Year: 2013

October 18, 2013

FamilyRide: Seattle welcomes regular Kidical Mass rides

Kidical Mass is a fun, safe, easy going, and law-abiding family bike ride for kids of all ages. It started in Eugene, OR in 2008 and Seattle’s first ride took place May 15, 2009. Seattle has seen periods of monthly rides interspersed with droughts of not-so-monthly rides. As of next month, we’re back to monthlies:…
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tagged: familyride, kidical mass
October 18, 2013

Berger: Seattle’s first cycling renaissance led by 1970s biking mayor

Mike McGinn has certainly done a lot to change the image of cycling in Seattle and to make cycling a more central part of the city’s transportation strategy. That’s why we have endorsed him. Under his leadership, the percentage of Seattle workers biking to their jobs has grown more than 37 percent, according to Census…
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tagged: knute berger, wes uhlman
October 17, 2013

Bike News Roundup: Want to see what happens when you actually prioritize walking and biking?

Hi, everybody! It’s that time again… time for the Bike News Roundup! Imagine if we truly and completely prioritized walking and biking in our city. What would that look like? Would the city be able to function? Behold: Groningen: The World’s Cycling City from Streetfilms on Vimeo.
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tagged: bike news roundup
October 17, 2013

The Ballard Locks have reopened

Just in time to add it to your fall colors bike ride, the Chittenden Locks in Ballard have reopened. This is the first time the key biking and walking route across the ship canal has been open since the partial government shutdown went into effect October 1. The Locks are a government facility, and the…
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tagged: ballard, Ballard Locks, Federal Shutdown 2013, us army corps of engineers
October 16, 2013

The women taking over Seattle’s bike advocacy

Seattle Neighborhood Greenways posted this photo to their Facebook page recently. It marks an interesting moment in Seattle bike history. As we reported last month, nearly every top leadership position in Seattle-based bike organizations is now held by a woman.* Since men still greatly outnumber women among bike commuters, programs and policies that make cycling…
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tagged: barb chamberlain, cathy tuttle, deb salls, elizabeth kiker
October 16, 2013

Want to learn how to start a bike train to your local school? Cascade hosting workshop Saturday

Schools, teachers and parents across the Puget Sound region have started organizing bike trains in recent years, one key part of the bike-and-walk-to-school revolution. Essentially, bike trains are like walking school buses, but on wheels. Volunteers (often parents) lead a slow-moving group of kids along a pre-planned route through a neighborhood that ends at school.…
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tagged: ballard, bike trains, cascade bicycle club, feet first, walk bike schools, walking school buses