Author: Tom Fucoloro
SDOT set to start Aurora-Licton Springs healthy streets upgrades on N 100th St, Fremont Ave N
SDOT is starting work on a series of new and upgraded healthy streets in the Aurora-Licton Springs area that will connect to the existing 1st Avenue NW healthy street and upgrade the regional Interurban North bike route on Fremont Avenue N. Planned upgrades to connect the route to the John Lewis Memorial walk/bike bridge to…
Alert 10/25-27: Spokane Street swing bridge to West Seattle closed
The Spokane Street swing bridge (AKA the lower West Seattle Bridge) is closed to biking, walking and driving until 10 p.m. Sunday (October 27). There is no official bicycle detour. The only bike route alternative without the Spokane Street Bridge is to ride many miles out of the way through busy industrial streets to the…
Watch: Riding Bromptons with Best Side Cycling and talking about the transportation levy
Hanoch Yeung and I accidentally coordinated out outfits with our Brompton folding bikes, then rode around for a while talking about the state of bicycle infrastructure in Seattle and the need for voters to approve Prop 1, the Seattle Transportation Levy. Our conversation is probably the most in-depth I’ve gone into the politics behind the…
Rita Hulsman: ‘Please join me in honoring Steve’s legacy with your YES vote to approve Proposition 1’
Rita Hulsman lost her husband of more than 40 years in December when a person turned his Chevy Tahoe in front of Steve while Steve biked downhill on Marine View Drive SW not far from his home. Steve died shortly after the collision. He was 66. In the months since that horrible day, Rita has…
2024 Voter Guide: Who the transpo orgs endorsed – UPDATED
Alright, folks, let’s do this. This is the big one for a lot of reasons, but for biking in Seattle specifically this is the most important ballot of the entire decade. We need to vote NO on Initiative 2117 and vote YES on Seattle Proposition 1. If we want to make our streets safer, connect…
The Times Ed Board forgot to do the reading on the Transportation Levy
Just like they did with the 2015 Move Seattle Levy, the Seattle Times Editorial Board once again urged voters to reject the Seattle Transportation Levy. Seattle voters ignored them in 2015, approving the levy by a landslide 59–41. Let’s do it again in 2024. Read our endorsement of Seattle’s Proposition 1 and see a breakdown…
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