2011–2013
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December 2013
- Idea for a 2014 goal: Bike the nation’s longest rail-trail (it’s right here in Washington)
- Our most-read posts of 2013
- A bike tour of the now-open Beacon Hill Neighborhood Greenway
- Safety is top concern voiced at Westlake open house
- Seattle Bike Blog Sunday Magazine, Issue 2
- Bike News Roundup: He-Man takes a selfie while driving
- Mad Fiber files for bankruptcy
- Washington becomes first state to endorse the NACTO Urban Street Design Guide
- Washington Bikes opens store in Pioneer Square
- City will install two-way bikeway for part of the Burke-Gilman Trail Missing Link
- Bike Works seeks leader for job skills, BikeMobile program + Cascade hiring 2 for education department
- Introducing the first edition of Seattle Bike Blog Magazine
- Regional Council selects $17M in walk/bike investments
- Bike plan sails through public hearing
- Seattle’s new bike corrals are more versatile, easier to use and cost 1/3 as much
- Survey: 30 percent of Seattle adults bikes, safety biggest reason holding people back
- Join The Bikery for Freaky Friday Winterfest
- Council will hold public hearing on Bike Master Plan Wednesday
- Snohomish County approves purchase of 12 miles of Eastside Rail Corridor, plans trails
- Children 9-12 years old needed for school bike train research
- Seattle Children’s begins work on link to Burke-Gilman Trail
- AP: Cargo bikes are the new minivans, and Seattle is leading the way
- Bike News Roundup: If the city were a heart, and the streets its arteries…
- Why Seattle must invest in protected bike lanes and transit summarized in one moving GIF
- Seattle makes national list of top ten protected bike lanes in 2013 … twice
- Commute Seattle installs public bike work station and pump downtown
- Last Ballard rail study open house is Thursday
- Help Seattle Neighborhood Greenways get a $25K match + more ways to support bicycling
- Woman spots her stolen bike on front of a Metro bus, gets it back
- Microsoft offers to fund walk/bike bridge over 520 near Overlake Transit Center
November 2013
- Bike Master Plan heads to City Council, presents bold vision of strong, healthy streets in every Seattle neighborhood
- Cascade hiring two communications staffers, shakeups continue
- Fremont Bridge bike counter passes 1M, bike trips up 28% over last year
- Is there really a bike light arms race, or are we all just confused about what’s safe?
- 126 Cranksgiving riders haul 1,443 lbs of food to Rainier Valley Food Bank
- Bike News Roundup: Mystery of Vashon’s iconic bike in a tree solved?
- Peter Hahn will not continue as SDOT Director, leaves a legacy of people-focused streets
- Martin: Protected bike lanes downtown could be Murray’s ‘first big bike test’
- State transportation proposal is exact opposite of what people want
- Mayor-elect Murray comes to aid of woman who crashed on Capitol Hill
- Seattle will purchase skinny bike lane sweeper machine
- Open house Wednesday will discuss the U District’s first neighborhood greenway
- Rasmussen backs away from plan to delay Northgate bike/walk bridge funds
- It might be the rainiest time of the year, but I still can’t find a bike parking space at the grocery store
- An archaeological dig on NE 125th Street, one of the final battles in the War on Cars
- Mostly-finished Green Lake Way project reconnects neighbors with their parks
- Seattle’s 4th Cranksgiving is November 23
- Amsterdamer biking 17,000 miles for charity will host ride in Seattle Saturday
- Cascade: Man dies during lunchtime ride in Redmond
- As neighbors ‘picket’ for Lake City Way walking safety, New York couple gives heartbreaking traffic safety plea
- Herald: Man who killed Trent Graham in Everett gets $10K ticket for negligent driving
- After more than 5 million CitiBike trips, remarkably few injuries and zero deaths
- City Council wants to add $1M to speed building of downtown protected bike lanes
- NYTimes op-ed cites infamous $42 ticket in 2011 death of John Przychodzen
- Woodland Park Cyclocross race is Sunday, will raise money for Jason Williams
- Bike commuting grew nearly 50% under McGinn, Murray will oversee ‘extraordinary’ years ahead
- Do you use the Burke-Gilman Trail in Sand Point? Work parties will restore greenery
- So many bike meetings tonight: Beacon Hill, 23rd Ave greenway, Bike Advisory Board
- Congratulations to Ed Murray, Mike O’Brien and other election winners
- Meeting will discuss options for neighborhood greenway near 23rd Ave
- Seattle tops the West Coast in walking and biking to work
- High-budget 23rd/24th Ave remake is golden opportunity for safe and direct bike lanes
- Bicycle Alliance of Washington changes name to ‘Washington Bikes’
- Let’s fund Safe Routes to Parks in Seattle’s next levy
- Puget Sound Bike Share ‘optimistic’ about sponsorships, supplier troubles
October 2013
- Happy Halloween from the Family Ride kids!
- Listen to KPLU’s fantastic story about cycle tracks
- Portland has upgraded 163 car parking spaces to create 1,644 bike spots
- Yes, you can get pulled over for speeding on a bike (especially in a school zone)
- City launches ‘Neighbors for Road Safety’ project, seeks leaders
- Tree removal in Lake Forest Park will cause delays on Burke-Gilman Trail
- Seattle Met: 20/20 Cycle got its start with 2 credit cards, a record player and a pot of tea
- Times: Murray threw embarrassing fit over UW parking ticket
- Downtown streetcar plans don’t include safe bikeway
- Murray flips again, now wants to ‘fully fund’ Northgate bike/walk bridge
- You’ve voted by now, right? If not, here’s a mini-guide
- Open house to discuss Westlake cycle track Monday
- Broadway is the new face of complete streets in Seattle (VIDEO)
- Cascade hires former Washington Bus leader as new Advocacy Director
- Police: Bike thief arrested in Belltown
- Commute Seattle and city hosting bike light event Thursday
- Murray reverses his position about NE 75th Street bike lanes
- City officially opens section of the Broadway Bikeway
- Murray says NE 75th Street safety project was a ‘mistake’ because it removed unused parking
- FamilyRide: Seattle welcomes regular Kidical Mass rides
- Berger: Seattle’s first cycling renaissance led by 1970s biking mayor
- Bike News Roundup: Want to see what happens when you actually prioritize walking and biking?
- The Ballard Locks have reopened
- The women taking over Seattle’s bike advocacy
- Want to learn how to start a bike train to your local school? Cascade hosting workshop Saturday
- A closer look at the proposed NE 65th St options
- Woman charged with assault for road rage attack on West Seattle Greenways founder
- Fremont Bridge bike counter records 900,985 bike trips in first year
- Reminder: Senate Transportation listening tour is in Seattle tonight
- Why sponsoring bike share is the best marketing deal Seattle will ever see (but companies must act fast)
- King County updating Burke-Gilman intersections in Kenmore + Look out for event Sunday morning
- A quick look at the new bike lane on Roosevelt Way (VIDEO)
- Have you ever biked to the airport? UW group wants to know how it went
- City releases bike plan options for NE 65th Street + Is a compromise possible?
