Tag: komo

March 19, 2013

Using bike parts, Thurston County man constructs effective prosthetic finger

KOMO has a story this week that is starting to gain national attention: Thurston County’s Colin Macduff of Olympia-based RCM Enterprise invented an effective and low-cost prosthetic finger using his in-home bike shop and a bit of ingenuity. Macduff lost his finger in an explosives accident in 2010. Now, his invention is attracting others with…
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tagged: colin macduff, komo, olympia, RCM Enterprise, thurston county
June 4, 2012

Seattle’s new focus on neighborhood biking and protected bike lanes makes national news

Seattle is getting press all over the country today from an AP story about the city’s new neighborhood and protected bikeway focus. Not only does the story by Phuong Le do a great job of capturing the city’s shift to next generation cycling facilities, but it also shows how the conversation about cycling in Seattle…
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tagged: 2012 bicycle master plan update, ap, komo, michael ennis, neighborhood greenways, phuong le, washington policy center
December 20, 2011

Cops mock West Seattle man struck by truck while jogging to work

“That’s why you drive a car!” said one Seattle Police officer responding to the scene of a man struck by a semi truck near the foot of West Seattle’s lower bridge while he was jogging to work during the October Viaduct shutdown. The city encouraged people to find other ways of getting to work during…
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tagged: injuries, komo, spd, tim nelson, walking, west seattle
October 28, 2011

Seattle gets a sperm bike

In a completely awesome marketing gimmick, European Sperm Bank USA has released a sperm bike into the streets of Seattle. The bike is how the company will transport samples from their trail-side Seattle Sperm Bank building — located where the Burke-Gilman crosses 25th Ave NE — to two fertility services facilities. One is on Westlake…
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tagged: cargo bikes, european sperm bank, komo, seattle sperm bank, sperm bike
May 13, 2011

Hiller’s appointment not outside of mayor’s budget

When the news broke that the mayor’s office had hired former Cascade Bicycle Club Advocacy Director David Hiller, many of the city’s media outlets jumped on the news as hypocritical amid budget cuts across many city departments. After all, how could the mayor hire a “bike czar” while asking for more reductions in already slashed…
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tagged: 2011 budget, aaron pickus, david hiller, komo, mike mcginn