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From our Bike Events Calendar
Aug20Tue6:30 pm Duwamish Valley Safe Streets Mee...Duwamish Valley Safe Streets Mee...Aug 20 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pmThis month, as always, we will be meeting on the 3rd Tuesday of the month, Tuesday August 20th at 6:30 pm at the Duwamish Waterway Park As summer is winding down this will be an informal gathering of neighbors from … Continue readingAug21Wed6:00 pm GET SPOKED! WOMXN, TRANS, GENDER... @ Bike Works WarehouseGET SPOKED! WOMXN, TRANS, GENDER... @ Bike Works WarehouseAug 21 @ 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Every THIRD Wednesday of the month from 6 – 9 PM, we’re hosting a Volunteer Repair Party (VRP)/Open Shop specifically for folks who identify as women, trans, or gender non-binary to come together in an inclusive space to repair bikes … Continue readingAug22Thu6:00 pm Beacon Hill Safe Streets Monthly...Beacon Hill Safe Streets Monthly...Aug 22 @ 6:00 pm – 7:45 pmformerly Beacon B.I.K.E.S. We will be having our August meeting at a different location so that we can all enjoy a potluck! This Thursday, August 22, we will be meeting at Jefferson Park at 6:00 pm near the north end … Continue reading6:30 pm Bike Works Volunteer Repair Party @ Bike Works ClassroomsBike Works Volunteer Repair Party @ Bike Works ClassroomsAug 22 @ 6:30 pm – 9:30 pmDetails: Volunteer Repair Parties (VRP) are drop-in, weekly bike repair parties for adults (age 18 and up). You do not need to be a skilled bike mechanic to help out. This is how most volunteers with Bike Works get their … Continue reading Be a Seattle Bike Blog Supporter!
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Tag Archives: west seattle
King County limits bikes on Vashon/West Seattle water taxis, bans many family bikes
In what is sure to be disappointing news to many readers, King County has announced that it will begin limiting the number and types of bikes allowed on its Vashon and West Seattle water taxis. Bikes and water taxis go … Continue reading
West Seattle community group responds to bike plan cuts + Cascade, SNG outline their priorities
Neighborhoods all over Seattle have been hit hard by Mayor Jenny Durkan’s proposed bike plan cuts. And as is depressingly typical, West Seattle got hit especially hard. They already had lackluster improvements in the previous version of the bike plan, … Continue reading
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Tagged bicycle master plan, fauntleroy way, jenny durkan, west seattle, west seattle bike connections
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Want some company biking downtown? Join these welcoming West and SE Seattle rides or start your own
Biking on city streets can be more fun and less intimidating when you are with a group. And riding with a group can be a great way to become familiar with a route and learn some tips before trying it … Continue reading
ALERT: West Seattle swing bridge will be out from 7-9 Tuesday night, shuttles available
Attention folks who bike across the lower West Seattle Bridge: SDOT just announced a closure from 7 to 9 p.m. tonight (Tuesday). As with the previous closure, there will be a shuttle to help folks walking and biking get across, … Continue reading
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Lower West Seattle Bridge reopens, but closure highlighted major need for Sodo bike lanes
UPDATE: The Lower Spokane St Bridge is back open again to all pedestrian, bicycle and vehicle traffic! Thank you to everyone for your patience and understanding. — seattleDOTbridges (@SDOTbridges) June 26, 2018 The lower West Seattle Bridge has reopened following … Continue reading
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Tagged 1st ave s, allentown, duwamish valley, duwamish valley safe streets, georgetown, marginal way, sdot, south park, west seattle
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Lower West Seattle Bridge closed for emergency week-long repair – UPDATED
The lower West Seattle swing bridge closed Wednesday evening for emergency repairs, SDOT announced just hours before crews were planning to take the bridge out of order. The bridge will be in the open position for marine vessels, unusable for … Continue reading
City’s 2019 plans for SW Avalon would dramatically improve bike access to the heart of W Seattle
There are only so many ways to get up West Seattle’s formidable hills, and SW Avalon Way is an absolutely vital one. Connecting the Alki Trail/West Seattle Bridge to Fauntleroy and the heart of West Seattle, Avalon is one of … Continue reading
Options for a redesigned E Marginal Way + Regional leadership needed to connect to S King County
Today is the last day to comment on SDOT’s E Marginal Way online open house. The city is working on a major reconstruction and redesign of the industrial street that also serves as one of the most vital bike connections … Continue reading
Support more safety changes to calm West Seattle’s ‘I-35’
Between 2011 and 2014, people driving on West Seattle’s 35th Ave SW (AKA “I-35”) crashed 294 times, injuring 128 people and killing two. That’s an average of two crashes and one injury nearly every week. This high rate of collisions … Continue reading
SW Admiral Way bike lanes ready for summer construction
After more than a year of public outreach and significant design changes, SDOT is just about ready to paint bike lanes on SW Admiral Way from Alki to (almost) California Ave SW. The official painting schedule is not yet out, … Continue reading
Weekend Guide: Bike at night, bike naked, bike for ice cream + more!