- Murray calls Burke-Gilman Trail a ‘treasure,’ hopes for a safe completion of the Ballard Missing Link
- The Cedar River Trail in East Renton Highlands has reopened
- Bellevue will celebrate new West Lake Sammamish Parkway trail Thursday
- Parks Board will consider bikes-in-parks policy change, hear about neighborhood greenways
- Ed Murray does not want to complete the Burke-Gilman Missing Link – UPDATED
- Big shakeups at Cascade continue: Manvel and Kelly let go, board elections Tuesday
- Woman found dead on the Burke-Gilman Trail – UPDATED
- Bike News Roundup: I Bike Here
- Mullan pleads guilty in devastating DUI on NE 75th St
- Kirkland will install bike lanes on 100th Ave, close part of key bike route missing link
- Mini grants available to help kickstart biking and walking to school
- Ahead of fundraiser by group opposing a Westlake cycle track, Murray says ‘I support cycle tracks’
- Young Professionals in Transportation will feature bike share Director Holly Houser
- Plan ahead: Ballard Locks will have limited open hours until government starts again
September 2013
- Wednesday: New2Biking event will talk urban cycling, even in the rain
- Reader hit by car under viaduct not injured, but concerned about safety on temporary bikeway
- New York guerrilla bike lane painters hope city takes cue from Seattle
- Sunday: Join Rainier Valley Food Bank and Bike Works for an urban agriculture bike tour
- Devastating Data: Road death dashboard tracks where and why people die on Seattle streets
- Not just Seattle: King County is also driving less + A look at biking rates around Puget Sound
- Tuesday Afternoon Theater: Cross-Kirkland Trail construction update
- Berger: 20 bike shops on 2nd Ave and plans for bike paths all over the city? Welcome to 1900 Seattle
- Times: Seattle joins ‘select group’ of US cities where fewer than 50% of residents drive alone to work
- Photos from Park(ing) Day 2013
- Cascade: Let’s build schools for biking and walking
- City’s first parklet is instant hit, Park(ing) Day to showcase more uses for car parking spaces
- Census data confirms steady climb in Seattle bike commuting, driving alone now below 50%
- City finally starts work to close Roosevelt bike lane missing link
- Today: Scout out a neighborhood greenway route from Green Lake to Lake Union via Tangletown
- Tacoma celebrates missing link completion with ‘Sunday Parkways’
- 7 more bike counters planned in Seattle + Update on our journey to 1M Fremont bike trips
- Tell the state you support increased funding for biking and walking
- Bike trips spike on Ballard Greenway after opening celebration
- Times column: McGinn was right, road diets work. Now let’s fix Dexter
- Is the I-5 Express Trail one step closer to reality?
- Mayor announces $14M in neighborhood transportation, sidewalks and neighborhood greenways could get boost
- SPD’s new Get Your Bike Back effort works!
- City Attorney to police: Don’t write a ticket at scene when someone walking or biking is injured
- Lessons from my PNW bike tour, part 1: OMG we live in a beautiful place
- How you can help the city fix road hazards
- Bike News Roundup: A little art and traffic calming goes a long way on neighborhood streets
- Lan Remme back at work years after crash + Legal team seeking people familiar with Montlake Bridge issue
- Ballard 58th Street Greenway Celebrated
- Help guide Judkins Park light rail station access
- Help Launch Another School Year of Walking and Biking: Info Session Tuesday
- No TIGER grant for the Burke-Gilman through UW
- City will invest $14.8M from school zone speed cameras into Safe Routes to School
- City Council unanimously approves bike share ordinances, launch on track for Spring 2014
- Cascade hires national bike leader and Women Bike founder as new Director
- See the streets from a truck driver’s point of view at the Bike & Truck Safety Fair
- A closer look at the city’s plans for Green Lake Way
- Ballard’s 58th Street Greenway will open Saturday with Kidical Mass, street pianos and more
August 2013
- KIRO TV: Man biking in Federal Way seriously injured in collision, person driving arrested
- OMG! Somebody pedaled a Capital Bikeshare all the way to Seattle?!?! (not really)
- Interim Director: Cascade is not moving away from advocacy
- Spotted in Albany, Oregon: Car 1 : 0 Dog. Car 1 : 0 Cat. Car ? : ? Kid
- Comparing bike commute rates to the mayoral primary results
- Vigil walk planned for man seriously injured in Madison Park crosswalk
- Man charged with vehicular assault for speeding and crashing into woman on bike downtown
- WSDOT seeking bike count volunteers across the state
- Multimodal book tour stop #1: Portland
- SPD launches stolen bike recovery project: ‘Get Your Bike Back’
- Bike News Roundup: I guess if your city’s gonna use sharrows, they might as well be funny about it
- King County will fix tree root bumps in Sammamish River Trail next month
- Man critically injured after being struck by person on bike in Madison Park
- Introducing the Seattle Bike Forum
- Verity Credit Union launches bike loan program, fundraiser for Bike Works (last day!)
- Real Change: Puget Sound Bike Share looking into discounts for low-income residents
- City begins work on Missing Link ‘advisory bike lanes’
- Everyone wants to tour WA by bike, guide book blows past funding goal a week early
- Weekend Guide: Bicycle Benefits Bike & Brew Tour + Bike-in movie at Cal Anderson
- New Snoqualmie Valley Trail bridge opens between North Bend and Mt. Si Golf Course
- City plans to extend Stone Way bike lanes to Green Lake
- City announces plans for NE 75th Street road diet, will try to implement before school starts
- Bike News Roundup: A turning point in our culture of texting while driving?
- Man who killed friend and almost killed two children sleeping in house still driving
- Librarian who powers Seattle Library’s now-famous Books-on-Bikes program has bike stolen
- OMG, do we really need to say this again? Complete the Missing Link already!
- Scigliano: Seattle’s bike investments have so far neglected equality
- Council committee recommends rule changes to allow bike share
- City now taking Park(ing) Day applications
- Biking Bis: Landslide closes North Cascades Highway, a national bike route
- Trucks driving on Elliott Bay Trail? Must be Hempfest time again!
- Seattle Transit Blog: Business on NE 65th dramatically increased after bike lane was installed
- Ballard lemonade stand owner Helen explains how neighborhood greenways are good for business
- Mayor McGinn will hold Monday town hall to discuss NE 65th Street
- Seattle Times Ed Board continues bike love, praises Kirkland for trail plans
- Seattle will get its first ‘pop-up greenway’ in Phinney/Greenwood Friday
- Man charged with hitting Jimmy John’s delivery person and fleeing the scene
- Seattle Times Editorial Board: Seattle should be ‘vanguard’ of safe bike infrastructure
- Man who struck and killed Bradley Nakatani pleads guilty to vehicular homicide
- Still time to register for the inaugural Obliteride to raise money for the Hutch
- Parks Levy and O’Brien way ahead, McGinn looks strong in early returns
- Man injured while biking on E Marginal Way
- 100 people walk to vigil for hit-and-run victim Trevon Crease-Holden
- Volunteers needed for iCan Bike camp, helping children with special needs learn to ride
- City will study improvements to notorious section of Dexter between Denny and Mercer
- Just 4 days left in subscriber drive, and we’re 80 percent there. Help us get to 100!
- Kirkland gets go-ahead to remove tracks from key rail-trail corridor
- Join a Monday community walk and vigil for Trevon Crease-Holden, teen victim of MLK Way hit and run
- Bike News Roundup: You know what city I hear sucks? Amsterdam.
