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Stone Way bike detour not yet in place
Seattle Public Utilities’ planned work zone bike path on Stone Way did not work out as they intended, the agency announced this week. While sidewalks remain open through the construction area between N 34th and 35th Streets, equipment has blocked the space that was supposed to house the bike path. The work is part of…
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People crash cars and trucks into Seattle buildings twice a week on average
Make eye contact, wear bright clothes and only cross the street at designated locations. These are common instructions dictated to people trying to navigate our cities on foot in order to avoid getting hit by a car. What advice then should we be telling our homes and businesses, which were struck by cars and trucks…
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WA Bikes: Legislative updates ahead of a big Friday deadline
Policy bills must be voted out of a committee in either the Washington House or Senate by Friday in order to stay alive this legislative session. Washington Bikes is urging people to contact your legislators to ask them to advance the bill to ban turns on red at certain locations across the state. They have…
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Some blog updates, including better web privacy
Hey, everyone. Sort of an unusual post here, but I figured at least some of you might be interested. I have put significant time and energy into some updates to this old WordPress site focused on improving user privacy and limiting third party trackers. This was not trivial, especially for someone like me who has…
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Watch: Bike blogger tries to fly a plane above Seattle (again)
I am trying it again. I noticed the other day that Microsoft Flight Simulator has updated much of the imagery for Seattle. So that seems like a great reason to take to the skies again and make another video (or more?). I created this video for urbanists.video, a new service created by Alexander Harding…
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Saturday: Cascade’s annual Bike Swap will include e-bike demos
Cascade Bicycle Club’s annual Seattle Bike Swap is always a wonderful place to dig through some bike part bins, discover something rare or find an affordable used bike. Tickets are $8 if you buy online before noon Friday or $10 at the door (you can get in an hour early for $20 online or $25…
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