Year: 2013

December 10, 2013

Snohomish County approves purchase of 12 miles of Eastside Rail Corridor, plans trails

The Snohomish County Council approved purchase of 12 miles of the Eastside Rail Corridor with hopes of rehabbing the corridor to accommodate both a trail and rail movement. Unlike the miles of the Eastside Rail Corridor in King County, where a multi-use trail mostly without rail use is planned, Snohomish County intends to maintain rail…
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tagged: centennial trail, eastside rail corridor, snohomish county
December 9, 2013

Children 9-12 years old needed for school bike train research

Attention young Seattle Bike Blog readers (and parents): A study of the health impact of school bike trains needs your help! Common sense says that biking to school is good for the health of Seattle students, but exactly how good is it? That’s what a crew from Seattle Children’s wants to measure. Researchers are in…
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tagged: bike trains, maya jacobs, seattle children’s
December 9, 2013

Seattle Children’s begins work on link to Burke-Gilman Trail

Seattle Children’s began work last week on a new link to the Burke-Gilman Trail that will connect their expanding campus to the trail. The new trail link will also provide a good connection for many Laurelhurst homes and destinations. Work should be completed sometime this winter or early spring. The project is just one part…
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tagged: burke-gilman trail, laurelhurst, seattle children’s
December 6, 2013

AP: Cargo bikes are the new minivans, and Seattle is leading the way

Cargo bikes are the new minivans, and Seattle families are leading the shift. The Associated Press’ Phuong Le has a great story and video today featuring several people and families in Seattle using cargo bikes for all kinds of purposes. Need to haul freshly-caught fish to market or pick up some lumber at the hardware…
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tagged: associated press, cargo bikes, family ride, g&o family cyclerly, madeleine carlson, phuong le, totcycle
December 6, 2013

Bike News Roundup: If the city were a heart, and the streets its arteries…

It’s time for the Bike News Roundup, our recurring collection of transportation news in the region and around the globe. As always, this is an open thread. First up, here’s a video from Ottawa imaging the city as a heart, major streets as arteries, and people as blood. Circulating People | Ottawa Bicycle Lanes Project…
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tagged: bike news roundup
December 5, 2013

Why Seattle must invest in protected bike lanes and transit summarized in one moving GIF

The choice is clear: There is no choice. Seattle must invest in better transit and bike lanes if the city wants to grow. Here’s a moving GIF from 2nd Avenue in downtown Seattle that demonstrates why. Inspired by this GIF that has been making its way around the web, I took the images from the…
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tagged: cycle tracks, downtown, i-sustain, moving gif, protected bike lanes