- UW Police holding bike sale Saturday
- SDOT on how to use two-stage left turn boxes
July 2013
- USA Today calls Burke-Gilman Trail ‘nation’s pride’ + Remembering the 1970s NIMBY fight against it
- An Eastside trail better than the Burke-Gilman? Open house today will discuss rail corridor
- A wild bike weekend is ahead: 17th Annual Dead Baby Downhill + Bike Smut 7
- Biking and walking funds at risk in Federal transpo budget
- Recovery fund started for man seriously injured biking home on Dexter
- Spoke & Food: Where to bike to dinner tonight
- August meeting will discuss scope of yet another Burke-Gilman Missing Link study
- Councilmember Conlin left with broken shoulder blade after collision with car while biking – UPDATED
- Amtrak Cascades trains can now carry more bikes
- Bike Master Plan Draft 2: NW Seattle, Fremont, Phinney, Greenwood, Crown Hill, Bitter Lake
- Bike Master Plan Draft 2: West Seattle, Duwamish Valley, Queen Anne, Interbay and Magnolia
- Bike Master Plan Draft 2: Central Seattle
- Mother of teen struck while walking across MLK at Walden pleads for driver who fled to come forward
- Fantastic bike touring author is writing a book about Washington State + How to support it & score a copy
- Bike Master Plan Draft 2: NE Seattle, Wallingford, Green Lake and Northgate
- Man forced to drop bike and climb wall as person slams jeep into reverse down Ship Canal Trail
- Ravenna Blog: What’s the best NE 75th Street safe streets redesign option? (+ one of our own)
- Cascade: New group aims to help women get into cyclocross
- Karlyn Beer: ‘We’re all sharing the road. Let’s be on the same team’
- Bike Master Plan Draft 2: Sodo, Beacon Hill and Southeast Seattle
- Downtown business leaders will discuss Bike Master Plan today
- Endorsement: Vote Yes on King County Parks Levy (duh)
- Seattle Children’s steps up as first big bike share sponsor with $500K grant
- Longtime bike commuter left with severed thumb after drunk driver hit her on Westlake, is glad it wasn’t worse
- Biking Bis: All John Wayne Trail tunnels are now open
- Endorsement: Mike McGinn for Mayor
- Cyclefest 2013 is tonight at Seward Park
- Vancouver bike share faces delays + King County is getting a sweet deal on bike share launch
- Endorsement: Mike O’Brien for City Council Position 8
- Just 10 days after Dexter/Nickerson hit-and-run, city installs permanent curb to make intersection safer
- Hey everybody! Google Maps for iOS finally includes bike directions!
- County’s new on-demand bike lockers will secure more bikes, more of the time
- City Council introduces bike share ordinance
- Washington’s Safe Routes to School projects brought collisions to zero, program remains underfunded
- On walking and biking justice in America
- SDOT makes guerrilla-installed protected bike lane permanent
- Bike News Roundup: Teachers can help lead the bike-to-school revolution
- Pucher: Seattle should work to regain prominence as a cycling-friendly city
- Weekend Guide: So much bike stuff I can’t figure out what to do – UPDATED
- San Francisco woman wins North American Cycle Courier Championships in Seattle
- A drunk driver almost killed her while she trained for the 2008 STP, now Kathi is ready to finish what she started
- Updated waterfront plans lay out more bikeway, street design details
- Didn’t get an STP spot? West Seattle is holding its own (SW)Seattle-to-(SW)Portland ride
- Thursday: Downtown Library hosts bicycle historian and recovered 1890s bike touring photos
- Cascade’s Seattle-to-Portland Classic leaves Husky Stadium Saturday
- KOMO Video: Woman visiting her sister victim of hit and run at Dexter/Nickerson – UPDATED
- CDNews: To thank US for 2011 tsunami relief, Japanese man is biking up West Coast cleaning up trash
- Bicycle Benefits Highlight: Peaks Frozen Custard
- Open house will discuss planned Highland Park/Delridge neighborhood greenway
- Subscriber Drive Progress
- Today is Seattle Bike Blog’s 3rd birthday! + Announcing subscriber drive
- West Seattle Greenways co-founder victim of road rage hit and run
- Path Less Pedaled: Iron Horse Trail is ‘great resource’ that deserves more attention
- Bike News Roundup: Cheap bike share helmets made from newspapers
- North American Cycle Courier Championships are this weekend + 125th Anniversary of 1st Seattle bike tournament
- Is the Seattle Times falling in love with city cycling?
- BikeWA: Stella and Caron search for meaning and solutions after witnessing a horrifying collision in Kirkland
- Video: Livable Streets Mayoral Forum + Mayoral race open thread
- No more cutting through St. Demetrios parking lot: Street Fund candidate would pave dirt trail
- Is this the weirdest bike rack in Seattle? + Metro’s new bike lockers cost a nickel an hour
- Biking Bis: Cedar River Trail segment will close for most of summer
- WA transpo package failure kills CRC highway project and bike/walk funding, hangs Metro out to dry
June 2013
- Bike News Roundup: A dragon in the 2nd Ave bike lane
- Fridays this summer: Get into Henry Art Gallery free if you bike there
- State House passes transpo bill with lots of bike/walk funding, highway spending
- Monday mayoral candidate forum will focus on safe, livable streets
- With concerns about low foot traffic, new Rainier Valley coffee roaster will launch with bike delivery
- The Linden Cycle Track is Seattle’s first world-class protected bike lane + VIDEO
- Third Annual Girls of Summer all-girl alleycat is Saturday
- Waterfront meeting will showcase updated plans for new Alaskan Way
- Weekend Highlight: ArtCrank showcases Seattle bike-inspired posters
- Timbuk2 launches mini free ‘bike share’ at downtown shop
- In 1990, Seattle topped Portland and nearly every other US city in bike commuting
- Initial planning for Olympic Hills neighborhood greenway underway + open house Thursday
- Fremont Ave in Greenwood is getting a full neighborhood greenway makeover
- Fantastic Solstice Parade weather greets 1,000+ naked and painted people on bikes (NSFW)
- Man killed while cycling near Woodinville was competitive track racer, received 2 Purple Hearts
- West Seattle bike counter now operational
- Bike expert John Pucher gives downtown Seattle a scathing review
- Bike News Roundup: Get ready to be jealous of bike infrastructure in … Indianapolis?
- New York Times launches interactive bike advice map for Seattle
- Grist video: How to bike in the city (filmed in Seattle)
- With late Saturday afternoon start, Fremont ‘naked’ bike ride could be big
- Bicycle Urbanism Symposium kicks off two days of bike talks, workshops and – of course – rides
- Tonight: Bike researcher John Pucher will discuss how to increase cycling and walking
- The Linden Ave cycle track is now complete
- Teen dies during Vancouver-to-Seattle Ride to Conquer Cancer
- Bike News Roundup: Martian scientists come to Earth, assume the car is the dominant species
- Biking Bis: State working to open more John Wayne Trail tunnels
- Find love on two wheels: Hub & Bespoke is bringing back Slow Ride Speed Date
- Update on NW 58th Street neighborhood greenway
- Senate transportation package ignores people who walk, bike or take transit
- Housewarming party at the Bikery’s new Artspace Hiawatha home
- We are failing our kids: A look at Seattle’s terrifyingly normal streets
- Uber + Kozmo = Postmates (& they’re hiring bike couriers in Seattle)
- Blake Trask: End days in Olympia – What’s at stake for biking and walking? A lot.
- Bike News Roundup: A Republican mayor on why investing in cycling is vital for all cities
- From gravel to pavement: East Lake Sammamish Trail reopening celebration
- A look at the updated draft of the Bike Master Plan
- Bike counter coming very soon to the lower West Seattle Bridge
- Registration open for Go Means Go’s Nine to Five all-night solstice scavenger hunt
- With husband biking by her side, woman will travel across Washington & Oregon in wheelchair
- Feds no longer back 1989 Seattle helmet effectiveness study – City should modify its helmet law before bike share launches
- City will release next draft of the updated Bike Master Plan Wednesday, open houses coming up
- FamilyRide: Disaster Relief Trials registration now open – Space is limited
- Happy Bicycle Sunday!
