Tag: columbia city

January 25, 2023

Friday: True Loves play free show to celebrate cycling, climate action + Bike Works fundraiser tickets on sale

Seattle’s fantastic True Loves are playing a free all-ages show 6 p.m. Friday at The Royal Room in Columbia City to “celebrate our community of cyclists, activists, and other environmentally-conscious supporters and friends who work to curb the affects of climate change.” Bike Works is asking adults to register online in advance and to…
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tagged: bike works, bikecitement 2023, columbia city, royal room, true loves
June 28, 2019

SDOT quietly deletes key section from southend bike lane at the last minute, misleads the public about the change

In yet another hit to the already sorely lacking southend bike network, SDOT quietly made a last-minute change to the Columbian Way paving project to remove an uphill section of protected bike lane as the road approaches Beacon Ave S. Neighbors didn’t know about the change until crews painting the planned bike lanes on the…
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tagged: beacon hill, columbia city, rainier valley, s columbian way, sdot
January 10, 2019

Want some company biking downtown? Join these welcoming West and SE Seattle rides or start your own

Biking on city streets can be more fun and less intimidating when you are with a group. And riding with a group can be a great way to become familiar with a route and learn some tips before trying it on your own. So as a lot of people are looking for other ways to…
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tagged: beacon hill, bike trains, columbia city, downtown, rainier valley, seattle bike train, surviverealign99, west seattle, west seattle bike connections
September 23, 2015

Check out Rainier Valley north-south greenway details tonight

Plans for the city’s most ambitious neighborhood greenway are getting close to completion, and they’re really something. You can check them out and give the city feedback at an open house from 6–7 p.m. tonight at the Hillman City Collaboratory (map). The plans are definitely not perfect, but this is also one of the biggest…
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tagged: columbia city, I-90 trail, rainier valley, rainier valley greenways, sdot, shirley savel
May 21, 2015

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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tagged: bruce harrell, cascade bicycle club, columbia city, rainier ave, rainier valley, rainier valley greenways
May 19, 2015

Neighbors will protest outsized Rainier Ave danger Wednesday

Every day that passes without action, there’s another collision on Rainier Ave. Often, people are lucky enough to walk away with an auto body bill. But sometimes, people’s lives are changed forever by a serious injury. And once every year, someone is killed. But it doesn’t need to be this way. Neighbors have had enough,…
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tagged: bruce harrell, columbia city, rainier ave, rainier valley, rainier valley greenways, seattle neighborhood greenways