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People riding e-bikes and scooters on King County trails are no longer unknowingly breaking the rules
Here’s some good news you didn’t know you needed: The King County Council has legalized riding Class 1 and 2 e-bikes as well as electric scooters on the county’s trails. I’m guessing most of you out there had no idea this was not already legal, and e-bike riders have been happily and safely riding there…
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Watch: The Best Sides of Cycling mini-documentary now online
If you missed the local screenings, you can now watch Philip Thangsombat’s mini-documentary The Best Sides of Cycling on the Best Side Cycling YouTube channel. The 20-minute film shows Hanoch Yeung biking from Seattle to Vancouver with his father and leading a group ride up a series of ridiculous hills. The result is a lovely…
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Bike Bingo is back! + Bicycle Benefits alleycat and relaunch party Saturday
Ian has left his perch on top of a water tower in Maine to give the Seattle Bicycle Benefits program renewed energy. That means not only are new businesses getting added to the Bicycle Benefits lineup, but Bike Bingo is also back for the summer. If you want to get a big head start on…
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Lime’s new throttle/pedal assist hybrid e-bike makes the best dockless bike even better
I was worried when I first read Lime’s announcement that they were launching a new throttle-controlled e-bike in Seattle because their existing Gen3 pedal-assist e-bikes were by far the best bike share bikes I’ve ever ridden. Would the new Gen4 bikes be more like sit-down scooters than bikes (like the Veo Cosmo “bikes”)? Well, I…
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Pierce County approves demolition of damaged Spiketon Ditch Bridge, leaves gap in Foothills Trail indefinitely
Bridge inspectors who checked out the Foothills Trail’s Spiketon Ditch Bridge last November must have seen something very scary because Pierce County not only closed the old rail bridge immediately after the inspection, they declared it an emergency and will tear it down this month. “The bridge is stressed under its own weight and any…
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Best Side Cycling: Are these Eastside bike lanes really among the worst in the U.S.?
No, they are not. Sorry for the spoiler. Don’t get me wrong, the Coal Creek Parkway bike lanes in Bellevue, Newcastle and Renton are not sufficient for the road conditions. As you can see in the Best Side Cycling video, the road is too fast and busy for a skinny paint-only bike lane to provide…
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