May 2013
- Bicitoro: A cycling wine tour of Whidbey Island
- Bike News Roundup: A pedal-powered stolen bike recovery
- Person biking near Boeing Field struck by car and seriously injured – UPDATE: Police seek witnesses
- Friday: Bike Month wraps up with street party in Ballard
- Orcutt: No need to increase transpo investment because ’11 of the 12 sections of the bridge are still standing’
- Video of Seattle Public Library’s new book bike
- New York launches bike share, soon to be the biggest system in the nation
- Lake City neighbors to help move beloved garden to make way for new sidewalk
- City receives $1M grant, bike share launch now 50% funded
- Bike News Roundup: How to turn a couple parking spots into a boon for your business
- Today: Northgate Station Open House will look at biking and walking access
- Our region’s best candidate for TIGER transportation funds: Rebuild the Burke-Gilman Trail through UW
- Thursday: Bike Month Trail Party at UW
- Work progressing on NW 58th Street neighborhood greenway in Ballard
- Memorial walk in Georgetown today for Surinderpaul Basra
- Big News: Seattle Bike Blog is moving from part-time to full-time
- In Seattle, cycling cops have critical mass
- Sunday: Alki Summer Streets + Costumed bike parade
- Mayor touts city bike-friendly progress at Bike to Work Day rally
- Can we declare a truce in the age-old ‘bike lanes vs vehicular cycling’ fight?
- King 5 Video: Tacoma business owners miss city-removed guerrilla crosswalk
- Bike to Work Day is a glimpse into Seattle’s cycling future + Map of Commute Stations
- FamilyRide: Save the date for disaster
- Journey to 1 Million Fremont Bike Trips: If we get there, what should the reward be?
- Mayor announces $900K for E Marginal Way safety improvements, West Seattle trail projects
- City selects firm to lead Westlake Cycle Track project
- Wednesday: Annual Ride of Silence starts at Gas Works Park
- West Seattle Blog: Bike theft alert in the Southwest Precinct
- Loper: What’s next after a record Bike to School Day?
- Check out Seattle Public Library’s new book bike
- Bike News Roundup: ‘When I’m in my car, I have a different set of values’
- On the kindness of passing bike commuters when you have a flat
- Friday morning: Get a bagel and coffee for biking downtown
- This is what Seattle’s bike to school revolution looks like (VIDEO)
- CHS: Man bicycling inside Bartell’s store steals phone, crashes in parking lot
- School District, WA State get behind Bike to School Day – Big Bryant bike train planned
- Today in bike thieves with exceptionally low morals: Auburn child’s adaptive trike stolen
- Tuesday ride from West Seattle will honor Lance David
- Two Burke-Gilman improvements in the works in Wallingford and Frelard
- For sixth year in a row, Washington named most bike-friendly state in the US
- RIP Lance David
- Opening day of boating season will close Montlake Bridge from 10–4 Saturday
- Lance David was husband, father of twins and loved cycling
- Notes from the Bike to Work Breakfast
- Sponsor me to ride Streets & Beets 2013
- Mayor gives update on School Road Safety Initiative
- Man cycling on E Marginal Way killed in collision with semi truck
April 2013
- New Cascade program aims to train people to lead successful political campaigns
- A look ahead at Bike Month
- Last week was the busiest ever recorded by the Fremont Bike Counter – Can we top 1M trips in 2013?
- Loper: How Bike to School Month can inspire a shift in your school’s transportation culture
- A sneak peek inside the downtown Timbuk2 store
- Bike News Roundup: Shorter Bike Master Plan
- Cascade: Law enforcement is often unfamiliar with the Vulnerable User Law
- Parks Department taking emergency action to fix trail-blocking mudslide in Lake City
- Loper: My favorite intersection in Seattle? Well, I’m still looking for it…
- Seattle Bike Advisory Board looking for new members
- Thurston County’s Intercity Transit earns silver-level bike-friendly recognition
- NE 75th Street has not been significantly redesigned since 1957 – Meeting tonight
- Alta selected to build and operate Seattle bike share system
- Cheasty Trail and Bike Park project boosters call for support at levy meeting
- Seattle Bike Crowdfunding Highlight: Pedal, Stretch, Breathe
- Landslide closes Burke-Gilman Trail in Lake City – UPDATE: Now open
- People-powered events for Earth Day weekend
- A chat with mayoral candidate Kate Martin
- Weekend Highlight: 2nd Annual Pedaler’s Fair showcases locally-made bike goods in Belltown
- Final day for Senate to pass cost-free bill to help make neighborhood streets safer – UPDATE: Passed!
- Woman says she fended off attacker while biking to work on Dexter
- Wednesday: Biking the Wave features evening of bike-powered food, drinks and discussion
- Like Chicago, New York is also using bike lanes to compete for Seattle tech jobs
- Calling all bike-loving artists: Submit to ARTCRANK SEA
- BikeWA: Work progressing on state’s first official US Bike Route
- Seattle-based Walk Score releases yet another awesome urban analysis tool: ChoiceMaps
- Snoqualmie Valley Trail will be closed for several days this month
- US Senate confirms Mountains to Sound Greenway founder as new Interior Secretary
- Thursday open house will discuss Ballard’s NW 58th Street neighborhood greenway
- Awesome bike jobs alert: Cascade ‘principal planner’ and Bike Works summer shop worker
- Sound Transit’s new bike + bus ad
- Bike News Roundup: The bike of the future is being developed in Seattle
- Loper: Grief, outrage and a clear call for safer neighborhood streets following NE 75th tragedy
- Now open: NE 65th Street cycle track near Magnuson Park
- Time for final push to pass the Neighborhood Safe Streets Bill
- Spanaway 5th grader hit while biking home, dies
- Guerrilla road safety group ‘politely’ installs illegal bike lane protectors on Cherry Street
- Lunchtime theater: Seattle fashion on two wheels featured on King 5
- Ballard Terminal Railroad sues to delay Kirkland trail project
- Arrival of pointless and expensive SR 99 tunnel boring machine will close Alaskan Way Trail intermittently
- After big community walk, McGinn announces NE 75th St safety improvements
- CHS: Car2Go helps police track down, arrest hit-and-run suspect
March 2013
- 115 kids bike to Bryant Elementary, just blocks from Monday’s tragic scene
- In wake of Eckstein tragedy: Memorials, fundraiser and a new push for a safer NE 75th St
- City holding 12 Bicycle Sundays this year, first one is May 5
- Family biking ready to boom in 2013
- Grandparents killed, mother and infant child critical in wake of tragedy in front of Eckstein Middle School
- With greenway work (slowly) coming together, Beacon BIKES kicks off spring action
- Loper: Helping Students Bike to Aki Kurose Middle School
- Police: Road raging pregnant woman attacks bike messenger with stun gun
- University Bridge will be CLOSED Saturday – UPDATE: Now open
- Graphing trends in Fremont bike trips by the hour and in the rain – UPDATED
- A family e-bike with an audio system? Help UW entrepreneurs by taking survey
- BikeWA: State has chance to invest in vital walking and biking trails throughout the state
- Tonight: Adventure Cycling, BikeWA holding bike touring event at Swift Industries
- Spokane St Viaduct completed under budget, mayor invests savings in road safety and repairs
- Neighborhood Safe Streets Bill one step closer + Transportation funding up in air
- Using bike parts, Thurston County man constructs effective prosthetic finger
- Kirkland Greenways featured on Kirkland TV, meeting Wednesday
- Former BikeWA director honored + Cascade hires new Field Programs Manager
- Bike News Roundup: America is #1! (at distracted driving)
- Local band wants your beautiful Seattle helmet cam footage for music video
- Ayers resigns as head of Cascade Bicycle Club
- CHS profiles Branford Bike, the ‘last bike shop on Capitol Hill’
- Looking to stand out from the mayoral pack? Challenge McGinn with a bike-friendly vision
- Vashon passenger ferry could improve bike accommodations + Survey
- It’s time to complete the ‘Bellevue Gap’ in the Mountains to Sound Trail (+ VIDEO)
- Tonight: UW presentation on equity, public health and active transportation
- Loper: Group rides – kid style! How bike trains and after school clubs help kids become strong city bikers
- Seattle Bike Expo this weekend: What’s there (and how to get there)
- Bike News Roundup: What’s in your bike lane today?
