Tag: dexter

April 17, 2013

Woman says she fended off attacker while biking to work on Dexter

A woman emailed Seattle Bike Blog Tuesday to report a scary attack she said happened while she was biking northbound on Dexter around 6:45 6:10 a.m. She said she was headed downhill in the bike lane when a man stepped into the bike lane in front her and slammed her into the fence of the…
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tagged: assault, crime, dexter
November 19, 2012

Spotted on Dexter: What do you think of these bike racks with maps?

Madi with Family Ride spotted this bike rack at the under-construction Union apartment building at Dexter and Aloha (yes, the one that sometimes closes the bike lane or puts fences in it). I can’t think of another public bike map in the city. It seems like a great idea, both as a way to help…
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tagged: dexter, familyride, madeleine carlson, south lake union, union
August 15, 2012

Cascade: Man left unconscious after Dexter hit and run

Someone driving Tuesday morning struck Jerry Scott near Dexter and Denny, then fled the scene, Cascade Bicycle Club reports. The person responsible left Scott, who has biked the route to work for many years, unconscious on the side of the road with several ribs broken and a punctured lung. If you were in the area…
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tagged: denny triangle, denny way, dexter, hit and run, injuries, wrecks
June 7, 2012

Police arrest suspect in hit-and-run that killed Mike Wang last summer – UPDATED

Police say they have arrested the person they suspect struck and killed Mike Wang on Dexter Ave Last year. Details will be announced at an 11 a.m. press conference. UPDATE: The suspect is Erlin Garcia Reyes, 28, from Normandy Park. Police said the information currently available to release is limited and up to the prosecutors…
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tagged: deaths, dexter, hit and run, mike wang, spd
March 23, 2012

Wrench Bicycle Workshop now open on Dexter Ave

Dexter Ave now has a bike shop. The city’s top bike commute route got a fantastic redesign this year, and now a repair-focused shop has moved in. Wrench Bicycle Workshop opened this month at 1305 Dexter Ave. N. The shop was started by Buck Hazard and Greg Mackenzie, who have been wrenching on bikes for…
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tagged: bike shops, buck hazard, dexter, greg mackenzie, south lake union, wrench bicycle workshop
December 5, 2011

Buffer space added to bike lanes on older section of Dexter

A few weeks ago, the city added a couple feet of buffer space to the bike lanes on Dexter between Mercer and Denny Way, just south of the recently-reconfigured section complete with bus islands and a road diet. The added buffers were the only changes made to the road, which still has four general purpose…
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tagged: buffered bike lanes, dexter, rechanelizations, road diets, sdot