Year: 2013

July 8, 2013

Today is Seattle Bike Blog’s 3rd birthday! + Announcing subscriber drive

It’s hard to believe that Seattle Bike Blog is already three years old! The official first post went live July 8, 2010, promising to “report about bike infrastructure, laws, activism, safety, fun events, interesting projects and whatever else Seattle bicyclists might need or want to know.” Also: “With thoughtful research and reporting, discussions will hopefully…
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tagged: site updates
July 8, 2013

West Seattle Greenways co-founder victim of road rage hit and run

EDITOR’S NOTE: I received the following email today from West Seattle Greenways co-founder Jake Vanderplas. He describes in detail being on the receiving end of a road rage attack that started on the under-construction 26th Ave SW neighborhood greenway in the Delridge neighborhood. Below is his email in full. This morning, a mile or so…
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tagged: 26th ave sw, delridge, jake vanderplas, west seattle, west seattle greenways
July 8, 2013

Path Less Pedaled: Iron Horse Trail is ‘great resource’ that deserves more attention

Russ and Laura, the renown bicycle tourism promoters behind The Path Less Pedaled, recently joined Jason from Swift Industries for a “bikefishing” trip down the Iron Horse Trail, officially known as the John Wayne Pioneer Trail. We wrote recently about new state efforts to open even more tunnels along the trail route. But even as…
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tagged: iron horse trail, john wayne pioneer trail, path less pedaled
July 5, 2013

Bike News Roundup: Cheap bike share helmets made from newspapers

It’s time for the weekly Bike News Roundup! First up, could these very cheap helmets made from old newspapers help give bike share users the option of wearing a helmet (could be sold for about $1.50)? Would they pass US helmet standards? Paper Pulp Helmet from Bobby Petersen on Vimeo.
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tagged: bike news roundup
July 5, 2013

North American Cycle Courier Championships are this weekend + 125th Anniversary of 1st Seattle bike tournament

Today is the 125th anniversary of Seattle’s first bicycle tournament. So it’s fitting that this weekend, our city is also host to the 2013 North American Cycle Courier Championships. Seattle happens to be home turf for the reigning world champion, Craig Etheridge. No pressure… There are events all weekend, but the main race is Sunday.…
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tagged: naccc 2013, queen city cycling club
July 4, 2013

Is the Seattle Times falling in love with city cycling?

Seattle’s transportation culture is shifting fast. Bike lanes are extremely popular, and people want more of them. Transit is extremely popular and people want it to be faster and more reliable. People want our streets to be places, not just pipes and storage for cars. And most of all, Seattle is willing to sacrifice some…
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tagged: gene balk, jonathan martin, lance dickie, seattle times