Tag: fremont

January 7, 2014

People biked over the Fremont Bridge 926,025 times in 2013 + cycling rates up 17-20% year-over-year

On average, 106 people biked across the Fremont Bridge every hour in 2013, and so far the trend keeps climbing year-over-year. We didn’t make it to 1 million trips in 2013, but we got close: 926,025. And at the current rate of growth in bike trips, it might not be too long before we get…
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tagged: bike counter, fremont
December 19, 2013

Mad Fiber files for bankruptcy

Well, apparently being bought by an investment firm isn’t a great thing after all. Mad Fiber, which built unique high end carbon fiber racing wheels in Fremont, has filed for bankruptcy, Bicycle Retailer reports. The company shut down in the fall, and co-founder Ric Hjertberg left after noting in a blog post, “I must confess…
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tagged: divine cycling group, fremont, mad fiber
October 30, 2013

Yes, you can get pulled over for speeding on a bike (especially in a school zone)

Seattle’s Internet is blowing up this morning due to a story in the Seattle Times about a handful of people on bikes getting speeding tickets on Fremont Avenue. As with other schools, the speed limit next to BF Day Elementary is 20 mph when children are present. And Fremont Ave is steep enough that a…
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tagged: davis california, fremont, fremont ave, mike lindblom, seattle times, speeding
October 14, 2013

Fremont Bridge bike counter records 900,985 bike trips in first year

In its first full year of operation, the Fremont Bridge bike counter recorded 900,985 trips across the bridge. As might be expected, July was the bikiest month of the year with 117,974 trips, but May, June and August all clocked in around the 100,000 mark. October, September and April all clocked in between 70,000 and…
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tagged: bike counter, fremont, winter biking
September 17, 2013

7 more bike counters planned in Seattle + Update on our journey to 1M Fremont bike trips

Cascade Bicycle Club announced Tuesday that the Mark and Susan Torrance Foundation and the Rails to Trails Conservancy will help purchase seven new electronic bike counters, mostly place on trails around the city. Not all the counters will include a display keeping a live-updated tally, like the ones on the Fremont and lower West Seattle…
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tagged: bike counter, cascade bicycle club, fremont, fremont bridge, Journey to 1 Million Fremont Bike Trips, mark & susan torrance foundation, rails to trails
July 26, 2013

Bike Master Plan Draft 2: NW Seattle, Fremont, Phinney, Greenwood, Crown Hill, Bitter Lake

The last day to comment on the second draft of the Bicycle Master Plan is Friday (today!). Email your comments to [email protected]. This post is a continuation of a series investigating some of changes in the newest draft of the Bike Master Plan. In general, the updated Bike Master Plan includes a lot of bold…
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tagged: 2013 bike master plan update, ballard, bitter lake, carkeek park, crown hill, fremont, greenwood, holman rd, phinney ridge