Tag: kuow

November 18, 2014

Listen: KUOW on Rainier Ave’s speeding problem + Meeting tonight

Rainier Ave has a serious speeding problem. But, of course, that speeding problem is actually a symptom caused by the street’s dangerous, highway-style design problem. Four lanes of traffic splitting through bustling neighborhood centers and business districts is inherently dangerous. In fact, it’s the most dangerous city-owned street in Seattle. You can help change that…
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tagged: bike works, columbia city, kuow, meetings, phyllis porter, rainier ave, rainier valley, rainier valley greenways, sdot
July 31, 2014

I talk 2nd Avenue with KUOW

This morning, I had the opportunity to sit down with KUOW’s Ross Reynolds and producer Hannah Burn to chat about 2nd Avenue downtown and the city’s plans to build a protected bike lane there by September. Burn actually took an audio recorder with her for a bike ride down 2nd the other day and chatted…
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tagged: 2nd ave, hannah burn, kuow, ross reynolds, the record
July 14, 2014

KUOW: Family bikes and better bike routes key to getting more Seattleites to bike

KUOW has a wonderful radio story asking a question at the core of the recently-approved Bike Master Plan: How can Seattle get more people biking? The first answer is pretty straightforward: More connected and complete bike routes that are comfortable for people of all ages and abilities. The more places people can get to without…
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tagged: g&o family cyclerly, kuow
January 25, 2013

KUOW talks Bike Master Plan

KUOW’s The Conversation discussed the Bicycle Master Plan update Thursday afternoon. The program is archived online here if you want to give it a listen. I was among those interviewed. Do I really say “ya know” and “um” that often? Things to work on… Anyway, it was a good conversation. The only real opponent to…
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tagged: 2012 bicycle master plan update, eugene wasserman, kuow, north seattle industrial association
August 10, 2012

Even more awesome stolen bike recovery stories

I could get used to news weeks like this one. Story after story of recovered stolen bikes have been pouring in, including this tale from Robin who recovered two stolen bikes in one month: 2am Monday morning July 22nd my secured garage space was broken into and two of my bikes were stolen for a…
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tagged: bike thefts, kuow, the conversation
June 5, 2012

KUOW discusses the importance of more inviting bike infrastructure

KUOW’s Weekday today discussed the city’s changing focus on more inviting bicycle infrastructure, such as cycle tracks and neighborhood greenways. The segment was excellent (listen online here), and it demonstrated even further how the conversation about biking in Seattle is shifting. The Bicycle Alliance of Washington’s Blake Trask did an excellent job explaining cycle tracks…
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tagged: blake trask, kuow, michael ennis, sdot, steve scher, washington policy center