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From our Bike Events Calendar
Jun21Tue6:00 pm Rainier Valley Greenways monthly... @ Virtual via ZoomRainier Valley Greenways monthly... @ Virtual via ZoomJun 21 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pmFacebookTwitterRedditPocketEmailJun22Wed6:00 pm Ballard-Fremont Greenways MeetingBallard-Fremont Greenways MeetingJun 22 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pmBallard-Fremont Greenways meets monthly on the 4th Wednesday of the month. Check Facebook for monthly meeting information: https://www.facebook.com/BFGreenways/FacebookTwitterRedditPocketEmailJun23Thu6:00 pm Beacon Hill Safe Streets Monthly... @ Beacon Hill LibraryBeacon Hill Safe Streets Monthly... @ Beacon Hill LibraryJun 23 @ 6:00 pm – 7:45 pmformerly Beacon B.I.K.E.S. FacebookTwitterRedditPocketEmail7:15 pm Point83 @ Westlake ParkPoint83 @ Westlake ParkJun 23 @ 7:15 pm
Meet up in the center of the park at 7ish. Leave at 730. Every Thursday from now until forever rain or shine. Bikes, beers, illegal firepits, nachos, bottlerockets, timetraveling, lollygagging, mechanicals, good times.FacebookTwitterRedditPocketEmailJun24Fri6:45 pm Pride Month Rainbow Ride on Lake...Pride Month Rainbow Ride on Lake...Jun 24 @ 6:45 pm – 9:00 pmFacebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/463019132253481Join Bob and Clara for a Rainbow Ride to celebrate Pride Month!We’ll be gathering queer friends and allies for a rainbow of people wearing a rainbow of colors for a casual, no drop bike ride / roller skate on … Continue reading
Tag Archives: wallingford
Watch: Biking to Pike Place Market via the U Bridge in 360 and hyperlapse
I’m trying something new on the blog today. I’ve got two videos for you. Well, really they are two very different versions of the same video, which I shot while heading downtown to pick up my daughter from preschool. The … Continue reading
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Tagged 360 videos, downtown, fairview, hyperlapse videos, university bridge, videos, wallingford
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City delays Stone Way bike lane upgrade, latest of many Wallingford paving project safety cuts
Yes, the new bikeway around (half of) Green Lake is a big improvement. We made a whole video about it. But it is only one part of a major series of paving projects all grouped together into one very big … Continue reading
Halloween Peace Peloton starts in Wallingford and includes fundraising costume contest
Celebrate Halloween in the Peace Peloton Saturday. The ride stages at Wallingford Playfield at noon for some food from the excellent Pam’s Kitchen, then leaves at 2 p.m. for a 12-mile ride to Gas Works Park via Discovery Park. The … Continue reading
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Tagged black lives matter, peace peloton, wallingford
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Green Lake/Wallingford paving projects create opportunity to make huge bike improvements, comment by Wednesday
SDOT has grouped a bunch of Green Lake and Wallingford area paving projects together, designing and planning construction of them all at the same time. Because paving projects essentially wipe the street design clear, they are our best opportunities to … Continue reading
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Tagged green lake, green lake way, NE 40th Street, NE 50th St, wallingford
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Scenes from our move by bike
A couple weeks ago, my spouse Kelli and I moved from the Central District to the Wallingford/U District area. And with the help of nearly 20 amazing friends — old and new — we did it by bike. I have … Continue reading
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Tagged brock howell, central district, cyclefab, haulin colin, move by bike, wallingford
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Green Lake and Wallingford paving projects are a chance to make major bike network improvements
A series of planned paving projects in Green Lake and Wallingford are a big chance to make significant improvements to the North Seattle bike network. And of course, the city could save a lot of money by making these improvements … Continue reading
Northlake Way is getting a short section of new sidewalk, bike lane
Work is underway on a short new stretch of sidewalk and bike lane on Northlake Way near the University Bridge. Identified as a key missing piece in the Pedestrian Master Plan, the sidewalk will connect the businesses on Northlake Way … Continue reading
Rethinking Seattle’s Freeways: Mr. Inslee, tear down this Aurora wall
