Tag: josh cohen

November 25, 2014

The Bicycle Story: Former Mayor McGinn on Seattle’s ‘bikelash’

Maybe it needs to happen in every town on its way to taking bicycling seriously as a mode of transportation: Bikelash. It’s a clever term to describe a period of public outrage over bicycling projects when neighbors believe that the projects will have a potential impact on driving. Bike projects in Seattle today are not…
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tagged: bikelash, josh cohen, mike mcginn, the bicycle story
November 19, 2014

The Bicycle Story: Colin Stevens is Seattle’s ‘Bicycling Mad Scientist’

Colin Stevens is one part of Cycle Fab, a Georgetown-based machine shop that does all kinds of custom metalworking and bicycle stuff. But he made a name for himself as Haulin’ Colin, designing and building high-capacity bike trailers and workhorse cycle truck kits and bike racks. We’ve written about Stevens and his Cycle Fab partner…
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tagged: colin stevens, cyclefab, haulin colin, josh cohen, the bicycle story
September 30, 2014

Cohen: 2nd Ave protected bike lanes ‘just the beginning’

You don’t have to bike for very long in Seattle before you figure out the most dangerous kind of street: “Downhill streets with on-street parking and turning movements at intersections: Those are problems that Second Ave had,” Cascade Bicycle Club’s Advocacy Director Jeff Aken explained recently to Josh Cohen at Crosscut. “Cyclists get moving pretty…
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tagged: crosscut, jeff aken, josh cohen, protected bike lanes
June 3, 2014

Bike share for everyone, Part 1: Closing Seattle’s cycling gender gap

Pronto Cycle Share is on schedule to launch in September, bringing 500 public bikes into Seattle’s dense central neighborhoods and the U District. With its launch, Pronto could change the way people get around in Seattle and put city cycling within reach of far more people. But this will not happen by accident. In this…
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tagged: josh cohen, pronto emerald city cycle share, women bike
April 3, 2014

Failed transportation revenue package puts statewide bike funding at risk

On March 13, the Washington State Legislature adjourned with the passage of an 11th-hour supplemental spending plan. The supplemental budget maintains the status quo for statewide bicycle and pedestrian funding for the remainder of this biennium. But, thanks in large part to the failed passage of a transportation revenue package, a potential significant drop in…
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tagged: 2014 legislature, blake trask, josh cohen, washington bikes, wsdot
February 26, 2013

The Bicycle Story: Adonia Lugo talks transportation equity

Josh Cohen at The Bicycle Story recently interviewed Adonia Lugo, a friend, bicycle anthropologist and all-around bad ass who lives on Capitol Hill. Chatting and working with Adonia and Davey Oil (who blogs at Riding on Roadways) has done a lot to develop how I see the role of cycling in our city. The two…
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tagged: adonia lugo, davey oil, josh cohen, seattle bike justice project, the bicycle story