Author: Tom Fucoloro

September 27, 2024

Saturday: Foothills Trail bridge opens, connecting King and Pierce Counties across the White River

Celebrate the opening of the new 572-foot bridge over the White River that will connect King and Pierce Counties via the Foothills Trail Saturday. The celebration begins 11 a.m. Saturday (September 28) on the Buckley side of the bridge. The Foothills Coalition, parks departments in both counties, and the cities of Enumclaw and Buckley are…
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tagged: buckley, enumclaw, foothills trail, king county parks, pierce county parks, white river bridge
September 25, 2024

Alert: New Burke-Gilman Trail detour at Stone Way is not bikeable or accessible – UPDATED

UPDATE: SPU wrote to say that as of Friday morning, the intersection detour returned to its previous state. “I’m writing to let you know that SPU removed the detour today at 7 a.m.,” spokesperson Brad Wong wrote. “This specific area has returned to the status it’s been for the past six weeks. The removal was…
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tagged: Bike Route Alert, detours, seattle public utilities
September 24, 2024

Congrats to Timothy Egan on the WA State Book Award

Timothy Egan won the 2024 Washington State Book Award in general nonfiction for A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan’s Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them. Congrats to him on what is so far an excellent read. I recently started it even before the Washington Center for the…
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tagged: biking uphill in the rain, timothy egan, washington center for the book
September 24, 2024

Taking the train to Portland with my kid and a folding bike

As something of a last hurrah before the school year began, my kid and I took a trip down to Portland for no purpose other than to have fun. So we needed to travel by what may be my favorite method: Taking the train with a folding bicycle. Our Brompton folding bike is not just…
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tagged: amtrak cascades, brompton, portland
September 20, 2024

There’s finally a bike lane through the brick section of Pine St near Westlake Park

There is now a complete and connected protected bike lane on Pine Street from Melrose Ave to 1st Ave. It addresses the awful intersection with Boren Ave and as of this past week includes a bike lane through the brick-paved section near Westlake Park. The change is part of the larger Pike Pine Streetscape and…
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tagged: pine, sdot, waterfront seattle, westlake park
September 19, 2024

Testing the in-bus bike racks on the new RapidRide G

The RapidRide G started service this past week, promising six-minute headways between downtown and Madison Valley via Madison Street. But you go to other sites to learn about the implications for transit service. I’m here to talk about the bike racks inside the buses. That’s right, inside. The new RapidRide G buses have a couple…
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tagged: bike racks, king county metro, rapidride g, spinlock, sportworks