Tag: commute seattle

May 11, 2017

Seattle’s top bike commuting workplaces are all within 5 blocks of a protected bike lane or trail

New analysis from Commute Seattle found that the city’s large workplaces (100+ employees) with the highest bike commute rates all are within five blocks of a protected bike lane or trail and offer secure bike parking. Even more telling: The top seven workplaces were all within one block of a trail or protected bike lane.…
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tagged: allen institute, basic bike network, commute seattle, downtown
February 9, 2017

Only 5% of new downtown Seattle commute trips are made by driving alone, but biking is flat

Downtown Seattle has added 45,000 jobs since 2010. During the same time, only 2,255 new drive-alone trips have been added to downtown streets, according to a new Commute Seattle survey. The other 95 percent of commute trips were absorbed by transit, walking, biking, telecommuting and shared car trips. The survey, released every two years, suggests…
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tagged: commute seattle, downtown
December 7, 2016

Ride your bike, support bike-friendly businesses & donate toys Saturday

Ride your bike. Shop at bike-friendly businesses. Support survivors of domestic violence. Join Commute Seattle and Cascade Bicycle Club Saturday for the Seattle Bike Friendly Business Network‘s first Holiday Bike Friendly Ride. Meet up 2 p.m. at Métier (11th and Union) for a group ride to Red Balloon. There you can buy toys that the…
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tagged: cascade bicycle club, commute seattle, holiday bike friendly ride, kelli refer, seattle bike friendly business network
November 2, 2016

Get a free doughnut and coffee for biking Thursday morning

It’s time for Commute Seattle’s annual Light Up your Ride event. Get a free doughnut, cup of coffee and other likely reflective and blinky swag tomorrow morning (Thursday). All you have to do is ride a bike. Easy! Commute Seattle will be at the south end of the new Westlake Bikeway in Lake Union Park…
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tagged: commute seattle, light up your ride
May 12, 2016

Bikes & Bagels is Friday + A look at more Bike Month events ahead

Bike to McGraw Square tomorrow (Friday) morning between 7 and 9 a.m., and you’ll get free coffee, a bagel and probably some swag. Commute Seattle hosts the event every year, though I feel like we got fried chicken one year (or was that a dream?). Anyway, here are more details from Commute Seattle: In celebration…
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tagged: bike everywhere day 2016, bike month 2016, bike to work day 2016, bikes and bagels, cascade bicycle club, commute seattle, tour de pints
May 2, 2016

2nd Ave bike counter unveiling kicks off Bike Month + Remembering Lance David

There’s now a humble counter ticking away everyone who bikes up or down 2nd Ave through the heart of downtown Seattle. Commute Seattle’s Jessica Szelag unveiled the display this morning, which is a gift to the city on a beautiful first weekday morning commute of Bike Month. Even with construction at 2nd and Pike blocking…
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tagged: bike month 2016, commute seattle, jessica szelag, lance david