Tag: cascade bicycle club
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Cascade looking for a new Advocacy Director. Again.
Cascade Bicycle Club is searching for a new Advocacy Director as Jeff Aken steps back into a regional planning role at the organization. The next person to take the job will be the fifth to hold that position in as many years. Aken moved into the spot last August and will remain in the role…
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10,000 people will bike from Seattle to Portland this weekend
UPDATE: And they’re off! Cascade Bicycle Club’s sold-out annual Seattle to Portland Classic leaves the Husky Stadium parking lots Saturday morning for a 206-mile ride. You can cheer 10,000 folks on all morning either at UW or anywhere along Lake Washington Boulevard starting at 4:45 a.m. and continuing through 7:30 a.m. Most people do the…
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New app from Cascade guides you on popular area bike rides
Looking to get out and, I don’t know, just ride SOMEWHERE? Well, Cascade Bicycle Club has released a snazzy new iOS app that features ten rides in and around Seattle “curated by Cascade staff.” From long rides — like the Lake Washington Loop — to short rides — like from the Space Needle to Pioneer…
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Here’s how to make the Ballard Bridge safer now without spending a fortune
The Ballard Bridge is awful for biking and walking. That’s been well documented. And the solutions studied to retrofit the bridge to make it better for biking and walking carried one hell of a price tag, perhaps somewhere in the $20–$40 million range. That price means that even if the city finds the cash, those…
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Harrell at Rainier Ave safety protest: We’re gonna take our street back
Business leaders, community leaders, residents, safe streets advocates, Councilmember Bruce Harrell and Zeytuna Edo’s family gathered in Columbia City Wednesday to protest dangerous conditions on Rainier Ave and pressure the city to take action to make the street safer. “What I have in back of me is basically a freeway,” Councilmember Bruce Harrell told the…
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Bike to Work Day is Friday, Cascade hosting 5 group rides to rally downtown
Bike to Work Day is one of my favorite holidays. It’s like a one-day glimpse into the near future, assuming we keep up our efforts to grow everyday cycling. As always, there will be commute stations all over the region with folks giving out coffee or snacks or just plain ol’ encouragement. Ironically, it’s a…
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