Tag: bicycle alliance of washington

July 3, 2013

BikeWA: Stella and Caron search for meaning and solutions after witnessing a horrifying collision in Kirkland

Caron Lemay and her daughter Stella bike to school in Kirkland together regularly. But they are both haunted by what they saw, heard and felt one day on the way to school, when a person driving failed to see a man walking in the crosswalk and hit him hard. Caron and Stella’s story is jarring…
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tagged: 2013 legislature, bicycle alliance of washington, kirkland greenways
June 27, 2013

State House passes transpo bill with lots of bike/walk funding, highway spending

The Washington State House of Representatives today passed a transportation bill that would save King County Metro operations and invest about $323 million in biking and walking projects, road safety and complete streets projects and Safe Routes to School. The bill also includes billions in new highway spending, including funds for the controversial Columbia River…
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June 11, 2013

Senate transportation package ignores people who walk, bike or take transit

For many, last week’s transportation package out of the state House was a bitter pill. On one hand, the state desperately needs to pass a funding bill to repair our crumbling infrastructure, maintain and expand transit service and upgrade safety for people walking, biking and driving around the state. But even though the House bill…
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tagged: 2013 legislature, bicycle alliance of washington
June 7, 2013

Blake Trask: End days in Olympia – What’s at stake for biking and walking? A lot.

Editor’s Note: Blake has been in Olympia all session working with the legislature to make the state safer and more accessible for people on bikes. In this guest post, he makes the case for why urgent action is needed to make sure vital funding for biking and walking projects secures its rightful place in the…
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tagged: 2013 legislature, bicycle alliance of washington, blake trask
April 12, 2013

BikeWA: Work progressing on state’s first official US Bike Route

Every region of Washington State could someday have nationally-signed and connected bicycle routes optimized for bicycle travel and transportation. The US Bicycle Route System is a vision for a network of these routes, allowing for easier and safer bicycle travel to all reaches of the nation. The country already has some active segments in the…
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tagged: bicycle alliance of washington, US Bicycle Route System, USBR 10, wsdot
April 5, 2013

Time for final push to pass the Neighborhood Safe Streets Bill

The Neighborhood Safe Streets Bill is now in line for a final vote in the Senate, among the last steps for the popular, bipartisan bill before heading to the governor’s desk. Of course, it’s gotta get there first. The Bicycle Alliance of Washington sent out a call to contact your senators and push them to…
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tagged: bicycle alliance of washington, hb 1045, neighborhood safe streets bill