Tag: bicycle sundays

April 9, 2020

Seattle Neighborhood Greenways outlines three-pronged approach to making streets work better for people during the outbreak

Since we last wrote about the potential for open streets to reduce crowding on Seattle sidewalks and paths, the city has opened a couple streets within parks to people walking and biking in Seward Park and Volunteer Park. And Settle Neighborhood Greenways has created a guide for the city that makes the case for opening…
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tagged: bicycle sundays, covid-19, open streets, seattle neighborhood greenways
February 13, 2018

The 2018 Bicycle Sundays schedule is out

Car-free Lake Washington Boulevard is just the best. So save these dates in your calendar! From Seattle Parks: On scheduled Sundays from May to September, a portion of Lake Washington Boulevard will be closed to motorized vehicles from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Seattle Parks and Recreation invites everyone in the community to bike, jog…
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tagged: bicycle sundays
April 29, 2015

~~For 50th year,~~ Bicycle Sundays kicks off on Lake Washington Blvd this weekend – UPDATED

UPDATE: After digging around in the Central Library archives, it appears that the first Bicycle Sunday was actually held in April 1968. That would make 2015 the 47th anniversary, not the 50th. I’m working to confirm and clarify this as well as dig up more details on the history of the event. Stay tuned for…
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tagged: bicycle sundays, open streets
February 14, 2014

Bicycle Sunday dates announced + When will we hold the first SEAclovia?

The city has announced 12 Bicycle Sundays for 2014, the same number of events as 2013. The open streets events on Lake Washington Boulevard in south Seattle date back to the 1970s. The iconic and beautiful lakefront road is closed to cars and opened to people running, biking, scootering and any other happy, people-powered way…
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tagged: bicycle sundays, open streets, seaclovia, sunday parkways
April 29, 2011

Cascade was not included in cutback to Bicycle Sundays

Cascade Bicycle Club’s David Hiller told Publicola the club was not included in the Parks Department’s decision to cut the number of Bicycle Sundays from 18 to 12 this year: David Hiller, policy director for the Cascade Bicycle Club, says the organization, which sponsors and helps pay for the popular Bicycle Sundays program (which closes…
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tagged: bicycle sundays, cascade bicycle club, clarence eckerson jr, david hiller, events, publicola, streetfilms
April 25, 2011

Biking Bis: Fewer Bicycle Sundays scheduled this year

The first Bicycle Sunday of 2011 is May 8, kicking off a series of car-free Sundays on Lake Washington Boulevard this summer. The event stretches from Mt. Baker Beach to Seward Park, creating a long, temporary lakeside park. This year, there will be a couple fewer Bicycle Sundays compared to the past two years, according…
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tagged: bicycle sundays, biking bis, ciclovia, events, parks and recreation