Tag: ed ewing

May 24, 2021

With new name, Move Redmond expands its walk/bike/transit advocacy + ‘Making Bicycling Accessible for All’ panel Wednesday

The Greater Redmond Transportation Management Association is now “Move Redmond.” That seems like a good name change, though I may be biased since my spouse Kelli works for Move Redmond as the Advocacy and Communications Director. But it is a pleasant upgrade in my life that I no longer have to hear “GRTMA” pronounced out…
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tagged: doc wilson, ed ewing, katherine hollis, kelli refer, kirk hovenkotter, marley blonsky, move redmond, redmond, sol dressa
December 4, 2020

After nearly 10 years, Deb Salls steps down as Bike Works ED + Ed Ewing takes the helm

When I first met Deb Salls, it was an office crammed full of desks and staff members in the top floor (maybe attic?) of the iconic yellow Bike Works house in Columbia City. There was hardly an inch of open space up there. One floor down, the organization packed a full schedule of after-school programs…
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tagged: bike works, deb salls, ed ewing
October 28, 2016

Huge loss for Cascade Bicycle Club: Ed Ewing is leaving

Simply put, Cascade Bicycle Club will not be able to replace Ed Ewing. “We’re not going to be the same without him,” said Cascade’s Executive Director Elizabeth Kiker. And it’s true. Ewing is best known for starting the club’s Major Taylor Project, a small idea that was just supposed to be an after-school activity but…
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tagged: cascade bicycle club, ed ewing, major taylor project
April 26, 2016

Must Read: ‘Bike equity must be more than a conversation’

Seattle’s Josh Cohen has a must-read story out on Next City looking at how too many bike advocacy groups around the U.S. struggle (or even resist) embracing equity as the core of their work. But Cohen also interviews several more recent leaders in the bike advocacy movement who get it, like Show Roll Chicago’s Oboi…
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tagged: ed ewing, josh cohen, julian agyeman, next city, oboi reed
October 14, 2015

For community fun and safety education, White Center will get state’s first ‘traffic garden’

With mini versions of streets, traffic control signs, crosswalks and other elements of a real life street, a traffic garden is a safe and fun place for people (especially kids) to learn and practice the rules of the road. Such gardens are somewhat common in other parts of the world, but they are rare in…
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tagged: cascade bicycle club, Dick Thurnau Park, ed ewing, king county parks, Lakewood Park, pat thompson, traffic gardens, white center, yes! foundation
June 26, 2014

The Bicycle Story: Ed Ewing on why expanding diversity is vital for bike advocacy

In a great interview with Josh Cohen at The Bicycle Story, Ed Ewing (Cascade Bicycle Club’s Director of Diversity and Inclusion) spells out the awesome and sometimes surprising ways that bicycling can help empower young people in disadvantaged communities to question inequality. The club has shifted more resources to the Major Taylor Project and has…
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tagged: cascade bicycle club, ed ewing, major taylor project, transportation justice