Tag: bike month 2012

May 18, 2012

Fremont bike counter, school bike train plans unveiled at City Hall Bike to Work Day rally

Cascade is pretty sure that Fremont’s bike counter will be the first such counter in the nation when it is unveiled this summer. The 7.5-foot-tall counter by Eco-Totem will tick away counting the number of people biking on either side of the Fremont Bridge, keeping daily and annual tallies updated live for everyone to see.…
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tagged: bike counter, bike month 2012, bike to school day 2012, bike to work day 2012, bryant elementary, car free days, fremont, kexp, mike mcginn
May 9, 2012

Bike Month Update: Bikes & Bagels Friday + Host a Bike to Work Station

Be sure to swing by McGraw Square on your way to work Friday because Commute Seattle wants to give you bagels and coffee. SDOT will be on hand to get feedback for the Bicycle Master Plan update, and Mayor McGinn will say a few words. From Commute Seattle: Commute Seattle is having their second annual…
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tagged: bike month 2012, bike to work day 2012, bikes and bagels 2012, cascade bicycle club, commute seattle
May 4, 2012

Hundreds attend the largest ever Bike to Work Breakfast (+ video)

Politicians, advocates and citizens packed the sold-out annual Bike to Work breakfast Friday morning in downtown Seattle, the largest crowd in the event’s history. The annual fundraiser breakfast kicks off Cascade Bicycle Club’s Bike Month events. This year’s keynote speaker was Oregon Congressman Earl Blumenauer, who has been instrumental in legitimizing bicycles as a serious…
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tagged: bike month 2012, bike to work breakfast 2012, cascade bicycle club, earl blumenauer, videos
May 2, 2012

Seattle Transit Blog: People with bikes ride Metro buses FREE during Bike Week

Anyone with a bicycle boarding a King County Metro bus between May 14 and 18 will ride for free, Seattle Transit Blog reports. The promotion also applies to Sound Transit buses operated by Metro (540, 542, 545, 550, 554, 555, 556 and 560). Details are coming soon, STB says, but this sounds like a brilliant…
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tagged: bike month 2012, bike week 2012, bike/bus combo, king county metro, seattle transit blog
May 1, 2012

Happy Bike Month! What are you doing to encourage more cycling?

May is National Bike Month, and few American cities get into it as much as Seattle. With a strong downtown employment center that cannot handle more private cars, biking to work is key for the city’s economic development. But economics is not the only reason to bike to work. It is also a personally empowering…
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tagged: bike month 2012, bike to work day 2012, cascade bicycle club, commute challenge 2012