Tag: tacks

December 20, 2016

As tacks return, Westlake bikeway named nation’s ‘best new bike lane’ for 2016

The Green Lane Project has named the Westlake Bikeway “the country’s best new bike lane of 2016.” An arm of the national bike advocacy organization People for Bikes, the Green Lane Project helps and encourages cities to build bold bike infrastructure, focusing on high quality protected bike lanes. So even with its compromises (or perhaps…
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tagged: green lane project, tacks, westlake, westlake cycle track
September 23, 2016

Many people get flats from tacks on new Westlake bikeway, could it be intentional?

I have received at least a dozen emails and notes on social media in the past two days from people who say they got flat tires from tacks on the new Westlake bikeway. Evan Bush at the Seattle Times called some area bike shops, who said they’ve been pulling a lot of these tacks from…
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tagged: crime, tacks, westlake, westlake cycle track
January 11, 2013

Alaskan Way Trail tacks appear intentional

I’ve been receiving notes about tacks on the Alaskan Way Trail near Pioneer Square all week, but now that I’ve seen Eric Shalit’s photo (taken Thursday night) I’m very concerned that the tacks are intentional, and the culprit keeps returning to reset them. This is extremely dangerous. At best, someone will get a flat. At…
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tagged: alaskan way, alaskan way trail, eric shalit, tacks
October 17, 2011

Tacks on trail wreak havoc on I-90 bike commuters

After seeing far too many people fixing flats near or on the I-90 Bridge last week, Gary Powell went back to the scene to see if he could find the source. After a little searching, he and some others found them: Tacks all over the trail on Mercer Island. From Bike to Work Seattle: I…
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tagged: I-90 trail, mercer island, tacks