Author: Clint Loper

September 6, 2013

Help Launch Another School Year of Walking and Biking: Info Session Tuesday

Tom and I have both written in the past about Seattle’s growing walk and bike to school movement. Increasing numbers of families are choosing to get to school under their own power, as volunteers around the city are creating programs and incentives to encourage them to give active commuting a try. While we keep hoping…
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May 13, 2013

Loper: What’s next after a record Bike to School Day?

This past Wednesday, Seattle’s first ever Bike to School Day rally attracted VIPs from the school district and city, as well as media including Seattle Bike Blog. Seattle Public Schools superintendent Jose Banda, School Board Member Kay Smith-Blum, and Seattle Councilmember Sally Bagshaw all attended. Speaking at the rally, these civic leaders each reminded us…
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tagged: bike to school day 2013, clint loper, safe routes to school, seattle public schools
April 29, 2013

Loper: How Bike to School Month can inspire a shift in your school’s transportation culture

This Wednesday is opening day. Not only for Bike to Work Month, with its streams of bikers joining the Dexter peloton and filling the Burke-Gilman Trail. It’s also opening day for Bike to School Month, when schools throughout Seattle will encourage families to give bike commuting a try. Several schools held kickoff events last week…
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tagged: bike to school month, clint loper, walk bike schools
April 25, 2013

Loper: My favorite intersection in Seattle? Well, I’m still looking for it…

When Madi Carlson wrote about her least favorite intersection here on Seattle Bike Blog, it created a stir. Lots of folks — myself included — wanted to chime in and add their least favorites as well. It turned out there were a lot of candidates! I later had the idea that it would be nice…
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April 8, 2013

Loper: Grief, outrage and a clear call for safer neighborhood streets following NE 75th tragedy

Two weeks hardly seems like enough time for reflection. But these last two weeks in NE Seattle deserve a little anyway. By now, most readers will know the basic facts: A fatal collision at 4:10 pm on Monday, March 25 on NE 75th St. took the lives of two grandparents and left a woman and her…
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tagged: clint loper, eckstein middle school, judy and dennis schulte, ne 75th st
March 25, 2013

Loper: Helping Students Bike to Aki Kurose Middle School

Having been involved in bike-to-school programs in North Seattle, I’m keenly aware of the challenges of promoting and supporting kids in riding their bikes to school. Even in a part of Seattle with involved parents and a high percentage of adult bike commuters, starting and growing a bike to school program can be daunting. Aki…
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tagged: aki kurose, bike works, clint loper, Laura Ruchinskas, sdot