Year: 2013

September 11, 2013

How you can help the city fix road hazards

Reader Peri sent us the photo above yesterday. It shows a giant crack in the middle of 1st Ave W between Comstock and Highland. Likely caused by a tree root, the crack is large enough to throw someone from their bike. And Peri should know, as noted in this email to the city and Seattle…
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tagged: find it fix it, hazards, sdot
September 10, 2013

Bike News Roundup: A little art and traffic calming goes a long way on neighborhood streets

It’s time for the Bike News Roundup! I just returned from half a month on a Pacific Northwest bike tour. I can wait to make you all sit through my photo slideshow. First I need to buy one of those carousel projector thingies that makes the cool clicky sound. And figure out if anyone in…
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tagged: bike news roundup
September 10, 2013

Lan Remme back at work years after crash + Legal team seeking people familiar with Montlake Bridge issue

Lan Remme has had a long road back to work after a crash on the Montlake Bridge in April 2011 left him with quadriplegia. He is back at work for the city part-time, and he has traded his two-wheeled ride for one with four. Now his attorney is seeking help bolstering the case that the…
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tagged: courts, injuries, john duggan, lan remme, montlake bridge
September 9, 2013

Ballard 58th Street Greenway Celebrated

Saturday, September 7th, 2013 marked the official opening of the new Seattle Neighborhood Greenway in Ballard. The party encompassed just one block, NW 58th Street between 20th and 22nd Avenues NW (with car access as needed), but the Greenway itself runs the width of Ballard from the Burke-Gilman Trail to 6th Avenue NW. It features…
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September 9, 2013

Help guide Judkins Park light rail station access

Seattle’s least talked about light rail station could be it’s most bikeable. The planned East Link station at I-90/Rainier/23rd Ave will have an entrance right off the I-90 Trail and will be located in the midst of a neighborhood with a high bike commute rate. Thursday’s meeting at the Northwest African American Museum will specifically…
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tagged: light rail, sound transit
September 6, 2013

Help Launch Another School Year of Walking and Biking: Info Session Tuesday

Tom and I have both written in the past about Seattle’s growing walk and bike to school movement. Increasing numbers of families are choosing to get to school under their own power, as volunteers around the city are creating programs and incentives to encourage them to give active commuting a try. While we keep hoping…
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