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Boeing workers use cargo bikes to get around their massive facilities
Saw this making the rounds and had to share it with you all: Boeing workers have long relied on bicycles to move around their enormous facilities, and they started switching to cargo trikes back in 2015.
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South Seattle bike lane improvements added as budget goes to final vote
Though many of the Seattle City Council’s more ambitious budget goals were shelved following a grim revenue forecast, the nearly-complete 2023-24 budget retains the Vision Zero and Missing Link redesign funds that Mayor Bruce Harrell initially proposed and sets aside $1 million for upgrading many District 2 bike lane barriers to concrete. Considering the budget…
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Remembering the victims of traffic violence across our region – UPDATED
People held a series of actions and press conferences across the Puget Sound region to remember the victims of traffic violence and call for action to prevent more of them. A Rainier Valley Greenways action at Seattle City Hall set out 189 pairs of shoes to represent the people killed on Seattle streets since announcing…
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To learn how to respond to community-created crosswalks, SDOT should look to their own past
In the dead of night in early April 2013, one First Hill resident dragged $350 worth of reflective plastic posts down the hill and glued them on top of the brand new bike lane line SDOT had painted on Cherry Street under I-5. He then went home and wrote an email to Seattle Bike Blog…
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45th Street bridge money should either require bike lanes or go to sidewalks and south end safety instead
Amid all the tough cuts to the proposed 2023-24 budget, including $4 million over two year from the sidewalk safety repair budget, one curious project is getting funding: A railing and some lighting on the NE 45th Street bridge over I-5. Don’t get me wrong, the NE 45th Street overpass desperately needs safety improvements. I…
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