It’s time for the Bike News Roundup! Here’s some stuff going around the ol’ World Wide Web that caught our eye.
First up, as Seattle heads into the so-called “period of maximum constraint” downtown (the years after buses are kicked out of the transit tunnel but before Northgate Link opens), perhaps we could learn from New York City’s TransAlt and organize a series of bike trains. While this would be a lot easier if Seattle had a connected bike network, successful and inviting bike trains could provide folks with the safety and comfort of biking in a group for those stretches where bike infrastructure is lacking (*cough*Rainier Ave*cough*):
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Pacific Northwest News
- Pete Holmes’ white-washing of protest history – City Arts Magazine
- Getting Ready for a Post-Viaduct Downtown the Only Way We Know How » The Urbanist
- The Everett Tire Fire begins on September 24, 1984. – HistoryLink.org
- The Cult and Superstition of Vehicular Homicide – Slog – The Stranger
- Tour de Dick’s – Food & Drink – The Stranger
- A memorial to Max Richards, the last* pedestrian killed on a Capitol Hill street | CHS Capitol Hill Seattle
- Mayor’s Budget Goes All In on Intelligent Signal Investments » The Urbanist
- Fighting for the City We Need – South Seattle Emerald
- Homeless services and cyclist safety collide in Pioneer Square | Crosscut
- Seattle embraced dockless bike shares, but bans scooter ones. How come? | The Seattle Times
- The bathroom that no one wanted underneath the Pioneer Square pergola – Curbed Seattle
- Budget Crank: Juarez vs. Bike Lanes, Golf vs. Affordable Housing, and Climate Goals vs. Convenience | The C Is for crank
- Breaking Down the SDOT Budget for 2018-2019 » The Urbanist
- Police search for driver after pedestrian injured in E Thomas hit and run | CHS Capitol Hill Seattle
- New Documentary Tells the Story of Seattle’s Freeway Revolt » The Urbanist
- Seattle’s New Pre-Tax Transit Pass Policy Will Save Users Hundreds Annually » The Urbanist
- Delays in Discovery Park barracks housing | Real Change
- Poplar tree removals and replanting planned along Fremont Cut – My Ballard
- Seattle’s Backyard Cottage Plan Falls Short » The Urbanist
- Washington Bicycle Accident Hotspots 2013-2017 [Interactive Map] | Colburn Law
- See What Lidding I-5 Might Look Like! | Lid I-5
- Bike Master Plan Gets Torched with Proposed South Downtown Connection » The Urbanist
- Good neighbors make good neighborhoods. – Matt Hutchins – Medium
- Bicycling Magazine Editors Appear to Have Never Ridden a Bike, at Least Not in Seattle – Slog – The Stranger
- Does the NHL Need to Be at Northgate’s Front Door? » The Urbanist
- Morning Crank: Prohibitive and Frustrating | The C Is for crank
- Vancouver council votes to rezone most single-family areas for duplexes | Vancouver Sun
- Where Seattle’s Environmental Impact Statement Has Landed for Backyard Cottages – Sightline Institute
- Making bicycle connections | Status report
- Bainbridge SAFE Mobility Levy – Welcome
National & Global News
- How a transportation safety net could keep more people off the streets | CALmatters
- Gear Prudence: Why Do Cyclists Love Bike-themed Decor?
- Trump administration approves tariffs on Chinese goods including $1 billion in bike products, effective Monday | Bicycle Retailer and Industry News
- Want Cyclists To Feel Protected? Then Protect Them! – Streetsblog USA
- Key Design Guide to Finally Include Protected Bike Lanes – Streetsblog USA
- Pentagon Declares War on Scooters – Defense One
- E-Scooter Deaths Show Urgent Need for Safer Streets – Streetsblog USA
- The Most Dangerous Place to Bicycle in America – WSJ
- Alberto Bocanegra fatally shot after chasing down vehicle that hit cyclist during organized bike ride on South Side
- Americans’ love of SUVs is killing pedestrians – Curbed
- We Sold Our Souls to Drunk Driving | Outside Online
- Reporter’s notebook: A dispatch from the gig economy: One reporter’s experience charging Lime scooters | Local News | idahopress.com
- The Dutch Reach: A No-Tech Way to Save Bicyclists’ Lives – The New York Times
- Cars set to be banned from half of roads in London’s Square Mile and speed limits slashed to 15mph | London Evening Standard
- Lime Green: A Commitment to Our Colors – Toby Sun – Medium
- Why I’m Joining Lyft – Anthony Foxx – Medium
- You’re No “Climate Mayor” If You’re Not Doing These Four Things – Streetsblog USA
- Is Pedal Dockless Bike Share Going Extinct? – Streetsblog USA
- Lime One Year Report Reveals Early Impact Of Scooter And Bike Sharing
- Trump May Let Big Auto Hide Ped Safety Records – Streetsblog USA
This is an open thread.
Comments
One response to “Bike News Roundup: Let’s organize bike trains ahead of the ‘period of maximum constraint’”
Tom – thanks for posting the link to the “L Train” video. Brooklyn was where I was riding last week! I loved riding in Brooklyn, as crazy as it seems I felt safer riding there than I do in most of Seattle.