Year: 2013
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King County will fix tree root bumps in Sammamish River Trail next month
If you bike the Sammamish River Trail in Bothell, then I’ve got some great news for you just in from King County. Say goodbye to root bumps in the westernmost couple miles of the trail. Starting after Labor Day, crews will fix the bumps and install preventative tree root barriers. The work will require people…
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Man critically injured after being struck by person on bike in Madison Park
A man in his 40s was critically injured Friday morning after a collision with a man on a bike near Madison and McGilvra in Madison Park. Medics responded at 8:53 a.m. to reports of the serious collision. Both the person on the bike and the person on foot were injured, but the person on foot…
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Introducing the Seattle Bike Forum
Fire up that modem and pop in your VHS recording of the latest X-Files episode, the Seattle Bike Forum is here. So, maybe a forum is a little old-school, but I hope it fills a need. Too often, you all send me so many tips that I don’t have time to write posts about them fast…
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Verity Credit Union launches bike loan program, fundraiser for Bike Works (last day!)
One part of America’s car culture is a financial system well-lubricated to get people behind the steering wheel and locked into a loan repayment or leasing plan. Essentially every bank or credit union is ready to get you a car loan as quickly as possible. But what about a bike? Even a high-quality bicycle is…
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Real Change: Puget Sound Bike Share looking into discounts for low-income residents
In other parts of the world, bike share systems are often called “public bikes,” a term that captures the civic mission of the systems. It both captures the idea that the bikes are part of the public transportation system and that the bikes are for everybody. At an estimated cost of $8 per day or…
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City begins work on Missing Link ‘advisory bike lanes’
Wait, what are those spray painted lines on NW 45th Street at the east end of the Missing Link? It’s the beginning of work on the city’s planned Band Aid fixes to help prevent crashes on the notoriously dangerous stretch of road just west of Fred Meyer and the abrupt end of the Burke-Gilman Trail.…
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