Tag: vicky clarke

March 22, 2020

With the fate of events uncertain, Cascade cuts half its staff and appeals for donations

Cascade Bicycle Club moved Friday to furlough half its staff in what leaders describe as an effort to save the club, which is marking its 50-year anniversary this year. “We want to make sure it’s around for another 50 years,” said Executive Director Richard Smith. “It became clear that we had to plan for the…
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tagged: cascade bicycle club, richard smith, tamara schmautz, vicky clarke
February 4, 2020

Watch: Mayor Durkan celebrates downtown bike lanes, says more to come

(Video transcript) Mayor Jenny Durkan has completely changed her tune about bike lanes since her first year in office. Well, that’s not entirely accurate because in her first year in office, she said very little about bike lanes at all. Projects were quietly delayed, scaled back or, in the case of 35th Ave NE, cut…
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tagged: 5th ave, 8th ave, 9th ave, basic bike network, bell street, center city bike network, clara cantor, downtown, jenny durkan, Main St, south lake union, vicky clarke
May 29, 2018

The Urbanist: Womxn’s Bike Month Happy Hour is Thursday

Took a rad group of ladies out on an e-bike spin! Most of them had never ridden downtown. They were all smiles. #womxnbike #bikemonth #seabikes @limebike @CascadeBicycle @TranspoChoices pic.twitter.com/jC6uHaQikz — kelsey mesher (@kmesh) May 23, 2018 Womxn are leading the modern urban cycling movement. When a group fighting a safer 35th Ave NE said single…
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tagged: cascade bicycle club, keiko budech, kelsey mesher, seattle neighborhood greenways, transportation choices coalition, vicky clarke
January 10, 2018

Cascade: Support Bellevue’s downtown bike lane plans Thursday

As we reported previously, the City of Bellevue plans to build one or more demonstration bike lanes in its downtown core this spring as a pilot project to try out the design and give people a chance to see them in action. Since announcing the concept, 108th Ave NE has emerged as the single best…
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tagged: bellevue, bellevue transportation commission, cascade bicycle club, vicky clarke
August 22, 2017

City of Sammamish, stop fighting King County over four trail stop signs

The City of Sammamish and King County are fighting in court over four proposed stop signs on two very low-traffic streets serving a handful of wealthy lakefront homes, and that fight is further delaying construction on the E Lake Sammamish Trail. The good news is that the County is winning so far. But the final…
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tagged: cascade bicycle club, city of sammamish, e lake sammamish trail, king county, seattle times, vicky clarke
July 26, 2017

Your comments worked, WA Ferries won’t charge more for most bike trailers

WA State Ferries will not charge extra for most bike trailers, Cascade Bicycle Club reported Wednesday morning. The WA Transportation Commission will instead limit the new rules to people hauling kayaks or canoes on a bike trailer. So people hauling kids in Burly trailers or pulling their camping gear will still be charged the normal…
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tagged: cascade bicycle club, vicky clarke, washington state ferries