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  • Bike Happy: Roar-in March like a lion on an e-bike

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    Brock Howell

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    EDITOR’S NOTE: Thanks again to Brock Howell of Bike Happy for putting together this comprehensive weekly newsletter.

    MOST IMPORTANT THINGS TO KNOW & DO

    1. Thanks to Washington Bikes advocacy, the State Legislature passed legislation that clarifies state law relating to e-bikes. Now, unless a local law specifically says otherwise, people can ride their e-bikes in bike lanes or trails just like any other bike so long as the bike isn’t powered to provide e-assist past 20mph. King County laws regarding its trails still need to be updated (SBB).
    2. The Seattle Bike Show is this Saturday and Sunday at CenturyLink Field Event Center.
    3. Attend community-led workshops on mobility in the U District (3/7) and Uptown (3/8).

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  • Clarified e-assist bicycle rules head to the Governor’s desk

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    Tom Fucoloro

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    Both the State House and Senate have passed a bill clarifying the legal status of electric-assisted bicycles on streets, sidewalks and trails. The bill (SB 6434) now heads to Governor Jay Inslee’s desk for a signature.

    If signed into law, the new rules will help the burgeoning e-bike industry grow by aligning state regulations with existing Federal rules. Until now, there were too many gray areas about when an e-assist bike should be treated like a bicycle and when it should be treated like a motor vehicle. The outdated rules failed to account for modern e-assist bike technology that follows a more nuanced three-class system:

    E-assist bikes have huge potential to expand access to bicycling to more people, so it is good for communities across the State of Washington if the e-assist bicycle industry succeeds here. But uncertainty and legal gray areas are no good for business.

    Washington Bikes worked hard to advocate for this bill, and they deserve some serious props for getting it through on the first try. It passed 44-2 in the Senate and 86-12 in the House. (more…)

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  • UW master’s student is surveying bike share users

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    Tom Fucoloro

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    Screenshot of one set of survey questions.

    Did you use Pronto? Have you used the new bike share bikes? If you answered yes to either of these questions, University of Washington master’s student Luke Peters would like to hear from you.

    Peters recently launched a survey in an attempt to better understand the lessons from the failure of Pronto Cycle Share and how the current private bike share services improve (or not) on the previous system.

    It’s a pretty short survey, and you could win a Swift Industries bag. So if you have a couple minutes, fill it out.

    More details, from Peters: (more…)

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  • Bike Happy: Chilly Hilly, YVYC, & Last week for Bike Happy Month Fundraiser

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    Brock Howell

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    EDITOR’S NOTE: Thanks again to Brock Howell of Bike Happy for putting together this comprehensive weekly newsletter.

    TOP THINGS TO KNOW & DO

    1. With less than a week left to reach our fundraising goal to hold Bike Happy Month and Pedaler’s Fair, we still need quite a few donations. It’s a critical we reach our $2,500 goal so we can cover the basic permitting and website costs. Plus, for every dollar donated we are hopeful to match it with two dollars in city grant funding. Contribute now >>
    2. The city’s Your Voice, Your Choice program to fund 4-5 $90,000 street and parks projects in each council district enters its “project development” phase this next week, and our calendar is completely overwhelmed by the YVYC meetings. Learn more >
    3. This weekend, join the end-of-the-month Critical Mass ride, celebrate and learn about Seattle’s Black history on a ride with Merlin Rainwater and Jessica Evotia Hall, and start your season with a truly Chilly Hilly.
    4. Tell Mayor Durkan you support a safer 35th Avenue NE in Wedgwood/Ravenna-Bryant >>

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  • Bike News Roundup: Four weeks old

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    Tom Fucoloro

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    It’s time for the bike news roundup! As always, this is an open thread.

    A little update on my family. Fiona turns four weeks old today. Kelli and I spend every day at the NICU with her, holding her for hours and trying to help how we can (changing her diaper, taking her temperature, etc). It’s a stressful place to be, and I am just blown away every day by the patience and composure of the medical professionals here. We will be here for several more months. I anticipate that posts will continue to be somewhat sporadic, and that I will be slow to cover big news (I haven’t even written about the fact that the 2nd Ave bike lane extension is open! Or the Arboretum Trail! Or 35th Ave NE! Or bike parking regulation changes! Or that LimeBike and Spin want to add electric kick scooters! Lots of big stories are going uncovered here, but I’ve just had to make peace with letting them go for now.

    Thanks, everyone, for reading. And keep sending tips: [email protected]

    Now, here’s a bunch of bike and transportation stuff floating around the web in recent months:

    Pacific Northwest News (more…)

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  • Cascade calls Trump’s infrastructure plan a ‘bad deal for biking in Washington’

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    Tom Fucoloro

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    In an insult I doubt Donald Trump will take too hard, Cascade Bicycle Club said that his infrastructure plan is a “bad deal for biking in Washington.”

    At a time when the region is investing so much local funding in its own streets and mass transit service, a plan that cuts Federal support for local initiatives is just nonsense. The Move Seattle levy and the Sound Transit 2 and 3 initiatives passed assuming some Federal support for major project elements. Because local, regional and federal partnerships have long been the way major infrastructure gets built in the U.S.

    But the Trump program would cut some of these major programs, threatening delays or shortfalls for projects our growing region desperately needs.

    Cascade has put together a handy online form so you can message your Senators and Representatives to urge them not to support the Trump infrastructure cuts. From Cascade:  (more…)

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