Year: 2013

June 26, 2013

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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tagged: alleycat races, events, girls of summer 2013, menstrual monday
June 26, 2013

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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tagged: alaskan way, waterfront
June 26, 2013

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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tagged: artcrank, bike works, events
June 25, 2013

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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tagged: bike share, puget sound bike share, timbuk2
June 25, 2013

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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tagged: commuting, john pucher, portland
June 25, 2013

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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tagged: neighborhood greenways, olympic hills