Tag: washington bike law

August 8, 2023

10 more people file claims against city over Ballard Missing Link injuries

Despite reaching a settlement with a group of eight people who sued the City of Seattle in 2022 after they crashed and were injured while biking through the Ballard Missing Link, the city still has not made the treacherous railroad crossing under the Ballard Bridge “reasonably safe for ordinary travel,” according to a new set…
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tagged: ballard bridge, burke-gilman trail, lawsuit, missing link, nw 45th st, sdot, washington bike law
March 22, 2022

Eight people injured while biking the Missing Link file lawsuit against city, railroad

“Countless people” have crashed on the railroad tracks while biking on the streets just west of the abrupt terminus of the Burke-Gilman Trail in Ballard, and now eight of them have joined together in a lawsuit against both the Ballard Terminal Railroad and the City of Seattle. The suit (PDF), filed by Washington Bike Law…
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tagged: ballard, ballard terminal railroad, burke-gilman trail, missing link, washington bike law
September 23, 2014

Sign advertising ‘Bike Thief School’ directs interested students to vasectomy clinic

Here’s one way to vent some frustration over the bike theft scourge: Humor. Washington Bike Law (a Seattle Bike Blog sponsor) posted this photo on their Facebook page. Stapled to a telephone pole in West Seattle, the flyer advertises a bike theft school including a list of teaser lessons such as “How new traffic on…
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tagged: bike thefts, dr snip, washington bike law