Year: 2013

October 24, 2013

Cascade hires former Washington Bus leader as new Advocacy Director

Cascade Bicycle Club has picked Thomas Goldstein to lead advocacy efforts, the organization announced Thursday. Formerly the leader of get-out-the-vote organization Washington Bus, Goldstein is also a longtime bike supporter in Seattle (see, for example, this Seattle Times op-ed from one year ago). He has also served on the board at Bike Works. Goldstein will…
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tagged: cascade bicycle club, evan manvel, thomas goldstein
October 23, 2013

Police: Bike thief arrested in Belltown

Seattle Police arrested a man early Wednesday morning after he allegedly stole a bike from a Belltown condo building and tried to ride away with it. Witnesses watched him enter the secure parking garage without a bike, then ride out with one. They called police and helped officers ID the man, who was arrested a…
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tagged: belltown, bike thefts, crime, spd
October 22, 2013

Commute Seattle and city hosting bike light event Thursday

Bike lights are not optional. Aside from being required by law (technically, only front light and rear reflector are required), lights are vital if you are going to be visible to folks driving, biking and walking at night and sun-in-the-eyes situations. Studies have shown that people on bikes naturally feel more visible to others than…
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tagged: bike lights, commute seattle, light up your ride, sdot
October 22, 2013

Murray reverses his position about NE 75th Street bike lanes

The Ed Murray campaign this morning backtracked on his answer to Feet First about the NE 75th Street bike lanes, saying the project was “not a mistake.” As we reported yesterday, Murray had originally told Feet First that the project was a mistake because it removed parking and included bike lanes. However, city studies had…
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tagged: 2013 bike master plan update, 2013 mayoral race, ed murray, mike mcginn, ne 65th, ne 75th st
October 21, 2013

City officially opens section of the Broadway Bikeway

The Broadway Bikeway is officially open between Union Street and Denny Way. This is the city’s first attempt at a two-way protected bikeway on a very busy commercial street. We will have more on the bikeway soon. Here’s the announcement just in from SDOT: Today the City of Seattle and Sound Transit officially opened a…
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tagged: broadway bikeway, capitol hill, cycle tracks
October 21, 2013

Murray says NE 75th Street safety project was a ‘mistake’ because it removed unused parking

Ed Murray told Feet First recently that he thinks it was a mistake to install bike lanes on NE 75th Street, part of a road safety project demanded by neighbors following the devastating collision that killed Judy and Dennis Schulte and seriously injured Karina and weeks-old Elias. The bike lanes were installed as a way…
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tagged: 2013 mayoral race, ed murray, mike mcginn, ne 75th st