Tag: seattle times

June 5, 2014

Times column: Seattle is now where Copenhagen was 30 years ago + But, hills!?

Nikolaj Lasbo is a duel Danish and American citizen who works for the Seattle Times. He recently wrote a column for the paper comparing the experience of biking in famously-cycle-friendly Copenhagen to biking in Seattle. Needless to say, it’s a lot easier: Bicycle infrastructure is so well-established in Copenhagen that riding a bicycle feels nearly…
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tagged: bike master plan, copenhagen, hills, Nikolaj Lasbo, seattle times
April 21, 2014

Times: Seattle is second safest big US city for walking and biking

As you sprint across a highway-style four-lane street through the heart of your neighborhood, it’s probably hard to believe that Seattle may be the second safest big city in the US for people walking and biking. But that’s what the data suggests, according to the 2014 Alliance for Biking & Walking Benchmarking report and the…
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tagged: 2014 Benchmarking Report, alliance for biking and walking, gene balk, seattle times
March 19, 2014

Walk signals are shorter in Rainier Valley, but the city will improve them this year

If you live in the Rainier Valley, many traffic signals in your neighborhood force you to walk faster than if you live in Ballard. Sometimes, you have to walk twice as fast to get across the street before traffic gets a green light. A 2013 study by Seattle Neighborhood Greenways and the UW School of…
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tagged: dongho chang, public health, rainier ave, rainier valley, sdot, seattle neighborhood greenways, seattle times, uw
February 26, 2014

Georgetown’s Cyclefab makes bikes do more

Down a back hallway in the Equinox Studios industrial building in Georgetown lies a very special shop that makes bicycles do more. As featured over the weekend in the Seattle Times, Cyclefab is a partnership between Garth L’Esperance, Colin Stevens (you may know his work under the name Haulin’ Colin) and Michael Nazaroff. They have…
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tagged: cyclefab, georgetown, haulin colin, seattle times
February 25, 2014

On Cascade’s strange day in the spotlight

Between an outreach email mini-fiasco and a Seattle Times story that suggests they are downplaying their role in politics, Cascade Bicycle Club had a weird day in the spotlight Monday. First, a cover story in the Seattle Times carried the headline: “Cascade Bicycle Club’s new path: more riding, less politics.” Emily Heffter reports on the…
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tagged: cascade bicycle club, seattle times
February 3, 2014

I fixed a recent Seattle Times column about traffic fear

EDITOR’S NOTE: After reading Seth Norman’s guest column in the Seattle Times, I noticed that the piece needed a little editing work. Specifically, it seemed the author forgot to mention that we have a tried and true way to improve traffic safety: Investments in safer street design. I have heavily edited his piece, though not…
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tagged: seattle times, seth norman