Year: 2013

March 19, 2013

Former BikeWA director honored + Cascade hires new Field Programs Manager

Barb Culp, former director of the Bicycle Alliance of Washington, has been honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award by the nationally-focused Alliance for Biking and Walking. Culp lead BikeWA for many years, but her work has stretched well beyond the borders of Washington State. From BikeWA: Barb Culp may have retired as the executive director…
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tagged: alliance for biking and walking, barb culp, bicycle alliance of washington, cascade bicycle club, emily kathrein, Max Hepp-Buchanan, national bike summit 2013
March 18, 2013

Bike News Roundup: America is #1! (at distracted driving)

Delayed due to travel, here’s the late but still great weekly Bike News Roundup! First up, a recent CDC survey found that Americans are far, far more likely to use a cell phone while driving compared to most of Europe:
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tagged: bike news roundup
March 15, 2013

Local band wants your beautiful Seattle helmet cam footage for music video

On a chilly but particularly beautiful bike ride to work one day, Seattle band Half Light’s lead singer Dayna Loeffler was inspired to write a song. Now, the band is putting together a music video for the song “Emerald City” (listen below), and they need your helmet cam footage. So if you shoot video while…
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tagged: half light
March 14, 2013

Ayers resigns as head of Cascade Bicycle Club

Chuck Ayers has resigned after 16 years at the helm of Cascade Bicycle Club. He said he has been thinking about stepping down for a while, and the time is now. Cascade will announce a search for a new director soon. From the Cascade blog: Every day when I come into the office or head…
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March 14, 2013

CHS profiles Branford Bike, the ‘last bike shop on Capitol Hill’

It’s pretty hard to imagine that, with Velo Bike Shop moving from 11th and Pine to the new Via6 building in the Denny Triangle/Belltown area, Capitol Hill is now a bike shop black hole. The neighborhood now has a high end shop toward the north end, and is just a hop skip and jump from…
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tagged: 20/20 cycle, branford bike, capitol hill, capitol hill seattle, velo bike shop
March 13, 2013

Looking to stand out from the mayoral pack? Challenge McGinn with a bike-friendly vision

Are you running for Mayor of Seattle, but don’t know how to stand out among a packed crowd of challengers to incumbent Mike McGinn? Stop reading Internet comments and come out with an inspiring vision for a biking and walking-friendly Seattle. Talk about making bold choices to create truly efficient transit. Paint a picture of…
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tagged: 2013 mayoral race, bruce harrell, ed murray, kate martin, mike mcginn, peter steinbrueck, tim burgess