Tag: capitol hill seattle

March 2, 2016

CHS: Group rescues food that didn’t sell, bikes it to food banks and affordable housing

Our society wastes an astounding amount of food. Meanwhile, people in our own communities struggle with food insecurity or could use some help making tight budgets work. That’s where Seattle Food Rescue comes in. Founder Tim Jenkins told Josh Kelety at Capitol Hill Seattle about the organization he founded to help connect fresh, perishable foods…
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tagged: alex garland, capitol hill seattle, josh kelety, seattle food rescue, tim jenkins
January 13, 2016

Most Broadway Bikeway ‘smurf turds’ replaced with standard posts

After years of damage from parallel parkers and taggers, the blue sculptures that lined the Broadway Bikeway in Capitol Hill have been removed, Capitol Hill Seattle reports. They will remain in place on First Hill, at least for now. I, for one, really liked the Broadway Bikeway’s smurf turds, a name they were given almost…
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tagged: ansel herz, broadway, broadway bikeway, caludia fitch, capitol hill, capitol hill seattle, smurf turds
September 30, 2015

CHS: Two bicycle cafés opening soon in central Seattle

Sounds like the Capitol Hill bike shop vacuum is finally getting filled. And in true Hill fashion, it’s coming with coffee and beer. Our friends at Capitol Hill Seattle report that two very different bike shop cafés are opening soon on Capitol Hill and the Central District. One has bike polo champs at the helm…
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tagged: aaron grant, bike polo, capitol hill, capitol hill seattle, central district, david richter, dustin riggs, herriott sports performance, justin carder, mckenzie hart, métier racing and coffee, paul dano, peloton, todd herriott
August 7, 2015

Community members paint Pan-African flag crosswalk. Rather than fight it, city makes it official

Around the time of the annual Umoja Fest Africatown Heritage Parade earlier this month, some folks including the United Hood Movement went out and painted several crosswalks in the Central District red, black and green, the colors of the Pan-African flag. The action calls attention to what many people who grew up in the Central…
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tagged: africatown, capitol hill seattle, central district, king 5, pan-african flag, pete holmes, scott kubly, sdot, umoja fest, united hood movement
February 24, 2015

Pronto’s helmet solution just might work, but can it keep up with growth?

We’ve discussed the challenges of launching a bike share system in a city with a rare all-ages helmet law previously. In fact, we’ve done so at length several times. But while some other municipalities with helmet laws balk — Vancouver’s planned system has been delayed yet again, and B.C.’s helmet law was cited as a…
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tagged: capitol hill seattle, helmet laws, holly houser, pronto emerald city cycle share
October 6, 2014

UW, Capitol Hill Station bike detour updates + Trail bridge over Montlake Blvd could open in 2015

If your bike travels take you near the future Capitol Hill or UW light rail Stations, then you are no stranger to frustrating detours. Well, don’t get your hopes up, they’re not getting any better any time soon. But they are changing. Capitol Hill Station Sound Transit is moving to the second phase of work…
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tagged: capitol hill, capitol hill seattle, capitol hill station, montlake bridge, sound transit, uw, uw station