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West Seattle school lands safe streets grant + Last day to comment on Delridge changes

School communities in West Seattle keep taking big steps to make it safe for kids to walk and bike to school. In fact, for as much as North Seattle schools get (well deserved) attention for their walk and bike programs, … Continue reading

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Walk.Bike.Schools Update: Lots of energy at city-wide meeting + ‘Think Outside the Car’ Saturday in W Seattle

Walk.Bike.Schools held a city-wide kickoff meeting earlier this month that drew a packed house of parents from schools all around the city interested in helping more Seattle school kids walk or bike to school. I was not able to attend, … Continue reading

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DubSea Bikes continues to grow in White Center + West Seattle Greenways meeting April 22

Biking continues to get more popular west of the Duwamish. White Center’s DubSea Bikes has been holding monthly community bike repair parties, and April’s was the largest yet. For a neighborhood without a bike shop or much bicycle infrastructure, DubSea … Continue reading

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City repairing West Seattle’s Duwamish Trail this week

The city is making repairs to the Duwamish Trail this week. From SDOT: Repairs are underway on the Duwamish Trail in West Seattle. The asphalt trail has been heavily damaged in places by tree roots and needs to be repaired … Continue reading

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Neighborhood greenways groups multiplying: Now forming in W, NE Seattle

The call for neighborhood greenways just keeping gaining momentum. Within just the past week, Central Seattle Greenways held its first meeting (post on that coming soon!), West Seattle Greenways has announced its first big meeting and NE Seattle Greenways is … Continue reading

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Sick of debris, W Seattle commuter is organizing Saturday trail clean-up

You have probably noticed that since the week-long snow storm, bike lanes and trails around the city are full of debris. The street sweepers are out there, but it’s going to take a while for all the bike lanes and … Continue reading

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Snow won’t stop the Riding Reporter (and many others) + VIDEO

The Riding Reporter‘s Anne-Marije Rook made this video yesterday in the Phinney Ridge neighborhood: With powdery snow on the ground and most cars staying in driveways or buried under snow in the streets, many of the adventurous souls who ventured … Continue reading

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Cops mock West Seattle man struck by truck while jogging to work

“That’s why you drive a car!” said one Seattle Police officer responding to the scene of a man struck by a semi truck near the foot of West Seattle’s lower bridge while he was jogging to work during the October … Continue reading

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DubSea Bikes holding monthly bike tune-up event Sat. in White Center

DubSea Bikes is a relatively new group that is looking to encourage more bicycle riding in White Center and southern West Seattle. One of the major challenges people encounter in White Center is the lack of a bike shop and … Continue reading

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Sanders: W Seattle bike commute was ‘easy, urban, beautiful, bracing’

Eli Sanders over at Slog rode along with the evening commute back to West Seattle and found the ride to be easy, fast and even historic, given the views of Viaduct construction (deconstruction?) you get to take in along the … Continue reading

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