Year: 2013

June 25, 2013

Fremont Ave in Greenwood is getting a full neighborhood greenway makeover

The Interurban North bike route has been getting quite the makeover in recent years. In 2011, a section of Dexter Ave was redesigned with wide bike lanes and bus islands. Just this month, the city finished work on the Linden Ave protected bike lanes near Bitter Lake (stay tuned for more on that). Now, the…
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tagged: fremont ave, interurban north, neighborhood greenways
June 24, 2013

Fantastic Solstice Parade weather greets 1,000+ naked and painted people on bikes (NSFW)

Incredible weather and later-than-usual start time drew a record-breaking number of people to the 2013 Fremont Solstice Parade and the legendary Solstice bike ride that comes before it. I cannot begin to give an accurate estimate of the number of people who stripped down, painted their bodies and hopped on their bikes for a remarkable…
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tagged: fremont solstice parade 2013, nsfw
June 24, 2013

Man killed while cycling near Woodinville was competitive track racer, received 2 Purple Hearts

The man killed Saturday while cycling in Snohomish County near Woodinville was a well-known track cycling racer chasing three world records who friends say was a dedicated and gracious presence at the Marymoor Velodrome. Jerry Shafer was 65 when he collided head-on with a car on 240th Street SE in Snohomish County, just north of…
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June 21, 2013

West Seattle bike counter now operational

Seattle’s second bike counter launched with very little fanfare on a rainy Thursday afternoon at the east end of the lower West Seattle Bridge. The counter has displays on both sides (the Fremont counter only faces north) and will start providing useful West Seattle bike traffic data online, as well. While it is almost certain…
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tagged: bike counter, west seattle
June 21, 2013

Bike expert John Pucher gives downtown Seattle a scathing review

Rutgers Professor and longtime bike researcher John Pucher is in town for the Bicycle Urbanism Symposium. Pucher’s research and the book he co-authored, City Cycling, has been influential on shifting North American thinking about cycling away from fit, brave people biking in traffic or on skinny painted bike lanes toward people of all ages and…
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tagged: 2nd ave, downtown, john pucher, seattle neighborhood greenways
June 20, 2013

Bike News Roundup: Get ready to be jealous of bike infrastructure in … Indianapolis?

It’s time for the weekly Bike News Roundup! As always, this is an open thread. First up, here’s video of a bike facility in Indianapolis that will make your jaw drop. Also, the effort was heavily supported by the city’s Republican mayor. Change is coming to the United States… The Indianapolis Cultural Trail: The Next-Gen…
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tagged: bike news roundup