Tag: league of american bicyclists
Seattle again falls short of ‘platinum’ bike-friendly status
Seattle has again failed to reach “platinum” in the League of American Bicyclists’ Bicycle Friendly Communities ratings. The city has maintained its “gold” status, which is revised every two years. The city lost a lot of points due to the rare all-ages helmet law in King County. Requiring helmets under the threat of getting stopped…
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League names 4 new bike-friendly communities in WA
The League of American Bicyclists have named four new Bicycle Friendly Communities in Washington State: Bellevue, Ellensburg, Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe and Port Angeles/Clallam County. Tacoma keeps its bronze rating. Ellensburg (PDF) skips right over bronze and enters the listings at silver. With the highest bike commute rate in the state, that’s not a huge surprise.…
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Seattle Children’s leads new WA Bicycle Friendly Businesses
The League of American Bicyclists has announced their newest Bicycle Friendly Business ratings, and Seattle Children’s leads the way in Washington State. And that should come as no surprise to anyone following all the work the hospital has done recently to encourage employees to bike to work. They went way beyond just providing quality bike…
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Washington Bikes helps add road safety measure to Federal budget
Washington Bikes, the statewide bike advocacy organization, has helped add a measure in the Federal budget to improve road safety across the nation. Working with Washington Senator Patty Murray, the League of American Bicyclists and WA Bikes worked to make sure the safety of non-motorized travelers is considered by USDOT and state transportation departments. It’s…
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Seattle fails to achieve ‘platinum’ bike-friendly rating + Here’s how to get there
Seattle is, once again, a gold-level bike friendly community, according to the League of American Bicyclists. While Seattle is the only gold-level community in Washington State and one of only four US cities with populations larger than 300,000 to achieve gold status, the reconfirmation of gold status shows that the city is not doing enough…
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UW accepts bike-friendly campus award, leaders talk about how to expand biking even further
EDITOR’S NOTE: This story is by Jack Truitt, a UW News Lab student. It is published here as part of a partnership between Seattle Bike Blog and News Lab. Biking needs to become an issue of climate change and personal health in order to escape the category of fitness hobby, according to the president of…
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