What if Bertha never finishes the SR 99 highway tunnel? What if SR 99 doesn’t need to be a freeway-style highway through downtown at all? And what if that’s true for the whole city, too? In other words, what if … Continue reading
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Tagged aurora, deep bore tunnel, fremont, green lake, jay inslee, phinney ridge, queen anne, rethinking seattle's freeways, sr 99, wallingford
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Bike theft hero spots stranger’s ride, returns it during victim’s costumed birthday bike ride
Seattle has a new hero, and her name is Alex Cruse. Alex was in a car in Wallingford with her fiancée and soon-to-be father-in-law when she spotted an orange and white All-City Macho Man bike near an apparent homeless encampment … Continue reading
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Tagged alex cruse, bike index, bike thefts, fremont, wallingford, zanna furness
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Think the UW trail detour is bad? City Light work could detour Burke-Gilman into traffic
During peak commute hours, the Burke-Gilman Trail through UW campus carries 1,200 or so people every hour. So it is more than a little bit crazy that the ever-changing detours are so confusing even regular trail users and people familiar … Continue reading
Wallyhood: School of Bike opens on Meridian
It’s not exactly a bike shop, but if you want to learn how to fix your ride, would like to rent the bicycle workspace or want to take a workshop on building your own bike, Wallingford’s School of Bike could … Continue reading
Couple healing up after struck by car while walking across Stone Way
A couple active in the Seattle theater scene was struck by a car while crossing Stone Way January 11 on their way to a show at Stone Soup Theater. Both Zach and Ashley Adair were hospitalized, though Zach’s injuries were … Continue reading
Man biking in Wallingford injured December 19, friend seeks information
A man in his 50s was biking near 36th and Pacific early December 19 when something happened, leaving him with serious injuries and no memory of how he got hurt. The incident occurred between 4:30 and 5:30 a.m. and may … Continue reading
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Mostly-finished Green Lake Way project reconnects neighbors with their parks
While we here at Seattle Bike Blog spend a lot of time urging the city to invest in protected bike lanes, it’s important to remember that simply redesigning a street using paint can completely revolutionize a street. The city’s in-process … Continue reading
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Tagged green lake, green lake way, road diets, stone way, tangletown, wallingford
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Woman found dead on the Burke-Gilman Trail – UPDATED
A passerby on the Burke-Gilman Trail found a young woman who had apparently died of a gunshot wound early this morning in Wallingford. Information released so far does not indicate the incident was bike-related or that it was a random … Continue reading
Today: Scout out a neighborhood greenway route from Green Lake to Lake Union via Tangletown
Meet at 6 p.m. at NE 65th Street and 1st Ave NE near Green Lake Elementary. From Wallingford Greenways:
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A closer look at the city’s plans for Green Lake Way
We wrote a couple weeks ago about plans to redesign Green Lake Way between 50th and the lake. Below are more details on the city’s plans, from an open house presentation. Beyond just the merits for this project, it also … Continue reading
City plans to extend Stone Way bike lanes to Green Lake
At the urging of the Wallingford and Green Lake Community Councils, the city is planning road design changes on Green Lake Way N between N 50th Street and Green Lake. The safety-oriented plan would redesign the street to more closely … Continue reading
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Tagged eric fisk, green lake, green lake way, meetings, road diets, sdot, wallingford, wallingford community council
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Two Burke-Gilman improvements in the works in Wallingford and Frelard
The city has scheduled two Burke-Gilman Trail improvements this week: Improved ADA ramps in Frelard and an improved crossing at Latona Ave in Wallingford. Expect delays and detours starting today. Details on the Frelard work, from SDOT: Seattle Department of … Continue reading
On building safe streets like the Dutch
At some point during Fred Young’s presentation on Dutch cycling infrastructure and safe street designs, the mood of the crowd packed into Wallingford’s Mosaic Coffee shifted from wonder to depression: Seattle has such a long way to go, it can … Continue reading
