Tag: greenwood

December 30, 2011

Help the Bike Shack find a new space north of the Ship Canal – UPDATED

UPDATE: Jesse at the Bike Shack says some of the info we posted wasn’t meant for public consumption, and that we should plug their Brew Fest party fundraiser instead! Go to it February 18! Edited story:
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tagged: bike shack, green lake, greenwood, phinney ridge, phinneywood, u district
November 30, 2011

Man charged with assault for running down person on bike after bar argument – UPDATED

UPDATE: After posting, the victim in this case contacted us. See the update below for more details. Prosecutors have charged Mareko Lemafa with second degree assault for striking someone on a bike with his car after an argument in a bar in Greenwood in May (h/t Seattle PI). According to charging documents, Lamafa and the…
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tagged: assault, crime, greenwood, ould triangle
October 21, 2011

Man biking on Aurora injured in collision with car

A man in his 40s went to the hospital with serious but not life-threatening injuries Thursday evening after colliding with a car while biking southbound on Aurora near 90th Ave N N 90th St. From SPD: On October 20th, at approximately 7:39 pm, an adult male bicyclist was travelling southbound in the 8900 Block of…
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tagged: aurora, greenwood, injuries, spd
August 12, 2011

Weekend Guide: PhinneyWood Summer Streets + Beacon Hill family bike ride

The PhinneyWood Summer Streets festival takes over 17 blocks of Greenwood Ave today (August 12). This is one of the larger Summer Streets fests in the city, so be sure to stop by. From SDOT: Walk. Bike. Shop. Play. Breathe. On Friday, August 12 Greenwood Avenue/Phinney Avenue from N 87th Street to N 67th Street…
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tagged: Beacon BIKES, beacon hill, events, greenwood, phinney ridge, spokespeople, summer streets
April 6, 2011

Phinney neighborhood bike commuting classes start next week

The Phinney Neighborhood Association is hosting bike commuting classes taught by the Cascade Bicycle Club starting next Wednesday. Teaching neighborhood-specific bike commuting classes is a fantastic idea. This begs the question: What other neighborhoods have something similar? Post in the comments below. If yours doesn’t have a beginning bike commuting class/ride, perhaps you should start…
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tagged: cascade bicycle club, classes, commuting, education, greenwood, phinney neighborhood association, phinney ridge
December 7, 2010

Greenwood Ave changes feel natural

Remember back when you could be riding your bike pleasantly along a relatively calm Greenwood Ave headed north, then you would reach 85th and the road would become a four-lane highway? The cars that were so recently calm would speed up, and you would more or less be pushed off the side of the road…
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tagged: bike lanes, greenwood, greenwood ave, road diets, road tailoring, sdot