Tag: andy clarke

November 4, 2014

UW accepts bike-friendly campus award, leaders talk about how to expand biking even further

EDITOR’S NOTE: This story is by Jack Truitt, a UW News Lab student. It is published here as part of a partnership between Seattle Bike Blog and News Lab. Biking needs to become an issue of climate change and personal health in order to escape the category of fitness hobby, according to the president of…
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tagged: andy clarke, bicycle friendly university, Charles Kennedy, elizabeth kiker, holly houser, jack truitt, league of american bicyclists, Nancy Rottle, news lab, scott kubly, uw
October 27, 2014

No TIGER grant for Burke-Gilman Trail + UW is now a gold-level bike friendly campus

Once again, the University of Washington was not selected for a competitive TIGER grant to upgrade the entirety of the Burke-Gilman Trail through their campus. The university manages the section of the popular regional trail that passes through their campus, and they have plans to fully rebuild and widen the bumpy, deteriorating trail as soon…
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tagged: andy clarke, burke-gilman trail, league of american bicyclists, TIGER, uw