- The case for a 23rd Avenue protected bikeway
- Documentary about Fremont Solstice naked bike ride coming out soon + VIDEO
- Check out Velo’s new location and get free breakfast tomorrow + A look at ViaBike
- Loper: Creating a biking and walking culture at Seattle’s schools
- Rep. Orcutt says bicycle carbon emissions ‘not a point worthy of even mentioning’
- State lawmaker defends bike tax, says bicycling is not good for the environment
- FamilyRide: Mapping our bike corrals
- Fremont bike wheel maker Mad Fiber bought by investment firm
February 2013
- Bike News Roundup: In Vancouver, Walking > Biking > Transit > Freight > Personal Car
- The Bikery is moving to Hiawatha Place
- Must Listen: NPR features family cycling and biking to school
- CHS: Person doored at 14th and Marion searching for student responsible – UPDATED
- The Bicycle Story: Adonia Lugo talks transportation equity
- The bike tax is just a distraction: The real problem is the billions on new highways
- Timbuk2 opening store downtown – UPDATED
- Bike-loving Ballard brewery aims for March 8 opening
- Seattle’s bike commute hot spots
- FamilyRide: Are you a fair-weather biker? Three fun rides to get back on the saddle
- Bike News Roundup: Cycling Central Asia (RIP Mary and Peter)
- Why a statewide bike tax makes no sense
- Mayor McGinn to Rahm Emanuel: Seattle will keep its bikers, thank you
- Governor picks Peterson as new WSDOT Secretary
- Only one-third of downtown commuters drive alone to work
- Neighborhood Safe Streets Bill passes House, going strong in Senate
- Neighborhood greenways take root on the Eastside
- FamilyRide: Gotta haul something that won’t fit in your car? Call your friend with a family bike!
- Bike News Roundup: A bicycle made out of cars
- Bike this West Seattle Valentine
- Mayor presents 2013 transportation Action Agenda progress report
- Police looking for person on bike who chased Green Lake attacker
- How I got my friend’s stolen bike back
- Bill would officially allow drivers to cross double yellow to pass someone on a bike
- FamilyRide: My least favorite intersection
- Ballard crossing guard struck by car Monday took the job after daughter was struck there in 2001
- Bike News Roundup: Seattle courier race will use drones to catch ‘doping’
- Registration open for Alleycat Acres Streets & Beets fundraiser ride
- Bike Love Party in Pioneer Square Thursday
- Public registration for Cascade rides, including STP, now open + Bike Swap Sunday
- On building safe streets like the Dutch
- City Council will likely vote on 520 resolution with even stronger bike/walk language
- West Seattle Blog: Have you seen this bike thief?
- Bike News Roundup: Bike lane mixing zones
January 2013
- Bike Master Plan: NE and SE Seattle
- FamilyRide: S.U.P.E.R. B.O.W.L. themed (sort of) kids’ bike event Sunday
- Max is moving! Cascade searching for Field Programs Manager
- A carbon-neutral city? Not without more and more bicycling
- Seattle Neighborhood Greenways to host wonky discussion about Dutch bike facilities + Video!
- Trail building on Tiger Mountain with Evergreen – VIDEO
- Puget Sound Bike Share launches search for vendor
- City files charges in October hit-and-run at 29th and Jefferson
- KUOW talks Bike Master Plan
- State will fund new Arboretum trail
- Bike News Roundup: ‘There are lots of different ways of transporting people’
- Survey: Cycling is extremely popular in Seattle
- Extended Centennial Trail stretches to Skagit County border
- Why the Sonics Arena should take bike access seriously
- City Council may vote on 520 Bridge resolution demanding better biking and walking environment
- Obama walks down that center-lane cycle track that would be great on Westlake
- Neighborhood Safe Streets Bill starts journey through State Legislature
- Bike News Roundup: The most suspenseful minute of video you will see all week
- (Some of) The steepest streets in Seattle
- Help create a community vision for the Melrose Promenade
- Man struck at 5th and Madison, injuries not life-threatening
- The world is watching report on cycling in Seattle today
- Sign up for Transportation Advocacy Day in Olympia February 12
- WA Bike Alliance launches bike blog database, feed
- 23rd Ave complete streets project will span the Central District
- HistoryLink: Bicycling played key role in formation of Arboretum
- Alaskan Way Trail tacks appear intentional
- Stranger: This is why we need protected bike lanes downtown
- A look at plans for the Broadway streetcar extension + The case for a 10th Ave cycle track
- Bike News Roundup: An airport filled with cars wrecked by Sandy
- UW will host June Bicycle Urbanism Symposium, submissions due Feb 1
- CHS: Woman in stable condition after bad crash on 10th Ave
- Cascade hiring Bicycle Ambassadors + Django developer
- A record 28 Safe Routes to School programs will be funded in 2013 – UPDATED
- Police looking for woman who hit person on bike and fled – UPDATE: Not seriously injured
- Saturday Bike Theater: BikeWA Director talks legislative hopes for 2013
- Snoqualmie Valley Trail bridge will be closed starting January 14
- A look at the city’s planned trail connecting South Park to the 1st Ave Bridge
- Bike News Roundup: What one day of Seattle transit looks like
- ‘She had nothing, but she gave all that she could’
2012 480
December 2012
- Foggy bike polo
- StreetFilms University: How to make effective transportation videos (Attn: Aspiring filmmakers)
- Today: City will announce Missing Link safety improvements – UPDATED
- Woman biking in Monroe killed, driver flees scene
- Ballard brewery will have bike station, indoor bike parking (with your help)
- Man arrested after striking person on bike downtown and fleeing
- City may not clear Burke-Gilman closure before evening commute – UPDATE: Open, but muddy
- Dear Governor Inslee: WSDOT should excel at biking and walking projects
- Bike News Roundup: What a $450,000 cycle track looks like
- Tree blocking Burke-Gilman Trail in Bothell – UPDATE: Cleared!
- Bike Works’ Bikes-for-All program aims to help adults of all backgrounds start biking
- Airport Way Bridge grand opening is Friday
- Bike Master Plan: West Seattle, Sodo and South Park
- Chicago Mayor: I want Seattle’s bikers and the jobs that come with them
- Cycling Manhattan geoglyph maker says ‘Happy Holidays’
- Car Free Days: Buying groceries by bike turns a chore into fun
- Charges: Heroin-smoking woman tries to run down biking off-duty cop
- Dangerous Distraction: Why treating streets as highways & people on foot as criminals makes Seattle more dangerous
- Bike News Roundup: Seriously, it’s time for SEAclovia
- Pickup driver who killed Trent Graham in Everett may have been texting
- Cascade: Coffee-by-bike company bursts onto scene
- Let’s get Jimmy John’s a real bike rack…
- Bicycle Alliance’s 2013 legislative goals include safe-passing, safe neighborhood streets + more
- Central Seattle Greenways: Bridging the North Capitol Hill ‘topographic fortress’
- Melrose Promenade kicks off new phase with community walk Wednesday
- State may fund Delridge Trail, U-District bike share, Bainbridge ferry access improvements + more
- The Fremont bike counter hits 100,000 rider mark
- Hone your bike advocacy skills – Cascade hosting 2nd round of ALI
- Bike News Roundup: A cycle track in East Harlem
- Broadway streetcar extention will include cycle track, open house Dec 13
- Dream Job Alert: Cascade hiring Rides Director
- City repairing Burke-Gilman Trail near Matthew’s Beach
- Nap Cantwell memorial scholarship fund raises over $32K for Bike Works
- Seattle, cycle tracks can be built easily and quickly
- New service hopes to fill long-term bike rental gap
- Rains do nothing to slow livable Seattle work – How to get involved this week
November 2012
- Matching fund will boost donations Seattle Neighborhood Greenways
- Thief steals two handcycles from Renton paraplegic veteran
- Bike News Roundup: Embarrassing anti-bike Toronto mayor on verge of being ousted
- Woman struck by dump truck at Pike and Boren – UPDATED
- The Linden cycle track …
- Thursday: Via6 will buy a chicken and waffle breakfast for people biking
- West Seattle adjusts to its first bike box + Price of install drops 30%
- Bike Master Plan: Northwest Seattle – UPDATED
- Council hears overwhelming support for people-friendly 520 project
- Whistle Stop Co-op closing in December
- Times: Monroe prisoners refurbish recovered bikes for people in need
- Bike News Roundup: Amsterdam was not always a great place to cycle
- Bicycle is among Mercy Corps’ holiday ‘symbolic gifts’
- Bike Master Plan: Central Seattle and downtown
- Attention Seattle biking parents: Take this survey!
