Tag: fremont
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Fremont’s MiiR launches bike line partnered with World Bicycle Relief + Party Nov. 9
Fremont-headquartered MiiR is now taking pre-orders for a new line of bicycles that, like their waterbottles, will also support people around the world. Basically, for every MiiR bike pre-sold, some of the proceeds will go to their partners at World Bicycle Relief and the Boise Bicycle Project. World Bicycle Relief—which already has several partnerships in…
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Bike Blotter: Suspicious package closes Burke-Gilman in Fremont + Tour de Banks suspect arrested
A suspicious package has closed the Burke-Gilman Trail near the Aurora Bridge. Unknown when it will reopen. Check back for updates. UPDATE: It looks like no big deal (a weird wooden box thing?). Trail should be open shortly. UPDATE x2: Sounds like the object was a project of UW’s Center for Digital Arts and Experimental…
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What number are you? Fremont Bridge starts counting people on bikes
The city, Cascade Bicycle Club and the Mark & Susan Torrance Foundation celebrated the launch of the Fremont Bridge bicycle counter Thursday. The first bike across the sensor was a Madsen carrying two smiling people, the first of what will likely be over 1 million bikes counted by this time next year. You can track…
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Fremont Bridge bike counter gets plugged-in Thursday
Delayed a week due to a technical issue, the Fremont Bridge bike counter is scheduled to start tallying people on bikes Thursday. Cascade Bicycle Club and the city will debut the counter during an 11 a.m. press event. People who want to be among the first to be counted will line up on the west…
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Fremont Bridge bike counter will start ticking away Thursday – UPDATE: Delayed
Fremont Bridge bike counter! #SEAbikes twitter.com/familyride/sta… — familyride (@familyride) October 2, 2012 Update: The counter has been delayed another week, says Cascade: I got the call this morning that the display isn’t working properly. SDOT engineers were testing it yesterday, and happily reported that it was counting accurately and displaying each bike trip over the…
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Tonight: Fremont neighborhood greenways kick-off meeting + Critical Lass
Two events make Fremont the place to be tonight (Tuesday): The kick-off meeting for Fremont Neighborhood Greenways and Critical Lass. Fremont Neighborhood Greenways If you live in Fremont, get thee to Nickerson Street Saloon at 7:30 p.m. and help get Fremont Neighborhood Greenways off the ground. From organizer Christian Silk:
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