Tag: capitol hill

November 23, 2010

No, seriously, stop driving (VIDEO)

Please, do not drive today. A big part of me wants to believe that, after yesterday evening’s commute from hell, nobody will try driving today. But that’s probably just not true. If you need more convincing, here’s a series of videos taken from people around Seattle just last night. Queen Anne:
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tagged: capitol hill, queen anne, snomg, snow, video, wrecks
October 14, 2010

Robber steals biker’s bag full of inner tubes

Capitol Hill Seattle reports that a robber held a biker up near Bellevue and Roy Tuesday and stole the victim’s backpack full of only inner tubes. If the victim’s bike got a flat later that day, that would really have been rough luck. From CHS:
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tagged: capitol hill, crime
September 28, 2010

City announces arrival of Capitol Hill bike box

SDOT announced today the official arrival of the bike box at E Pine and 12th that we reported about earlier. Right turns on red by motor vehicles are restricted, and new signs will help all road users understand the facilities. As we reported before, a recent one-year review of Portland’s bike boxes showed they worked.…
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tagged: bike boxes, capitol hill, pine, sdot
September 7, 2010

A couple bike thefts on Cap Hill, via CHS

Capitol Hill Seattle had a couple bike theft reports recently. First, a man estimated by a witness to be in his 60s spotted his bike being stolen at the back door of the QFC at Harvard and Pike September 2. He pursued the thief, and here is what a witness wrote to CHS: Old man…
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tagged: bike thefts, capitol hill, chs
August 6, 2010

Driver of Annoying Loud Car Attacks Biker in Cap Hill

This story was originally published at SeattleCrime.com. A giant douche bag in a smashed up Mazda with an annoying loud muffler got mad at a biker for no reason and swerved into him, knocking him to the ground before speeding away. The biker was not injured from the crash, which occurred August 2 around 8…
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tagged: assault, capitol hill, cars vs bikes, crime, hit and run, seattlecrime, spd
August 4, 2010

Bike thieves target building owners, too

Capitol Hill Seattle got an email from the owner of the OddFellows building reporting that he and his wife had their bikes stolen in broad daylight from a car near Rancho Bravo:
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tagged: bike thefts, capitol hill