:00 pm Ballard-Fremont Greenways MeetingBallard-Fremont Greenways MeetingAug 24 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pmBallard-Fremont Greenways meets monthly on the 4th Wednesday of the month. Join the google group for monthly meeting information: https://groups.google.com/g/ballard-greenwaysBring your enthusiasm and ideas to share with the group or just stop in to say hello and join an existing project.FacebookTwitterRedditPocketEmail
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Feds recommend $60 million for RapidRide J project, including Eastlake Ave remake
The Federal Transit Administration has recommended a $60.1 million grant to fund the RapidRide J project from the U District to South Lake Union via Eastlake. “Coupled with funding from the Levy to Move Seattle that voters approved in 2015, … Continue reading
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Tagged bruce harrell, eastlake, federal transit authority, rapidride j, sdot, usdot
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Summer Blockbuster Alert: Watch Feds analyze bike/truck interactions in SODO
Watch your back Jurassic World, because USDOT just dropped a pair of videos analyzing truck and bike interactions in SODO that will make your box office numbers look like that goat in the T-Rex habitat. As we reported in May, … Continue reading
USDOT will host SODO bike/walk/freight safety assessment
The US Department of Transportation is headed to Seattle to assess bike/walk “safety challenges” in Seattle’s SODO neighborhood, where major bike commute routes mix with freight traffic. Unfortunately, this mix sometimes ends in tragedy or injury. The May 7 event … Continue reading
Do conventional road designs put Americans who walk or bike at risk? Rep. Larsen requests Federal study
US Representative Rick Larsen has teamed up with two other members of the US House to look into whether American conventional road engineering standards are putting people who bike and walk at disproportionate risk (spoiler: Yes). Specifically, Larsen (WA-2, much … Continue reading
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Tagged blake trask, eleanor holmes, government accountability office, peter defazio, rick larsen, usdot, washington bikes
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Our region’s best candidate for TIGER transportation funds: Rebuild the Burke-Gilman Trail through UW
The Burke-Gilman Trail moves as many people through the University of Washington campus per hour during rush hour as a lane of freeway at peak performance. And it does so without emitting pollution and with remarkably few injuries. Aside from … Continue reading
Cascade: State rescissions not as bad this year
The state’s federal transportation rescissions will not hit bicycle and pedestrian funding disproportionately this year as they did in 2010, according to Cascade Bicycle Club. There were concerns the state would raid vulnerable non-highway funding again, but the majority of … Continue reading
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Tell the state not to raid funding for bicycling and walking again this year
Washington State budgets an astronomically higher amount of money on motor-vehicle-centric highway projects than any other means of transportation. Yet when it comes time to make cuts and give back Federal transportation funds, as happens often, WSDOT has in past … Continue reading
