Year: 2013
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Third Annual Girls of Summer all-girl alleycat is Saturday
The fabulous women behind Seattle’s Menstrual Monday bike rides are getting ready to hold their third annual all-girl alleycat Saturday: Girls of Summer. An alleycat is basically a scavenger hunt by bike. Women who want to participate should meet at 2 p.m. at Gas Works Park to register. Any guys who want to volunteer to…
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Waterfront meeting will showcase updated plans for new Alaskan Way
Redesigning Alaskan Way is an incredible opportunity to create a people-centered downtown waterfront. With the viaduct out of the way, the city and state have a relatively blank slate to create a new street that makes it easy an comfortable to access Elliott Bay. The best way to squander this opportunity: Make Alaskan Way a…
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Weekend Highlight: ArtCrank showcases Seattle bike-inspired posters
The popular nation-touring ArtCrank is heading to Seattle for the first time Saturday. Showcasing bike-inspired, handmade posters by local artists, ArtCrank started in 2007 in Minneapolis. Since then, the show has toured cities across the nation, but this is their first stop in Seattle. The show will be open from 4-11 p.m. at Sodo’s Piranha…
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Timbuk2 launches mini free ‘bike share’ at downtown shop
Timbuk2 opened a downtown Seattle store just a few months ago, their first standalone retail venture outside their hometown San Fransisco. This week, they are expanding the bikey presence in downtown by launching a free store-based mini bike share. Visitors can borrow one of their three bikes (comes with lock, helmet and, of course, a…
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In 1990, Seattle topped Portland and nearly every other US city in bike commuting
Here’s a stat that should light a fire under the exhaustively-slow Seattle process that has delayed so many needed bicycle safety and access work: Seattle used to be at the very top of cycle commuting in the US and Canada. Today, while the city still holds a high spot, it is drifting further into the…
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Initial planning for Olympic Hills neighborhood greenway underway + open house Thursday
Work on neighborhood greenways across the city are humming along. We reported earlier today on a proposed greenway makeover in Greenwood. But if you live on the other side of North Seattle, you also have a meeting to get to this week. The city is holding an open house Thursday to discuss plans for a…
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