Tag: washington bike law
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10 more people file claims against city over Ballard Missing Link injuries
Despite reaching a settlement with a group of eight people who sued the City of Seattle in 2022 after they crashed and were injured while biking through the Ballard Missing Link, the city still has not made the treacherous railroad crossing under the Ballard Bridge “reasonably safe for ordinary travel,” according to a new set…
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Eight people injured while biking the Missing Link file lawsuit against city, railroad
“Countless people” have crashed on the railroad tracks while biking on the streets just west of the abrupt terminus of the Burke-Gilman Trail in Ballard, and now eight of them have joined together in a lawsuit against both the Ballard Terminal Railroad and the City of Seattle. The suit (PDF), filed by Washington Bike Law…
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Sign advertising ‘Bike Thief School’ directs interested students to vasectomy clinic
Here’s one way to vent some frustration over the bike theft scourge: Humor. Washington Bike Law (a Seattle Bike Blog sponsor) posted this photo on their Facebook page. Stapled to a telephone pole in West Seattle, the flyer advertises a bike theft school including a list of teaser lessons such as “How new traffic on…
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