EDITOR’S NOTE: Thanks again to Brock Howell of Bike Happy for putting together this comprehensive weekly newsletter.
TOP THINGS TO KNOW & DO
- Summer is here and so are summer’s major event rides. This Saturday you can join the following organized rides (or could have if they weren’t already at capacity): RCC’s Mazama Ride, Tour de Blast near Mount St. Helens, the Spoked to Ride to Remlinger Farms, Ride the Willapa in Chehalis, Swift’s Tolt MacDonald Campout, Pedals & Pints in Cle Elum, and an all-night ride in Port Townsend. Plus, the Randonneurs start their insane Cascade 1200ride/race.
- Voting opened for Seattle’s Your Voice, Your Choice program, which funds community-generated ideas for $90,000 improvements to parks and streets.
- The Lower West Seattle Bridge closed for emergency repairs. For the next week, bike commuters are now being rerouted to Georgetown and up 1st Ave S. Yeah, I did that once when the bridge was out of commission. Sorry West Seattleites. However, SDOT will also be providing a shuttle van for bicyclists during peak commute hours, which is pretty cool.