Author: Tom Fucoloro
Thursday: Central Library hosts Anna Zivarts talk about ‘When Driving Is Not An Option’
Site Note: Our ancient and no-longer-supported calendar plugin finally died for good this week, so the Seattle Bike Blog Events Calendar is out of service until I find a replacement. As a result, you may see more event notices posted as regular posts. Anna Zivarts is giving a free talk 7 p.m. Thursday (September 19)…
Feds OK rail-trail connecting the Centennial Trail and the Eastrail
Years after the final train rolled down the rails, a Federal agency has approved a nearly 12-mile section of abandoned railroad for use as a trail extending the reach of Snohomish County’s iconic Centennial Trail all the way to the King County line. Snohomish County has announced that they will resume planning work for the…
WSDOT: Promised e-bike rebate program still far from launching
If you were waiting for Washington State’s rebate program to kick in before buying an e-bike, the state still has a lot of work to do before it is available. When it finally does launch at some undetermined point in the future, the state expects all 8,500 of them to be gobbled up quickly and…
At memorial bike ride for her husband, Rita Hulsman asked attendees to vote yes on the transportation levy she worked to strengthen
As captured on video by West Seattle Blog, Rita Hulsman chose to use her address to the crowd gathered Saturday for a memorial bike ride in honor of her late husband Steve to promote action to make sure traffic deaths like his do not continue happening to others (starts at 6:45 in the video): “Steve…
Seattle will pay $5.75M to two people who say streetcar tracks caused their bike crashes
Even after a series of widely-publicized crashes on the Jackson Street streetcar tracks years prior, the City of Seattle failed to make the street reasonably safe for people riding bikes. So after Janet Ball and Eric Boris crashed there in two separate incidents in 2019, they sued the city for negligence. The city settled the…
Alert 9/16-10/11: Snoqualmie Valley Trail closed north of Rattlesnake Lake – UPDATED
UPDATE 10/3: The closure has been extended an extra week through October 11 after crews found additional “areas of rot” that need to be replaced, according to King County Parks. King County Parks will close the Snoqualmie Valley Trail between the Riverbend neighborhood and Rattlesnake Lake from September 16 to October 4. Unfortunately, there will…
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