Tag: best side cycling

November 25, 2024

Seattle riders donated 2+ TONS of goods by bike during record-smashing 15th Annual Cranksgiving

I am still in shock. I knew we had a good crowd Saturday morning as we sent Cranksgiving riders out into the city to buy food and necessities for local food banks, but I had no idea we were on the verge of turning all previous participation and donation records to dust. Riders crossed the…
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tagged: andrew koved, best side cycling, both ways cafe, byrd barr place, cascade bicycle club, center for bicycle repair, cranksgiving, cranksgiving 2024, landon welsh, rainier valley food bank, rei, seattle pedaling relief project, tom bihn, u district food bank, wombi
November 18, 2024

Major Burke-Gilman detours in Fremont and Ballard end as sewer work progresses

Seattle’s least-discussed infrastructure megaproject has wrapped up a pair of multi-year, trail-disrupting closures in Fremont and Ballard in recent weeks. Work on the $561 million Ship Canal Water Quality Project has taken place in multiple locations, including bike-route-disrupting closures on Stone Way in Fremont and near Fred Meyer in Ballard. Work at both sites is…
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tagged: ballard, best side cycling, burke-gilman trail, fremont, ship canal water quality project, wallingford
October 23, 2024

Watch: Riding Bromptons with Best Side Cycling and talking about the transportation levy

Hanoch Yeung and I accidentally coordinated out outfits with our Brompton folding bikes, then rode around for a while talking about the state of bicycle infrastructure in Seattle and the need for voters to approve Prop 1, the Seattle Transportation Levy. Our conversation is probably the most in-depth I’ve gone into the politics behind the…
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tagged: 2024 seattle transportation levy, best side cycling, hanoch yeung, videos
August 5, 2024

New protected bike lanes on MLK connect the I-90 Trail to Mount Baker Station + BSC video

Crews have finished work on a project that makes it much easier and safer to walk or bike between the I-90 Trail and Mount Baker light rail station. Perhaps most importantly, the project made some significant crosswalk upgrades at the complicated and dangerous intersection of Rainier, MLK and Mount Baker Blvd near Franklin High School.…
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tagged: accessible mt baker, best side cycling, central district, mlk way, mount baker station, mt baker, sdot
June 10, 2024

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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tagged: best side cycling, hanoch yeung, philip thangsombat, the best sides of cycling, videos
June 3, 2024

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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tagged: 2nd ave, bellevue, best side cycling, coal creek parkway, dexter, everett, king county traffic safety coalition, mlk way, momentum magazine, mukilteo speedway, newcastle, paine field, renton, worst bike lanes