Tag: washington bikes

February 14, 2023

WA Bikes: Legislative updates ahead of a big Friday deadline

Policy bills must be voted out of a committee in either the Washington House or Senate by Friday in order to stay alive this legislative session. Washington Bikes is urging people to contact your legislators to ask them to advance the bill to ban turns on red at certain locations across the state. They have…
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tagged: 2023 legislature, washington bikes, WrongOnRed
January 30, 2023

Sign in now to show the WA Senate and House you support limiting turns on red

Both the state Senate and House are holding hearings on what Washington Bikes is calling “#WrongOnRed,” an effort to ban turns on red near certain locations like schools, parks, hospitals, senior centers and other areas with lots of walking activity. You can “sign in” on the record to voice your support for the bills as…
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tagged: 2023 legislature, HB 1582, SB 5514, washington bikes, WrongOnRed
December 2, 2022

Cascade announces 2023 events, including long-awaited returns of RSVP and the Emerald City Ride

Cascade Bicycle Club this week released its first full-strength events schedule since 2019. The 2023 season will see the return of two major rides that have been sadly missing in recent years: The Emerald City Ride and the Ride Seattle to Vancouver and Party (“RSVP”). The Emerald City Ride launched in 2016 as an annual…
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tagged: cascade bicycle club, emerald city bike ride, RSVP, washington bikes
January 10, 2022

WA Bikes: ‘There’s opportunity abound’ in short 60-day state legislative session

State legislators seemed determined to pass a major transportation funding bill during the 2021 session, but the focus on highway spending and backwards ideas like a tax on bicycles ultimately helped stall the effort until the session ran out of time. There was even talk of a special session to get the effort passed, but…
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tagged: 2022 legislature, alex alston, marko liias, washington bikes
October 15, 2021

The 2021 election will determine Seattle’s transportation future + Endorsements roundup

In 2024, voters will likely be asked to fund Seattle’s renewed vision for transportation. The 2015 Move Seattle Levy will be set to expire, and it will need to be replaced by a new measure. Ballots are in the mail, and Seattle voters will elect the leaders who will craft that new transportation vision. Every…
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tagged: 2021 general election, seattle subway, the urbanist, transit riders union, washington bikes
July 27, 2021

Lee Lambert named Executive Director of Cascade and Washington Bikes

After more than a year since their last Executive Director resigned, Cascade Bicycle Club and its sister organization Washington Bikes have selected their new leader. Lee Lambert will take the reigns of one of the largest statewide bicycling organizations in the nation starting September 12. Lambert has been the Executive Director of City Year Seattle/King…
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tagged: cascade bicycle club, lee lambert, washington bikes