Year: 2013

April 1, 2013

CHS: Car2Go helps police track down, arrest hit-and-run suspect

The young-but-popular car-sharing service Car2Go has helped police track down and arrest a hit and run suspect following a Saturday night collision on Capitol Hill, CHS reports. The victim and witnesses told police that the person driving a Car2Go turned into and struck the victim while he was riding a bike at Bellevue Ave and…
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tagged: capitol hill, capitol hill seattle, car sharing, car2go, hit and run, injuries
March 29, 2013

115 kids bike to Bryant Elementary, just blocks from Monday’s tragic scene

115 Bryant Elementary students paused for a moment of silence in honor of those killed and injured just blocks away from Top Pot Doughnuts, where they gathered Friday morning. Then they hopped on their bikes and scooters and headed to their school with SPD providing an escort down the usually-busy 35th Ave NE. The ride…
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tagged: bryant elementary
March 28, 2013

In wake of Eckstein tragedy: Memorials, fundraiser and a new push for a safer NE 75th St

Friends, family and neighbors continue to mourn the deaths of Judy and Dennis Schulte Monday and send their thoughts and prayers to Karina and baby Elias as they recover from critical injuries. Today is Karina’s birthday. A memorial continues to grow at 33rd Ave NE and NE 75th St where the tragedy occurred, and the…
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tagged: eckstein middle school, judy and dennis schulte, ne 75th st
March 28, 2013

City holding 12 Bicycle Sundays this year, first one is May 5

On select Sundays during summer for the past 45 years, the city has been transforming a section of Lake Washington Boulevard in south Seattle into a biking, walking and playing celebration. Bicycle Sunday is one of the oldest open streets events in the country, and hundreds of people flock to the street to enjoy one…
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tagged: bicycle sunday, lake washington blvd
March 27, 2013

Family biking ready to boom in 2013

The number of Seattle parents hauling their kids on bikes has grown steadily in recent years, and both Cascade and longtime family cycling leaders are upping their family cycling games in 2013. Familybike Seattle is a new nonprofit formed by Morgan Scherer, who has been an inspiring and active force behind family cycling in Seattle…
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tagged: bike works, cascade bicycle club, family biking program, familybike seattle, fiets of parenthood, morgan scherer
March 26, 2013

Grandparents killed, mother and infant child critical in wake of tragedy in front of Eckstein Middle School

A family was devastated Monday in the street in front of Eckstein Middle School. A mother and her infant child are in critical condition. The infant’s grandparents, Judy and Dennis Schulte, were killed immediately. Just moments earlier, the Schultes stopped to chat with Lacia Lynne Bailey, who lives at the intersection. Bailey has a newborn…
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tagged: 33rd ave ne, eckstein middle school, judy and dennis schulte, ne 75th st, ne seattle greenways