Year: 2013

June 5, 2013

A look at the updated draft of the Bike Master Plan

We will dig deeper into this update in future posts (and, if you’re reading this before 6 pm Thursday, you can attend an open house about the new draft at City Hall). The city will also be hosting a series of open houses over the next week or so. Below is a look at the…
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June 5, 2013

Bike counter coming very soon to the lower West Seattle Bridge

Yesterday was the busiest day yet recorded by the Fremont Bridge bike counter. 5,121 bike trips were made across the bridge, and there are no signs that we’re anywhere near our max yet. As the Fremont Bridge travelers are just starting to hit their stride, the city is preparing to unveil its second bike counter—this…
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tagged: bike counter, cascade bicycle club, mark & susan torrance foundation, west seattle, west seattle bike connections
June 5, 2013

Registration open for Go Means Go’s Nine to Five all-night solstice scavenger hunt

Seattle really loves the summer solstice. Seattle also really loves bikes. So I suppose it’s no surprise that our city has two time-honored and somewhat crazy biking traditions to celebrate the start of summer: The Fremont Solstice naked bike ride and Go Means Go’s Nine to Five all-night bicycle scavenger hunt. This year’s Fremont Solstice…
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tagged: fremont solstice parade 2013, go means go, nine to five
June 4, 2013

With husband biking by her side, woman will travel across Washington & Oregon in wheelchair

Tania Finlayson is awesome:
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tagged: king 5, Tania Finlayson
June 4, 2013

Feds no longer back 1989 Seattle helmet effectiveness study – City should modify its helmet law before bike share launches

After years of conflicting studies have thrown its results into question, both the Center for Disease Control and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration will no longer promote the conclusion that bicycle helmets reduce head injury rates by 85 percent in light of meta-analyses of similar studies that found lower and inconclusive results. The often-cited…
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tagged: helmet laws, puget sound bike share, robert thompson
June 3, 2013

City will release next draft of the updated Bike Master Plan Wednesday, open houses coming up

The city is ready to release its newest draft of the Bike Master Plan. They are holding a series of open houses starting Wednesday (6 PM at City Hall) to show off the plan and get more feedback (you may have seen their ad on this site). We have posted a series of stories looking…
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tagged: 2012 bicycle master plan update, sdot