Year: 2013

October 7, 2013

Parks Board will consider bikes-in-parks policy change, hear about neighborhood greenways

Volunteers with a dream of doing environmental rehab work and building a mountain bike park in Cheasty Greenspace will get the chance to earn the support of the Board of Park Commissioners. The meeting is 6:30 p.m. Thursday in the Kenneth R. Bounds Park Board Room at 100 Dexter Ave. N. Beacon Bike Park (longer…
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tagged: beacon bike park, beacon hill, board of parks commissioners, cheasty greenspace, parks and recreation
October 7, 2013

Ed Murray does not want to complete the Burke-Gilman Missing Link – UPDATED

“There goes my bike support,” Seattle mayoral candidate joked to the Seattle Times’ Jonathan Martin after coming out against completing the Ballard Missing Link of the Burke-Gilman Trail. I’m guessing that the hundreds — maybe thousands — of Seattle residents and visitors who have crashed and injured themselves on this stretch of notoriously dangerous road…
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tagged: 2013 mayoral race, ballard, burke-gilman trail, ed murray, mike mcginn, missing link
October 4, 2013

Big shakeups at Cascade continue: Manvel and Kelly let go, board elections Tuesday

Big changes at Cascade Bicycle Club continue with no signs of slowing down. We reported recently on departures of many staff members in the past year, and the club let two more high-level staffers go. Evan Manvel is no longer the club’s policy director, and M.J. Kelly is no longer the communications director. The changes…
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tagged: cascade bicycle club, elizabeth kiker, evan manvel, merlin rainwater, mj kelly
October 4, 2013

Woman found dead on the Burke-Gilman Trail – UPDATED

A passerby on the Burke-Gilman Trail found a young woman who had apparently died of a gunshot wound early this morning in Wallingford. Information released so far does not indicate the incident was bike-related or that it was a random attack. Preliminary details from SPD: At 4:30 this morning, a passerby called Seattle Police and…
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tagged: burke-gilman trail, crime, wallingford
October 4, 2013

Bike News Roundup: I Bike Here

It’s time for the Bike News Roundup! As always, this is an open thread. First up, here’s a creative UBC video to help introduce students to cycling.
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tagged: bike news roundup
October 3, 2013

Mullan pleads guilty in devastating DUI on NE 75th St

The justice system can only bring brief semisweet relief after a collision as terrible as the one Mark Mullan caused on NE 75th Street March 25. Mullan pleaded guilty today to the charges of vehicular homicide and vehicular assault. He verbally admitted to the court and to the Schulte family that it was his fault…
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tagged: dui, judy and dennis schulte, mark mullan, ne 75th st