Tag: fremont

June 22, 2015

City proposes simple fix to connect Fremont Bridge and Burke-Gilman Trail

The city has proposed a simple way to better connect the Fremont Bridge and the Burke-Gilman Trail: Two blocks of protected bike lanes on the south side of N 34th Street. The east section is pretty simple: Make the existing eastbound bike lane into a two-way bike lane. Everything else stays the same:
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tagged: fremont, N 34th St, sdot
May 29, 2015

The Bicycle Story: Bill Davidson on making bike frames in Seattle since the 70s

Bill Davidson has been building bike frames in Seattle since 1973, and he didn’t let little details like nobody here knowing how to do it (and, therefore, able to teach him) get in his way (Rodriguez and Erickson also started in 1973). So it should be no surprise that the closure of his longtime shop…
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tagged: 333fab, bill davidson, davidson, davidson-kullaway custom bicycles, fremont, josh cohen, max kullaway, the bicycle story
May 19, 2015

Bike theft hero spots stranger’s ride, returns it during victim’s costumed birthday bike ride

Seattle has a new hero, and her name is Alex Cruse. Alex was in a car in Wallingford with her fiancée and soon-to-be father-in-law when she spotted an orange and white All-City Macho Man bike near an apparent homeless encampment just off Northlake Way. Amazingly, she remembered seeing the bike listed on Bike Index, an…
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tagged: alex cruse, bike index, bike thefts, fremont, wallingford, zanna furness
April 10, 2015

2015 Fremont Bridge bike counts have broken records every month so far

The number of bicycle trips across the Fremont Bridge continues to climb year-over-year. In fact, a mild winter has helped to break all-time monthly bike count records every month so far in 2015. In fact, bike counts have increased 14 of the 17 months for which we have year-over-year data. February saw a giant, 25…
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tagged: bike counter, fremont, fremont bridge
December 29, 2014

Cue the balloon drop! One million Fremont Bridge bike trips in 2014! – UPDATED 1/1/15

@seabikeblog Hey, count made it to 645 on the 28th (7:36pm) pic.twitter.com/nSP4Fkgt45 — Jay Talbot (@JayTalbot2) December 29, 2014 We did it! One million bike trips over the Fremont Bridge in 2014! And reader Jay Talbot got a photo of magic number 645 Sunday evening — the one millionth trip of the year. How cool…
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tagged: bike counter, fremont, fremont bridge
December 24, 2014

All I want for Christmas is 1 million Fremont bike trips – UPDATED 12/28

UPDATE 12/28: It could happen today! Rider number 645 on Sunday will be number one million for 2014. However, if bike trip levels today are like Saturday, the one millionth trip will happen Monday morning. UPDATE 12/26: I have updated the numbers in the story to reflect counts as of midnight. If cycling rates are…
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tagged: bike counter, fremont, fremont bridge, Journey to 1 Million Fremont Bike Trips