Year: 2013

July 16, 2013

City Council introduces bike share ordinance

An ordinance making room in city rules for bike share stations is now starting its journey through the City Council. Introduced by Transportation Committee Chair Tom Rasmussen, the ordinance would essentially make two changes: 1) Allow permits for bike share stations on city sidewalks and on-street parking areas, and 2) Allow bike helmet vending machines.…
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tagged: bike share ordinance, city council, puget sound bike share, tom rasmussen
July 16, 2013

Washington’s Safe Routes to School projects brought collisions to zero, program remains underfunded

Had the state legislature passed a proposed transportation package this session, it would likely have included millions of dollars in additional funding for the Safe Routes to School program, which focuses road safety investments near Washington schools. While the ill-fated package was controversial, the data shows that investing in Safe Routes to School is remarkably…
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tagged: 2014 legislature, safe routes to school
July 15, 2013

On walking and biking justice in America

In the wake of the weekend’s not-guilty verdict in the trial of George Zimmerman, my mother called me from St. Louis completely outraged. She was certain that there must be some kind of law against following a person who was just walking down the street, getting into an altercation with them, and then shooting them.…
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tagged: adonia lugo, gardena, los angeles, transportation justice, trayvon martin
July 15, 2013

SDOT makes guerrilla-installed protected bike lane permanent

Remember when an anonymous bike safety group calling themselves “Reasonably Polite Seattleites” installed a series of plastic pylons on Cherry Street to demonstrate how easy it would be for the city to turn a regular bike lane into a protected one? Well, the city took their advice and not only reinstalled a more resilient style…
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tagged: cherry st, dongho chang, protected bike lanes, sdot
July 15, 2013

Bike News Roundup: Teachers can help lead the bike-to-school revolution

It’s time for the overdue Bike News Roundup! Was gonna post this on Friday, but accidentally biked to the mountains to go camping instead. Oops! First up, here’s a video Cascade made recently about two Country Day teachers who have become bike-to-school leaders:
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tagged: bike news roundup
July 15, 2013

Pucher: Seattle should work to regain prominence as a cycling-friendly city

Back when Nirvana’s Nevermind dropped in 1990, Seattle suddenly became the musical focus of the nation. But perhaps not everyone realized that the city also had the highest bike commuting rate of any large city in the Pacific Northwest. Yes, even higher and Portland and Vancouver, B.C. But now, with those two cities accelerating past…
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tagged: john pucher, seattle times