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On other blogs: Biking the coast in 1909

A quick roundup of interesting stuff from around the city. Go Means Go has a book review of “Two Wheels North” by Evelyn McDaniel Gibb, the story of two boys who rode their bikes from Santa Rosa to Seattle for … Continue reading

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Survey Says: Without my car lanes I’ll die!

Seattle does want bike lanes … but not if they take lanes away from cars. This is according to a survey by Survey USA. Only 46 percent of respondents said the city needs more bikes lanes (43 percent say the … Continue reading

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Bike master plan already out-of-date?

Josh Cohen at Publicola took a look at the city’s Bicycle Master Plan and determined it is too vehicularist and is already sounds out-of-date, even though it is only a few years old: This week, an astute PubliCola reader pointed … Continue reading

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Nickerson ‘road diet’ work to start next week

Work on Nickerson is scheduled to begin next week. This comes after a brief fight over the proposal, which will eliminate a traffic lane in each direction and add a center turn lane, a bicycle lane and safe crosswalks. Resistance … Continue reading

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On other blogs: ‘Golf Ball From Army Navy Country Club Fifth Hole Hits Baby’

OK, that didn’t happen. But Navy Capt. (Ret.) Louis Kriser is worried that headline could someday run if a public bike path goes in next to the Army-Navy Country Club in Arlington, Virginia. Biking Bis has good analysis, as always.

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Residents worried about parking removal on Roosevelt

Some residents near the proposed parking removal on Roosevelt were upset by the plans and voiced their concerns at an open house last night, Maple Leaf Life reports. Many of those who spoke up said they don’t even live on Roosevelt, but … Continue reading

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Thomas Street proposal lacking, makes concessions to that lame tunnel

Josh Cohen at Publicola reports that the city’s proposed changes to Thomas Street so far appear to give many concessions to cars and concerns about traffic caused by the north portal for the proposed state deep bore tunnel. The new … Continue reading

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