Year: 2013

August 2, 2013

Join a Monday community walk and vigil for Trevon Crease-Holden, teen victim of MLK Way hit and run

Trevon Crease-Holden and his little brother were walking home from late night open gym hours at the Rainier Community Center when it happened. Trevon is still in a fight for his life after someone driving a grey Honda struck him in a crosswalk at MLK and S Walden St July 19, then fled the scene,…
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tagged: events, injuries, mlk way, rainier valley greenways, trevon crease-holden
August 1, 2013

Bike News Roundup: You know what city I hear sucks? Amsterdam.

It’s way past time for the Bike News Roundup. Sorry it’s been so long. As a result, this week’s edition is huge. Don’t plan on getting much work done today and tomorrow. Just tell your boss that there’s too much bike news in the world, and that you can’t work until you read it all.…
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tagged: bike news roundup
August 1, 2013

UW Police holding bike sale Saturday

The UW Police will have hundreds of seized and abandoned bikes for sale Saturday. Looking for a deal on wheels? Could be worth checking out. Details: The University of Washington Police Department will be holding an abandoned and seized bicycle sale at 1117 NE Boat Street on August 3, 2013 from 9:00 am – 2:00…
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tagged: uw, uw police
August 1, 2013

SDOT on how to use two-stage left turn boxes

As part of the much-heralded Cherry Street protected bike lane project (you know, the one prompted by a now-famously polite crew of guerrilla bike advocates), the city also installed its first modern-style left turn box at the intersection of Cherry and 7th Ave. While not a dramatically new idea (the city has installed several bike…
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tagged: bike boxes, left turn boxes, sdot, videos
July 31, 2013

USA Today calls Burke-Gilman Trail ‘nation’s pride’ + Remembering the 1970s NIMBY fight against it

The USA Today published a list of the best urban trails in the nation last week. Near the top of their list is, of course, Seattle’s Burke-Gilman Trail. The paper describes it like this: This former rail trail is a bike-obsessed city’s pride—and as far as urban bike paths go, arguably the nation’s. Its paved…
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tagged: burke-gilman trail, eastside rail corridor, mohai, usa today
July 31, 2013

An Eastside trail better than the Burke-Gilman? Open house today will discuss rail corridor

Could the Eastside Rail Corridor trail rival the Burke-Gilman Trail as the best trail in the region? The Eastside Trail Advocates think so. But you are needed to help shape the future of the trail, which could be a walking and biking game changer for Eastside communities. There is an open house tonight (Wednesday) from…
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tagged: bellevue, eastside rail corridor, kirkland