- Spotted on Dexter: What do you think of these bike racks with maps?
- Riders haul 500 lbs of food on rainy Cranksgiving
- Seattle Neighborhood Greenways wins Sustainable Seattle award
- Bike News Roundup: StreetFilms circa 1950
- Puget Sound Bike Share hires executive director
- Grant will fund vision for a safer Vashon Island
- Port Townsend cancels plans for a walk/bike ferry to Seattle
- Reminder: First Delridge neighborhood greenway open house is Wednesday
- Seattle’s first bicycle
- Bike Master Plan: Neighborhood greenways are much more than ‘alternatives’ to bike lanes
- Man biking at Howell and Yale in critical condition after truck driver runs him over, flees scene – UPDATED
- Cranksgiving Update: Starts at Gas Works Park + Afterparty at Full Tilt
- Council adds neighborhood greenways, downtown cycle track to 2013-14 budget
- Weekend Guide: Rainier Valley Greenways meeting, Central Seattle bikeability tour + more
- Seattle designer Iva Jean launches Kickstarter for line of bike-tailored women’s clothing
- Bike News Roundup: ‘Only an idiot drives on the sidewalk to avoid a school bus’
- A look at the draft Bike Master Plan facilities map + Meeting Thursday at New Holly
- People tracking a stolen bike help bring down alleged Capitol Hill theft operation
- Election 2012: What might Inslee and Obama mean for transportation?
- Sightline talks bikes and social justice with Major Taylor Project director
- Times op-ed: Seattle needs bold leadership for a bike-friendly future
- Bike Master Plan public meetings start Wednesday
- Time change means darker evening commutes ahead
- Cranksgiving 2012: Want to help or sponsor Seattle’s annual bike-powered food drive & scavenger hunt?
- Kid biking to middle school struck in Kent hit-and-run
- Fremont’s MiiR launches bike line partnered with World Bicycle Relief + Party Nov. 9
October 2012
- Bike News Roundup: Biking through the hurricane
- Broadway cycle track could be ready next year + Could it extend to Volunteer Park (or 520)?
- SDOT on the state of bicycling in Seattle
- Cascade tells Council the club supports at-risk transit funds
- A look at the almost-completed 39th Ave NE neighborhood greenway
- Council considers increases to bike/walk plans, transit funding could face cuts
- King 5 looks at Seattle’s move from bike lanes to cycle tracks
- Weekend Guide: Messquerade, 39th Ave NE greenway opening + more
- Council starts diving into transpo budget + Lunchtime discussion about the future of Seattle biking Thursday
- Bike News Roundup: Sh’Bang! ByCycle
- How to bike in the Seattle rain
- Upcoming Bike Master Plan meetings will discuss proposed facilities
- Group launches to promote cycling improvements in West Seattle
- 39th Ave NE neighborhood greenway opens next week with Oct 26 party
- Bike News Roundup: David Byrne with a bike in Seattle
- Cascade launches bike-friendly business certification program
- Pickup swerves across several lanes, kills man riding a bike in Everett
- Construction updates: Short Linden cycle track section opens, UW Station Bridge + Yesler ‘bike sneak’ sneak peek
- PDX Study: Downhill bike boxes may increase collisions
- Different Office stops by downtown’s ‘holistic bicycle studio’ Mobius Cycle
- W Thomas St overpass opens new possibilities for Lower Queen Anne
- Bike Blotter: Suspicious package closes Burke-Gilman in Fremont + Tour de Banks suspect arrested
- W Thomas Street overpass is open
- What number are you? Fremont Bridge starts counting people on bikes
- Bike News Roundup: Helmets and life jackets
- Fremont Bridge bike counter gets plugged-in Thursday
- ‘We cater to moms with duct-taped Burley trailers with their kids inside on their way to Montessori school’
- Bike-loving brewery opening soon in Ballard
- Small step for safer island biking: King County removes Vashon rumble strips
- Tell the WA Gov candidates, City Council to support bike investments
- More 2013-14 budget details + Bagshaw supports bike/walk improvements
- Weekend Guide: Historic Seattle Bike Tour, Orange Bike Parade, Reading on Melrose + more
- Bike News Roundup: Vancouver’s cycling vision for all ages and abilities
- Last chance to complete WSDOT’s 520 bridge survey
- Fremont Bridge bike counter will start ticking away Thursday – UPDATE: Delayed
- Belltown Pull Apart reopens at 3rd and Battery
- Seattle Libraries hosting free bike repair classes in October
September 2012
- Weekend Guide: Critical Mass anniversary, Sustainable Ballard Fest + Bike to Beacon Food Forest
- Mayor announces 3 Safe Routes to School projects as part of 2013-14 budget
- Bike News Roundup: Critical Mass 2008
- Bike commute numbers unchanged in 2011 Census survey
- Lynnwood man struck and killed while biking near Brier
- Mayor’s budget includes downtown bike facility plan, boosts Safe Routes to School, neighborhood greenways
- City Council committee talks 520 Bridge design
- Amazon will fund 7th Ave cycle track
- Will 2013 be the year of the Seattle cycle track? + More construction updates
- Friday: Park(ing) Day Summer Lawn Party in Pioneer Square
- County removing Green River Trail sandbags
- Tell Governor Gregoire Safe Routes to School is not expendable
- Bike News Roundup: Is this bike thing sexist?
- Seriously, W Thomas St overpass opening soon maybe
- Regional Council recommends Westlake Cycle Track + more
- Learn how to encourage walking & biking to school in your neighborhood at Tuesday meeting in Ballard
- Police arrest pair who tried to sell stolen bike back to owner
- UW doctorate student wins cycling gold in London Paralympic Games, gets hug from Obama
- Is safety really Seattle’s #1 transportation priority?
- Bike Rack News: Beacon Hill grocery gets corral + Sportworks profiled + Biz owner still waiting
- Have you seen the Chief Sealth Trail’s new biking angel sculptures?
- New Seattle-Port Townsend walk/bike ferry in the works
- City plans short cycle track on NE 65th St near Magnusson Park
- Volunteers still needed for Wednesday Seattle bike count, statewide counts in late Sept
- Announcing Seattle Bike Blog’s first ever subscription drive + 1 million page views!
