Tag: grist
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Grist features Seattle’s hidden bike kitchen, The Bikery
Some people enjoy learning how to fix their own bike. Others can’t afford to take their wheels to a professional. Others just like to hang out in an inviting, inclusive space dedicated to fixing bikes and sharing bike knowledge. The Bikery is a “bike kitchen” non-profit hidden on the neighborhood side of the Artspace Lofts…
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Grist video: How to bike in the city (filmed in Seattle)
Enjoy:
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Grist editor tries out bike commuting in Seattle (and has some great advice)
Getting started as a regular bike commuter is the equivalent of jumping into a cold pool instead of slowly moving, cold inch by cold inch, into the water. Unlike a recreational ride where you can stick only to friendly bike paths, a bike commute forces you to forge your way between two fixed points, no…
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Grist: Elly Blue’s take on sharrows after a recent trip to Seattle
Elly Blue, a prolific bicycle writer and zine editor from Portland who is a staple of our weekly Bike News Roundups, came to Seattle over the weekend along with Joe Biel of Microcosm Publishing (you may remember Elly and Joe from Bikestravaganza in 2010). After hanging out at Twice Sold Tales, we took a long…
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You have to ride to work this week to get counted
This week is not the week to take a break from bike commuting. SDOT is conducting their bicycle and pedestrian counts May 10-12, according to the SDOT Blog. So if you want to get counted, you gotta ride! From SDOT: SDOT will be conducting pedestrian and bicycle volume counts at more than 50 locations across…
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Must read for Viaduct removal skeptics: The economics of highway removal
In a post full to the brim with incredible economic stats, Elly Blue spells out the economic benefits of urban highway removal. Among the incredible bits of knowledge she reveals: “for the $75 million spent repaving three miles of urban interstate, California could have installed 1,250 miles of some of the country’s most expensive bike…
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