FREE BIKE has been a blast so far, but we are just halfway through the ten-day calendar. We challenged you all to make your bike ride and event ideas reality July 1–10, and you came through. The calendar currently has … Continue reading
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Tagged bicycle sundae, FREE BIKE, seattle night ride, west seattle, world naked bike ride
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Bike trips from West Seattle spike 80 percent Monday, crushing record
On the first Monday commute since the Alaskan Way Viaduct closed, bike trips across the Spokane Street swing bridge to West Seattle went through the roof. Compared to average weekdays in recent months, Monday’s bike count was up an unprecedented … Continue reading
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Tagged bike counter, bike month 2016, viadoom, west seattle, west seattle blog
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What Viadoom? Take control of your own commute by biking
The Alaskan Way Viaduct is closing Friday for two weeks as Bertha tunnels precariously under its foundation. As people who drive and take the bus (especially in Viaduct-dependent West Seattle) fret about the threat of huge traffic backups, there is … Continue reading
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Tagged commuting, king county water taxi, viadoom, west seattle, west seattle bike connections
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It’s not I-35: Support a safer 35th Ave SW at two open houses this week
In the past ten years, more than 400 people have been seriously injured in traffic collisions on just one street in West Seattle: 35th Ave SW. Five people have been killed. If we don’t take action, 400 more people will … Continue reading
New Delridge trail connection now open (Video)
The city has finished widening a heavily-used trail connection at the north end of Delridge Way in West Seattle. The new, wider trail connects most of the way from SW Andover Street to trail connections under the West Seattle Bridge … Continue reading
City starts work on Alki Trail improvement near ActivSpace on Harbor Ave
The Alki Trail is, in certain places, among Seattle’s greatest trails. But in other places, it’s among the worst. One of the worst spots in the worst section of the trail (other than that one crazy intersection) is getting a … Continue reading
SW Roxbury safety changes a good start, bike lanes must wait for repaving
This has got to be a Seattle Bike Blog record: Four posts in a row about West Seattle! The city is hosting an open house tomorrow (Thursday) about planned safety changes to SW Roxbury Street, which forms the border between … Continue reading
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Tagged road safety corridor, sw roxbury street, west seattle, white center
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West Seattle Blog: City begins outreach for Admiral Way bike lanes
SDOT is beginning outreach for new bike lanes planned on Admiral Way between Alki and California Ave SW. Planners presented to the Admiral Neighborhood Association last night, according to West Seattle Blog. There will be more meetings in the next … Continue reading
Safety changes — but no bike lanes — planned for I-35
35th Ave SW is not an Interstate. It’s not even a state highway. So when neighbors refer to this city street as “I-35,” you know there’s a serious speeding and traffic safety problem. And those neighbors are not being as … Continue reading
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Tagged 35th ave sw, road safety corridor, west seattle, west seattle bike connections, west seattle blog
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Work to finally widen W Seattle trail connection to Delridge starts Monday
The city is ready to start construction on a much-needed trail connection improvement between the Delridge neighborhood and the trail hub under the West Seattle Bridge. Today, people biking or walking from the bridge to Delridge are spit out onto … Continue reading