- Bike News Roundup: Two ways to improve crosswalks with your bare hands
- Sunday Theater: We are ready to do this in Seattle
- Weekend Guide: The Rebel without a Cog and The Vagina Monocogs + Pedal, Stretch, Breathe + many more
- New Tiger Mountain MTB trail now open
- City delays Ballard Neighborhood Greenway on NW 58th Street
- State tries to pit biking/walking trail against neighbors concerned about 520 views
- I Bike SEA program will encourage more cycling along our best infrastructure
- Vashon convinces county not to install more rumble strips, fight invigorates island bike activism
- Cascade’s new policy director is former Portland BTA leader
- A second free find-a-bike-rack iPhone app hits the market + Bike app brainstorm
August 2012
- Weekend Guide: Critical Lass, Rainier Valley Greenways launch, Wallingford farm tour + more
- City releases plan for zero traffic deaths
- As Missing Link goes back for even more studies, it’s time for an interim solution
- Preview of the Seattle launch of Pedal, Stretch, Breathe: The Yoga of Bicycling
- Register your Park(ing) Day spot by September 4
- Seattle’s first Road Safety Action Plan launches Wednesday at Denny/Westlake
- Bike News Roundup: A floating bike halo roundabout
- Rainier Valley Greenways launches Friday at Bike Works
- Reminder: Roosevelt bike lane open house Tuesday
- Weekend Guide: So many bike-in movies + Two West Seattle bike tours
- Capitol Hill’s Velo Bike Shop planning 2013 move to Denny Triangle
- New free iPhone app displays nearby bike racks
- Montlaker: Seattle Design Commission endorses a complete biking/walking path on 520 bridge
- Bike News Roundup: Which Seattle neighborhood should get ‘street seats’ first?
- Othello Street redesign underway: Gentrification or traffic justice?
- Tuesday: Can’t Fool the Youth freestyle demo and film screening on Beacon Hill
- Biking in Seattle appears to grow, but SDOT bike count results are confusing
- Different Office: In the shop with Georgetown’s utility bike master Haulin’ Colin
- Bike News Roundup: Man dies after crashing on Toronto streetcar tracks
- Grist editor tries out bike commuting in Seattle (and has some great advice)
- Hempfest gears up along Elliott Bay Trail, so you might want to take another route
- Seattle Transit Blog: Downtown needs cycle tracks before Bike Share arrives
- Cascade: Man left unconscious after Dexter hit and run
- Featured Event: 7th Annual NW Film Forum Bike-In Movie at Cal Anderson
- Tantrum ends: Port approves Eastside Rail Corridor sale
- Survey: One quarter of Seattle adults ride bikes
- Not cool! Awesome Diving Belles art project pulled after parts are stolen
- Portland man tracks thief who stole his bike to Seattle, thief arrested – UPDATED
- Driver who killed Mike Wang gets maximum penalty + His widow Claire’s letter to the judge
- Even more awesome stolen bike recovery stories
- Another wild tale of a recovered stolen bike
- The plan for Puget Sound Bike Share
- Bike News Roundup: A 1971 NIMBY rally against the Burke-Gilman Trail
- Bicycle Alliance: WSDOT will improve biking surface on Hood Canal Bridge
- Seattle’s Craig Etheridge wins 2012 Cycle Messenger World Championships
- Times op-ed: Remember Mike Wang by rethinking road behavior
- Neighborhood greenway promoter draws a line in the planter strip sandbox
- Puget Sound Bike Share officially forms, searches for Executive Director
- Northgate biking and walking bridge could cost less than expected
- Weekend Guide: Dead Baby Downhill, Babeland fundraising bike tube flogger workshop + more
- Man steals his own bike back one year later
- Cascade: Using special techniques, Can Bike Camp teaches people with disabilities to ride
- Man robbed at gunpoint while biking to Beacon Hill bus stop
July 2012
- Bike News Roundup: Could Olympic dove cycles be the new Cycle Chic?
- Tacoma insurance company president dies after fall during RAMROD
- Fairview/Fairview changes almost complete
- W Thomas St overpass delayed until August/September
- Cascade: Seattle is falling behind in bicycle infrastructure
- Collision at 14th and Cherry sends man on bike to hospital
- Seattle Century tours the region Saturday
- Bike Works launches new groundbreaking family biking projects
- Bike News Roundup: US traffic deaths jump 13.5% over last year
- Trail etiquette: What do you think of Cascade’s new anti-headphone signs?
- Tonight: Fremont neighborhood greenways kick-off meeting + Critical Lass
- Ballard’s 58th Street neighborhood greenway open house Thursday
- Bike parking overload at Capitol Hill Block Party (+ a sad plea to find a stolen bike)
- 8-year-old biking in Federal Way struck and killed Sunday
- Bike-friendly primary election open thread
- Swift Travels: Some bike camping destinations from your doorway
- Mike Wang’s widow Claire seeks sentencing opinions for hit-and-run driver
- Tonight: CycleFest takes over Seward Park
- UW Station construction closes bike path link
- Tall Bike Bobby questions your perception of what’s practical
- Why no bike lanes in the Fauntleroy ‘Green Boulevard’ plans?
- Garcia-Reyes pleads guilty to hit and run that killed Mike Wang
- SunBreak: Is Seattle finally reaching the e-bike tipping point?
- Bike News Roundup: Urban cycling in Puerto Rico gains momentum
- STP, French Revolution Ride + more: How was your bike-filled weekend?
- Central Seattle Greenways: Support a complete 520 Trail Monday
- Cascade profiles some inspiring 2012 STPers
- Weekend Guide: C’est Magnifique, Jefferson Park Jubilee, STP + 5 more
- City study supports completing Roosevelt bike lane in Maple Leaf
- 10,000 people will bike from Seattle to Portland this weekend
- Lots o’ bike action at Saturday’s Jefferson Park Jubilee + Bike stereos needed
- Bike News Roundup: Lots of road rage this week
- The Beacon Hill neighborhood greenway is almost here
- Whistle Stop Co-op will give away free bikes and ORCA cards
- Pint-sized Bike Works annual report showcases big impact
- Seattle Bike Blog turns 2, launches new features
- Testing!
- Weekend Guide: Kids bike parade in Wallingford + World Naked Bike Ride
- John Mauro leaving Cascade, club searching for new policy wiz
- Must see tonight in Pioneer Square: Bike-inspired Diving Belles art project
- The Vulnerable User Law is live in Washington state
- On 1 of the biggest DUI days of the year, police stop Burke-Gilman cyclists for entering crosswalk during countdown
- Bike News Roundup: Mobility downtown
- Spokane’s Barb Chamberlain picked as new Bicycle Alliance Director
- The top cycling city in Washington is actually east of the Cascades
- Port of Seattle holds Kirkland rail-trail project hostage over arena dispute
- Ballard blood drive July 8 will support key Ballard Bridge bike advocate
- Catch some lunchtime Tour de France in a Poineer Square alley
June 2012
- New Federal Transpo Bill slashes bike/walk safety, will use air quality funds to widen highways
- Freedom can’t wait: Loyal Heights July 4th bike parade is Thursday
- Canadian study: On residential streets, traffic diversion is key for safe cycling
- Cycle U celebrating the grand opening of new shop in West Seattle
- Bike News Roundup: I can’t wait for Boeing’s first pedal-powered passenger jet
- Reader looking for witnesses after she was doored at 12th and Marion June 8
- Schemata Workshop hosting monthly bagel stations for bike commuters on Capitol Hill
- AAA extends roadside assistance to members on bikes + A look at new bike insurance options
- Yes! Magazine on how to build a bike train to school
- Seattle Bike Polo doc part of NY Bicycle Film Fest + Newbie Sundays at Cal Anderson
- Action Alert: Biking and walking safety could get cut in Federal budget
- 3rd Annual Spoke & Food coming to a restaurant in your neighborhood Tuesday
- Swift Industries looking for contributions to their women-focused Tough & Tender project
- Suspect in Wang’s fatal hit and run pleads not guilty
- Reader Question: I’m moving to Seattle soon, am I going to need gears?
