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Saturday-Sunday: The Nine to Five is an all-night scavenger hunt by bike
The Nine to Five is a classic, legendary Seattle event that has been making its return in recent years. It is a wonderful counterpoint to the Fremont Solstice Parade bike ride. Rather than celebrate the long day of sun, the Nine to Five celebrates the short night. Riders will hit the streets from sunset to…
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Seattle bike and scooter share users took 3.7 million trips last year
People in Seattle took 3.7 million trips on shared bikes and scooters in the past year, a massive rebound from the 1.4 million trips per year when pandemic restrictions and many business closures were in place. During the busiest summer months, the daily rides averaged over 15,000 trips per day. Six years into the city’s…
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The 2023 Fremont Solstice Parade will mark 30 years of naked people crashing the parade on bikes + How to join
The Fremont Solstice Parade is perhaps Seattle’s happiest day of the year, and that’s in no small part thanks to the explosion of brave creativity that is the pre-parade bike ride featuring hundreds of people using their bodies as art canvases. The solstice bike ride is still an unofficial part of the Solstice Parade, but…
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Bike News Roundup: A cartoon teaching drivers how to pass someone on a bike
It’s time for the Bike News Roundup! First up, Oregon created a 30-second animation to teach people driving how to safety pass someone on a bike. The “fall distance” bit is an interesting way to teach safe passing on a simplified, public information level. It’s probably better than saying “at least three feet” since people…
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Workgroup recommends slowing speed camera expansion until equity issues are resolved
Speed cameras can reduce speeding and collisions while simultaneously bringing in funds to make permanent physical safety improvements to streets. And they can do all this without involving an armed police officer, sidestepping the issue of biased policing. Or at least, that’s how it is supposed to work. Whose Streets? Our Streets! is “a BIPOC-focused…
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