Tag: covid-19

April 28, 2020

Cascade Bicycle Club cancels nearly all major events for 2020, including STP

Cascade Bicycle Club has made the difficult but clearly correct decision to cancel its 2020 major events, including their iconic Seattle to Portland Classic. The decision sets up a massive test for the large bicycle events and advocacy organization, which funds most of its work through event sponsorships and registration fees. Some events are still…
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April 27, 2020

Cascade outlines its advocacy priorities during COVID-19

Like so many other organizations, Cascade Bicycle Club has had to scale back and dramatically redesign how it does work during this outbreak. After furloughing half its staff and surveying people about how they can help during this time, the organization released a four-point platform for its advocacy efforts. From Cascade: In the last few…
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April 15, 2020

Cascade survey: How have your walking and biking needs changed during the outbreak?

A survey from Cascade Bicycle Club asks people how their relationship with walking and biking has changed since the outbreak began and seeks ideas for how Cascade can help during this time. As we reported previously, Cascade furloughed half their staff out of worries that they may need to cancel many or all of their major…
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April 13, 2020

The Untokening outlines ‘mobility justice responses to COVID-19’

The most marginalized people and communities in our society are especially stretched thin and put at increased risk during this outbreak. As unemployment soars, people without a safety net are in a very precarious position. And those with essential jobs who typically rely on transit face serious challenges and difficult choices just to get around.…
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tagged: covid-19, mobility justice, the untokening
April 9, 2020

Seattle Neighborhood Greenways outlines three-pronged approach to making streets work better for people during the outbreak

Since we last wrote about the potential for open streets to reduce crowding on Seattle sidewalks and paths, the city has opened a couple streets within parks to people walking and biking in Seward Park and Volunteer Park. And Settle Neighborhood Greenways has created a guide for the city that makes the case for opening…
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tagged: bicycle sundays, covid-19, open streets, seattle neighborhood greenways
April 1, 2020

JUMP is offering free rides to essential workers + City is adding bike parking where needed to ease crunch

To help people get around during the COVID-19 outbreak, Seattle’s only bike share company JUMP is offering free 30-minute rides to essential workers during the stay-at-home order (“at least”). Workplaces just need to email [email protected] to get ride codes they can send out to employees. Bike share is an interesting option during this outbreak because…
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tagged: bike share, covid-19, jump, sdot