Tag: kuow

March 18, 2024

KUOW: Unbelievable interview with women attacked by cougar while biking

You probably saw the headline shortly after it happened, but the full story of Keri Bergere and four friends (Auna Tietz, Annie Bilotta, Tisch Williams and Erica Wolf) fighting against a cougar that attacked them during a ride is truly unbelievable. The five women in their 50s and 60s, part of the Recycled Cycles racing…
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tagged: annie bilotta, auna tietz, cougars, erica wolf, keri bergere, kuow, tisch williams
September 1, 2023

Listen: Talking Seattle bike history with KUOW’s Soundside (30min)

I had the privilege of sitting down with KUOW’s Libby Denkmann this week to talk about some of Seattle bicycle history I wrote about in the first part of Biking Uphill in the Rain. The Soundside episode is 30 minutes, so grab a cup of something and give it a listen on their website or…
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tagged: biking uphill in the rain, kuow, libby denkmann, soundside
December 5, 2022

Listen: Packer and Freemark discuss rising traffic deaths in the US

While other nations are reducing their traffic deaths and serious injuries, the US is heading in the wrong direction. KUOW’s Soundside asked Seattle’s Ryan Packer and DC’s Yonah Freemark why the US is exceptional. Listen to the 20-minute story. An excerpt: “When you look at countries in Europe and Asia, what you find is that…
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tagged: kuow, listen, ryan packer, soundside, yonah freemark
February 1, 2022

KUOW: Larger vehicles on wide roads are at the center of Seattle’s rising traffic death toll

Traffic deaths, especially for people walking, are rising in communities all across the United States, and Seattle is no exception. We have known this increase in deaths is happening, especially since the COVID-19 pandemic changed traffic patterns. But why? There likely is no single answer to that question because the traffic system in a city…
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tagged: gracie todd, kuow, vision zero
September 9, 2015

Banning turns-on-red is an exciting first step to taking back our crosswalks

We’ve all been there. You get the walk signal and step off the curb. But the person driving keeps inching towards you. You try to make eye contact, but they are looking left for a break in traffic, still inching forward. They don’t even know you are in front of their grill. Will they see…
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tagged: downtown, kuow, right turns on red, sdot, vision zero
March 10, 2015

KUOW and SDOT will host impressive transportation speaker series

Some of the most influential names in recent American urban transportation history will be headed to Seattle in the next couple months. KUOW and the City of Seattle announced a series called “Where Are We Going? Seattle’s Transportation Future.” Featured speakers include Gabe Klein (Washington DC, Chicago), Janette Sadik-Khan (NYC), Gil Penalosa (8-80 Cities, Bogotá)…
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tagged: events, gabe klein, gil penalosa, janette sadik-khan, jason roberts, kuow