Tag: cascade bicycle club

November 2, 2020

Support the MASS Coalition’s efforts to ease the pain from the 2021-22 Seattle transportation budget

Both Cascade Bicycle Club and the larger MASS Coalition (including Seattle Neighborhood Greenways and Transporation Choices Coalition among others) they are part of have action alerts out right now asking supporters to call on city leaders to limit the huge cuts in walking, biking and transit funding Mayor Jenny Durkan proposed in her 2021-22 budget.…
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tagged: 2021 budget, cascade bicycle club, move all seattle sustainably, seattle neighborhood greenways
October 13, 2020

The WA bicycle and pedestrian count has resumed + How you can help

Details from Maimoona Rahim at Cascade Bicycle Club: After a short break, the Washington State Bicycle and Pedestrian Count is back! It’s happening this fall on October 20, 21 and 22 at a street or trail near you. To sign up today, head to: bikepedcount.wsdot.wa.gov Every year hundreds of volunteers across the state get up…
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tagged: bicycle count, cascade bicycle club, maimoona rahim
September 15, 2020

Cascade launches flashy new resource to help people bike to and through West Seattle

Cascade Bicycle Club and IZIP electric bikes partnered to create a pretty great-looking map of popular bike routes to and through West Seattle to help more people visualize how they can shift more trips to bike. The illustrated map is cool because it’s a high-level look at the options. But once someone is interested in…
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tagged: cascade bicycle club, izip, upper west seattle bridge, west seattle
August 28, 2020

Letter: Invest 1% of West Seattle Bridge budget to help meet biking goals

A collective letter from neighborhood and regional bike and safe streets advocacy groups calls on SDOT to invest at least 1% of the West Seattle Bridge replacement budget on improving bike connections. The city’s mode shift plan for helping people get around during the bridge closure calls for a massive increase in biking (from about…
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tagged: cascade bicycle club, duwamish valley safe streets, seattle neighborhood greenways, upper west seattle bridge, west seattle, west seattle bike connections
August 6, 2020

Cascade is hosting family-friendly scavenger hunts every weekend in August in Kent, Renton and Tukwila

Cascade Bicycle Club is partnering with King County Parks and the cities of Kent, Renton and Tukwila to host a series of weekend scavenger hunts during August. They are free to join and family-friendly. You can bike, roll or walk as you explore trails and parks. Challenges include things like searching for answers to questions…
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tagged: cascade bicycle club, kent, king county parks, renton, tukwila
June 17, 2020

Protest statements from local transportation orgs

As massive protests against racist and brutal policing pass the half-month mark, the City Council has passed some significant limits on police weaponry and use of chokeholds. The Council is also developing major changes to the city budget through new revenue from a potential new tax on large businesses and through cuts to the existing…
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tagged: bike works, black lives matter, cascade bicycle club, feet first, seattle neighborhood greenways, transportation choices coalition