Tag: blake trask

September 27, 2017

WA Bikes endorses Moon for Mayor + more across the region and state

WA Bikes has endorsed Cary Moon for Seattle Mayor. The politically-active sibling organization to Cascade Bicycle Club released its latest round of 2017 endorsements Tuesday, and Senior Policy Director Blake Trask said the organization will be writing more about their choices over the next week. The choice of Moon for Mayor puts WA Bikes at…
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tagged: 2017 general election, blake trask, cary moon, jenny durkan, washington bikes
December 9, 2015

Cascade Bicycle Club and WA Bikes merge, form nation’s largest statewide bike advocacy organization

Washington State now has the largest statewide advocacy organization in the nation. The Boards of Cascade Bicycle Club and Washington Bikes voted Tuesday to merge the two organizations, following months of negotiations and member outreach by both groups (see our previous story for background). The reworked organization will now have two arms operating under one…
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tagged: barb chamberlain, bicycle alliance of washington, blake trask, cascade bicycle club, elizabeth kiker, washington bikes
November 13, 2015

WA Bikes/Cascade merger still on track

Work to combine Cascade Bicycle Club and Washington Bikes is still on track and moving forward, according to a WA Bikes update. We reported on the proposed merger back in August, and both organizations’ boards have since adopted a nonbinding resolution to negotiate a merger plan. The WA Bikes Board plans to vote on the…
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tagged: 501(c)(3), 501(c)(4), barb chamberlain, blake trask, cascade bicycle club, elizabeth kiker, washington bikes
August 24, 2015

WA Bikes and Cascade Bicycle Club considering merger

Washington Bikes may dissolve its current organization and join forces with a restructured Cascade Bicycle Club by the end of the year. Under the initial plan for combining organizations, “relevant” WA Bikes staff would join the newly reworked organization and WA Bikes members would become Cascade Bicycle Club members (as many already are). Cascade Bicycle…
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tagged: barb chamberlain, blake trask, cascade bicycle club, elizabeth kiker, jeff aken, washington bikes
June 30, 2015

WA transportation ‘compromise’ spends billions on highways, ransoms transit but keeps most bike/walk funding

UPDATE 12:10p 7/1: Publicola reports that the revenue portion of the transportation package is headed to Governor Inslee. That includes ST3 authorization and an 11.9 cent gas tax. However, other bills that make up the transportation package, including appropriations for the projects below and bonding for mega projects, are still in limbo. After not moving…
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tagged: 2015 legislature, blake trask, curtis king, transportation choices coalition, washington bikes
December 19, 2014

Do conventional road designs put Americans who walk or bike at risk? Rep. Larsen requests Federal study

US Representative Rick Larsen has teamed up with two other members of the US House to look into whether American conventional road engineering standards are putting people who bike and walk at disproportionate risk (spoiler: Yes). Specifically, Larsen (WA-2, much of western Snohomish and Skagit Counties as well as Island and San Juan County), Peter DeFazio…
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tagged: blake trask, eleanor holmes, government accountability office, peter defazio, rick larsen, usdot, washington bikes