Lots of bike stuff going down Thursday, including a wonky safe streets design meeting at Capitol Hill Library and a Bike Month kickoff party during the Pioneer Square First Thursday Art Walk.

First, if you like discussing the nitty gritty details of safe street designs, Seattle Neighborhood Greenways has got the perfect meeting for you. It will also serve as one of the last meetings with great Central Seattle Greenways leader Alexa Heidrich, who landed a job in Portland. Because, you know, that city obviously needs to steal our good safe streets people (damn you, Portland!).

Meeting details:

Neighborhoods throughout Seattle are reclaiming their local streets for family-friendly walking and biking routes using Neighborhood Greenways – safe, low-cost and low-stress walking and biking corridors connecting people with the places they want to go. By adding traffic calming, safe crossings at busy streets, and extra trees and greenery, a network of low-traffic streets can be transformed into useful, park-like routes around the neighborhood. Continue reading →