Author: Tom Fucoloro

June 6, 2024

Lime’s new throttle/pedal assist hybrid e-bike makes the best dockless bike even better

I was worried when I first read Lime’s announcement that they were launching a new throttle-controlled e-bike in Seattle because their existing Gen3 pedal-assist e-bikes were by far the best bike share bikes I’ve ever ridden. Would the new Gen4 bikes be more like sit-down scooters than bikes (like the Veo Cosmo “bikes”)? Well, I…
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tagged: bike share, bird, limebike, ORCA Lift, veo
June 4, 2024

Pierce County approves demolition of damaged Spiketon Ditch Bridge, leaves gap in Foothills Trail indefinitely

Bridge inspectors who checked out the Foothills Trail’s Spiketon Ditch Bridge last November must have seen something very scary because Pierce County not only closed the old rail bridge immediately after the inspection, they declared it an emergency and will tear it down this month. “The bridge is stressed under its own weight and any…
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tagged: foothills trail, pierce county, pierce county parks, spiketon ditch bridge, white river bridge
June 3, 2024

Best Side Cycling: Are these Eastside bike lanes really among the worst in the U.S.?

No, they are not. Sorry for the spoiler. Don’t get me wrong, the Coal Creek Parkway bike lanes in Bellevue, Newcastle and Renton are not sufficient for the road conditions. As you can see in the Best Side Cycling video, the road is too fast and busy for a skinny paint-only bike lane to provide…
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tagged: 2nd ave, bellevue, best side cycling, coal creek parkway, dexter, everett, king county traffic safety coalition, mlk way, momentum magazine, mukilteo speedway, newcastle, paine field, renton, worst bike lanes
May 31, 2024

Greenways: 6 people killed in Seattle traffic in a single week as Council considers street safety funding

Traffic deaths in Washington State reached a high in 2023 that the state has not seen in 33 years. That number of deaths in 2023 increased 10% over 2022. King County leads the way with 167 people killed in traffic, more than double the number in 2014. These are all the big numbers on a…
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tagged: deaths, sdot, seattle neighborhood greenways, vision zero
May 30, 2024

Alert 5/31-6/3: Bill Dawson Trail closed, but 520 Bridge Trail open

It’s yet another weekend of major closures in the Montlake/SR 520 area. The Bill Dawson Trail between Montlake Blvd and Montlake Playfield will be closed late Friday evening (May 31) through early Monday morning (June 3) along with Lake Washington Boulevard between 520 and the Arboretum. However, walking and biking access will be open along…
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tagged: Bike Route Alert, montlake, sr 520, wsdot
May 28, 2024

They did the thing I suggested at 9th and Mercer, and it almost works!

They did it! The Seattle Department of Transportation changed the order of the traffic signals at 9th Ave N and Mercer Street to allow straight traffic, the bike lane and the crosswalk to go before the left turns. This was an idea I first suggested more than six years ago shortly after the new Mercer…
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tagged: 9th ave n, mercer, sdot, south lake union, videos