Tag: seattle times
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Is the Seattle Times falling in love with city cycling?
Seattle’s transportation culture is shifting fast. Bike lanes are extremely popular, and people want more of them. Transit is extremely popular and people want it to be faster and more reliable. People want our streets to be places, not just pipes and storage for cars. And most of all, Seattle is willing to sacrifice some…
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In Seattle, cycling cops have critical mass
There was a time not long ago when one of the most prominent images of urban cycling in Seattle was one of social rebellion. Once much larger than today, Critical Mass drew cheers and scorn alike. Ultra-low-budget bike repair co-ops taught people how to wrench their rusty found road bikes back into working order, and…
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Seattle’s bike commute hot spots
Do you live in a bike commuting hot spot? The Seattle Times’ Gene Balk (AKA: FYI Guy) published an interactive map today displaying bike-to-work rates according to neighborhood. Unlike the map we posted last spring showing BikeScore’s bike commuter map (see attached), the Times map attempts to organize the data by neighborhood segment. “North University”…
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Dangerous Distraction: Why treating streets as highways & people on foot as criminals makes Seattle more dangerous
Like zombies, they walk among us, texting, checking emails, talking, selecting music — and, according to a study published Wednesday, oblivious to cars, trucks, lights, crosswalks and the concentration required to get through urban intersections alive. This is the actual lead sentence in a Seattle Times story that occupied the front page of the Seattle…
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Times op-ed: Seattle needs bold leadership for a bike-friendly future
A guest op-ed in the Seattle Times by former Washington Bus director Thomas Goldstein and John Healy lays out their vision for Seattle’s road to a truly bike-friendly future. Spoiler alert: It’s all about cycle tracks where they are needed, fully funding the bicycle master plan and strong leadership. From the Times: A transportation system…
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Times op-ed: Remember Mike Wang by rethinking road behavior
As the one year anniversary of Mike Wang’s death passes, the courts are working to decide the sentence for the man who pleaded guilty to the hit and run that took his life. Meanwhile, Doug Palm from PATH (where Wang worked) and Jamie Cheney (Executive Director of Commute Seattle) co-wrote an op-ed for the Seattle…
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