Year: 2013

November 13, 2013

Cascade: Man dies during lunchtime ride in Redmond

Friends and family are mourning the death of Ed Praitis, who died Tuesday during a lunchtime bike ride in Redmond. Our deepest condolences go out to his loved ones. According to a post on the Cascade Bicycle Club blog, Praitis slid out after riding over wet pine needles while heading downhill on Union Hill Road…
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tagged: deaths, ed praitis, pcp racing, redmond, union hill road
November 13, 2013

As neighbors ‘picket’ for Lake City Way walking safety, New York couple gives heartbreaking traffic safety plea

Yesterday, Lake City residents took to the streets carrying picket signs. Their cause? “Please stop for me.” Lake City Way is both the heart of the neighborhood and a state highway. As such, it sees an unusually high share of traffic violence. State and city data shows that the intersection with 130th Street is among…
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tagged: lake city, lake city greenways, lake city way, streetfilms
November 12, 2013

Herald: Man who killed Trent Graham in Everett gets $10K ticket for negligent driving

The man who drove his pickup across several lanes of Evergreen Way in Everett and killed Trent Graham in October 2012 has been ticketed for second-degree negligent driving, the Everett Herald reports. He received a $10,287 ticket, the sum of court fees plus the $5,000 fee made possible by the state’s relatively young Vulnerable User…
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tagged: everett, negligent driving, trent graham, vulnerable user law
November 12, 2013

After more than 5 million CitiBike trips, remarkably few injuries and zero deaths

A common fear I hear when people talk about the launch of Puget Sound Bike Share next year is that the system will be dangerous without safer bike infrastructure downtown. Even with the city working to build more than two miles of protected bike lanes downtown by the end of 2015, the lanes won’t be…
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tagged: bike share, citibike, downtown, puget sound bike share
November 11, 2013

City Council wants to add $1M to speed building of downtown protected bike lanes

The City Council has proposed a change to outgoing Mayor Mike McGinn’s budget: Adding $1 million to the 2014 budget for design of protected bike lanes downtown. Designed so everyday people of all ages and abilities find them safe and comfortable to use, protected bike lanes (also called “cycle tracks”) include a barrier of some…
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tagged: 2014 budget, city council, cycle tracks, downtown
November 11, 2013

NYTimes op-ed cites infamous $42 ticket in 2011 death of John Przychodzen

I’ll never forget the first time I saw the number: 42. That’s how many dollars Nick Natale was fined for veering his work truck onto the shoulder and killing John Przychodzen as he biked on Juanita Drive in the summer of 2011. I was stunned. I just sat at my computer rereading the notice. I…
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tagged: daniel duane, John Przychodzen, kirkland, new york times, nick natale, vulnerable user law