Tag: kuow

January 3, 2012

Bicycling won’t make you an ‘elite snob,’ so where did this image problem come from?

KUOW’s The Conversation hosted a program about a month ago talking about the unfortunately-titled Salon article “Are urban bicyclists just elite snobs?” Headline aside, author Will Doig makes some good points, saying that while people who bike are not likely to be “elite snobs,” that perception is very real. When I listened to the show…
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tagged: cascade bicycle club, kuow, marketing, ross reynolds, snobs
October 25, 2011

KUOW feature looks at cycling in the city and the call for safe streets

KUOW’s Sara Lerner rode along with the Safe Streets Social in September and put together a feature in the lead-up to yesterday’s Road Safety Summit (more on that soon). Give it a listen.
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tagged: kuow, safe streets social, sara lerner
August 25, 2010

KUOW takes on ‘road diets’

KUOW Weekday took on road diets this morning (listen here). Eric Widstrand from SDOT was on to defend the road diet projects, focusing mostly on Nickerson, from the fears of residents and so-called business representatives. The same old arguments came out, as you would expect. However, the conversation was steered to the facts and evidence,…
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tagged: kuow, ne 125th, nickerson, road diets, road tailoring