Year: 2013

August 28, 2013

Vigil walk planned for man seriously injured in Madison Park crosswalk

Seattle Neighborhood Greenways and the Madison Park Community Council are planning a vigil walk for the man critically injured in Madison Park Friday. The man was struck by someone on a bike headed downhill and received serious head injuries from the collision. The exact details of how the collision occurred are still unknown and police…
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tagged: injuries, madison park, madison park community council, memorial walks, seattle neighborhood greenways
August 28, 2013

Man charged with vehicular assault for speeding and crashing into woman on bike downtown

Tyler J Gilstrom, 24, has been charged with vehicular assault for seriously injuring a woman on Alaskan Way shortly before 5:30 p.m. March 1 (a Friday), the PI reports. Gilstrom was going 60 on his Honda motorcycle when he crashed into a 64-year-old woman on a bike. They were both headed southbound just two blocks…
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tagged: alaskan way, crime, downtown, injuries, tyler gilstrom
August 27, 2013

WSDOT seeking bike count volunteers across the state

Just in from WSDOT: Nearly 60,000 bicyclists and pedestrians were counted by volunteers across Washington during a three-day survey in 2012. About 400 volunteers will be needed again this fall to count the number of people who ride bike or walk to their destinations. “Counting bicyclists and pedestrians helps us more accurately measure demand, gauge…
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tagged: national documentation project, wsdot
August 27, 2013

Multimodal book tour stop #1: Portland

I am in Portland, the first stop on a multimodal book tour I am taking for the next couple weeks with my partner Kelli Refer. She is promoting her book Pedal, Stretch, Breathe: The Yoga of Bicycling, which just arrived from the printer. Our goal is to travel all around the Pacific Northwest combining trains,…
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tagged: bicycle sunday, kelli refer, multimodal book tour 2013, pedal stretch breathe, portland, summer streets, sunday parkways
August 26, 2013

SPD launches stolen bike recovery project: ‘Get Your Bike Back’

The Seattle Police Department has launched a new Twitter feed to help connect owners with recovered bikes. As with cars, some bike thefts are really just people taking a joyride. The thief rides the bike a little, then ditches it. Residents or workers call police to report an unknown bike in in their front yard…
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tagged: bike thefts, getyourbikeback, spd
August 26, 2013

Bike News Roundup: I guess if your city’s gonna use sharrows, they might as well be funny about it

It’s time for the Bike News Roundup! First up, here’s one way to explain sharrows to residents:
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tagged: bike news roundup