Tag: redmond

October 10, 2024

Move Redmond: Add protection to buffered bike lanes in the city budget + A note on evolving bike lane terminology

Move Redmond put out an action alert asking people contact the Redmond City Council and/or attend one of the upcoming public hearings on October 15 urging them to add enough funding to upgrade the city’s planned buffered bike lanes to protected bike lanes. Now, I may be biased because Move Redmond’s Executive Director Kelli Refer…
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tagged: action alerts, buffered bike lanes, kelli refer, move redmond, protected bike lanes, redmond
April 23, 2024

A new Eastside bike map just dropped

It has been a long time since King County stopped maintaining a bike map. Seattle releases their updated map every year, but it ends at the city limits. But folks biking on the Eastside are mostly left to cobble together route info from wherever they can find it. That’s why I have been very excited…
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tagged: 2 line, bellevue, bike map, kelli refer, kirkland, move redmond, oran viriyincy, redmond, sound transit
January 29, 2024

Watch: New Overlake Village bike/walk bridge over SR 520 opens

A bike/walk bridge connecting the 520 Trail to Sound Transit’s upcoming Overlake Village Station is now open. Hanoch at Best Side Cycling filmed a bike tour of the bridge, including its interesting forest illusion artwork by Leo Saul Berk. The $10.4 million bridge connects directly to the 520 Trail on its northwest end, and a…
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tagged: 152nd ave ne, 520 trail, overlake village station, redmond, sound transit
October 4, 2023

Decades in the making, the fully-paved East Lake Sammamish Trail opens Saturday

The grand opening celebration for the East Lake Sammamish Trail is set for noon Saturday (October 7), a moment decades in the making. Meet at the trail parking lot in Redmond across the trail from Whole Foods for a family-friendly party and banner break. Then you can ride in peace all the way to Issaquah…
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tagged: e lake sammamish trail, friends of the e lake sammamish trail, issaquah, king county parks, redmond
September 8, 2021

Sunday: Let’s Move Redmond open street festival spans from Central Connector to Downtown Park

With a pop-up bike protected bike lane, a kids bike rodeo, a roller disco dance party and more, the streets of downtown Redmond are set to be the place to be Sunday. The event runs from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. between the Central Connector trail and Downtown Park along 161st Ave NE. And no,…
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tagged: events, let’s move redmond, move redmond, open streets, redmond
May 24, 2021

With new name, Move Redmond expands its walk/bike/transit advocacy + ‘Making Bicycling Accessible for All’ panel Wednesday

The Greater Redmond Transportation Management Association is now “Move Redmond.” That seems like a good name change, though I may be biased since my spouse Kelli works for Move Redmond as the Advocacy and Communications Director. But it is a pleasant upgrade in my life that I no longer have to hear “GRTMA” pronounced out…
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tagged: doc wilson, ed ewing, katherine hollis, kelli refer, kirk hovenkotter, marley blonsky, move redmond, redmond, sol dressa