- Seattle Children’s hosting NE Seattle Livable Streets Open House Saturday
- Bike News Roundup: Helmet laws debated from B.C. to Alaska to Milton to the NY Times
- Wallingford Neighborhood Greenway now open (VIDEO)
- Menstrual Monday’s All-Girl Alleycat Saturday
- A naked and sleep-deprived day of Summer Solstice biking (NSFW)
- City-wide Walk.Bike.Schools meeting Monday
- Go Means Go’s summer solstice Nine to Five all-night scavenger hunt Saturday
- The U District’s Bike Shack is moving, but needs a new space
- Happy Birthday, Nap
- ‘America’s Most Beautiful Bike Ride’ challenges and inspires Seattle team
- So, you’re thinking about biking naked in the Fremont Solstice Parade…
- Wallingford neighborhood greenway opening celebration Saturday
- Reminder: 520 Bridge meeting Thursday will discuss future Roanoke Lid
- Bike News Roundup: Video of a HUGE Bike to School Day ride in NE Seattle
- Big plans (and small immediate changes) planned for 7th Ave + An Amazon.com cycle track?
- SBAB Notes: City studying options for widening Ballard Bridge sidewalk
- Memorial for Nap Cantwell Thursday, his would-be 19th birthday
- Biking to Bryant Elementary up 50%, proof we can break the dangerous school drop-off cycle
- Musician and Elysian Brewing son Nap Cantwell dies from injuries in May crash
- Police arrest suspect in hit-and-run that killed Mike Wang last summer – UPDATED
- Saturday: Community bike ride will tour breathtaking Central District gardens
- Sammamish River Trail tops Sunset list of best bike paths in the West
- Bike News Roundup: A 1970s Vancouver bike ride, then and now
- KUOW discusses the importance of more inviting bike infrastructure
- Seattle’s new focus on neighborhood biking and protected bike lanes makes national news
- Whistle Stop Co-op at Othello Station is a special place, but it needs your support
- Goodwill’s annual Cyclist Sale June 9-10 at Dearborn store
- Milton repeals helmet law + How bike share and helmet laws might coexist
- Ravenna Blvd repaving moving faster than originally planned
May 2012
- Weekend Guide: Get a free Muffin on Melrose Friday morning + BikeBot + Ballard Crit
- Seattle Met: City attorneys successfully argue that biking is not ‘ordinary’ on Westlake Ave
- Person biking seriously injured in collision with van at Pike and Boren
- ‘NW Folklife’s bikiest band’
- Want to find a date who rides a bike? Hub & Bespoke is hosting another Slow Ride Speed Date
- Two chances to get involved with mountain bike trail work in Seattle and the state
- New Kent bike route by Earthworks takes you on a tour of public art
- Ballard High School students hosting bike drive for Bike Works Friday
- Brooklyn Station meeting Wednesday + Is it time to tackle big bike access issues in the U District?
- E Lake Sammamish Trail will be paved through Issaquah
- Bike News Roundup: ‘Renegades’ make illegal Capitol Hill Park, chill in it
- Washington named most bike-friendly state
- Thursday: Cycling Sojourner talks bike touring at Gregg’s Bellevue Cycle
- Tuesday: Ride with SBAB for a SE Seattle bikeability tour
- Cascade program aims to train new bike advocacy leaders – Apply by June 1
- Poll: Majority of Washington residents support installing more bike boxes
- Saturday: Tell WSDOT to build the 520 biking & walking trail to Capitol Hill
- Fremont bike counter, school bike train plans unveiled at City Hall Bike to Work Day rally
- County could remove Green River Trail sandbags
- As Seattle rides to honor those injured and killed on our roads, woman dies in Portland bike lane
- Bike to Work Day preview + Map of Commute Stations
- Taiwanese Association offers $6K reward for information about hit-and-run that killed Wang
- County repaving section of Burke-Gilman Trail near Log Boom Park
- Tacoma and Snohomish named Bicycle Friendly Communities, Port Townsend moves up list
- Bike News Roundup: How a Bicycle Is Made
- Photos from the Kids Bike Swap and Madrona bike and trike parade
- Reminder: People with bikes ride buses free all week
- Seattle gets a Bike Score of 64, ranks 7th in nation
- Saturday: 4th annual Tour de Pints will cruise to local breweries + Roller racing at Hale’s
- Help improve BikeWise by taking UW research survey
- 2012 Ride of Silence meets May 16 at Gas Works Parks
- Celebrate Mother’s Day with a women-only ride: Critical Lass
- W Thomas St overpass opening delayed until July
- Does your kid need a bigger bike? Bike Works’ 16th Annual Kids Bike Swap is Saturday
- Bike Month Update: Bikes & Bagels Friday + Host a Bike to Work Station
- Bike News Roundup: The Bike Parking Squid has surfaced
- City signs off on safe Burke-Gilman Missing Link design. Again.
- Bicycle Paper: The 80-year history of Gregg’s Cycle
- WSDOT extending viaduct construction cycle track (with video!)
- Families attend sunny Bicycle Sunday in droves + Let’s add more activites
- First Bicycle Sunday of the year is May 6
- Hundreds attend the largest ever Bike to Work Breakfast (+ video)
- 121 Bryant Elementary kids and parents biked to school today – UPDATED
- New budget Seattle-to-Portland express bus service allows bikes
- Support World Bicycle Relief by eating chocolate
- Seattle Transit Blog: People with bikes ride Metro buses FREE during Bike Week
- Thursday: Wonky Neighborhood Greenways meeting on Capitol Hill + Bike party in Pioneer Square
- City launches new interactive bike map, bike plan survey
- Bike News Roundup: Biking around Seattle in 2 minutes
- Happy Bike Month! What are you doing to encourage more cycling?
April 2012
- Seattle Bike Swarm plans May Day actions
- A look at plans for the new 520 Bridge through Montlake
- What do you think of Seattle Center’s bike parking squid?
- When bike trains collide, it’s heartwarming
- West Seattle school lands safe streets grant + Last day to comment on Delridge changes
- Bicycle Alliance Director Barb Culp retires
- Parks Department recommends making Bike Polo a permanent court use
- Help fund a Seattle-written zine about yoga and biking
- Bicycle Advisory Board seeks new members
- Walk.Bike.Schools Update: Lots of energy at city-wide meeting + ‘Think Outside the Car’ Saturday in W Seattle
- Pedaler’s Fair showcases the forces behind Seattle’s growing bicycle economy
- Bike News Roundup: El coche nos cuesta
- Now THIS is how you make a good biking and walking detour
- Mercer West open house Tuesday will discuss cycle track plans
- This Weekend: Pedaler’s Fair showcases locally-made bike goods and art
- Construction on First Hill Streetcar starts next week
- DubSea Bikes continues to grow in White Center + West Seattle Greenways meeting April 22
- SunBreak: Will U-Link ‘flatten’ Captiol Hill for people on bikes?
- Sick Day Cinema: REI on cycling in Seattle
- Get your sunny Burke-Gilman kicks while you can…
- Bike Jobs: Bike Works service rep + Detours sales rep + Cascade staff writer
- Judge throws out SLU streetcar crash lawsuit
- Bicycle surcharge not changed in May ferry fare hike
- Tonight: Ride with Bike Snob NYC + Citywide bike-to-school parents meet-up
- Bike News Roundup: The Seattle Times Ed Board’s 2012 Transportation Plan
- Bicycle Paper: ‘Cycling Forward’ empowers homeless youth with bike fixing skills
- Bike to “The Kid with a Bike” at SIFF Cinema and save $$
- Seattle’s Bill Nye the Science Guy: The city of the future will be built around bikes
- New Arboretum trail would bypass Lake Washington Blvd
- Work on Linden Ave cycle track starting soon
- Lake City’s Kaffeeklatsch wants to keep unpermitted art bike rack
- A look at the planned 520 bike trail (and why it should extend to N Capitol Hill) – UPDATED
- New Alleycat Acres farm is shaped like a bike wheel
- Bike News Roundup: ‘Smart responses to high gas prices’
- Edmonds trail extention will close key Interurban North missing link
- Neighborhood Greenways TV: Seattle Channel + Panel discussion with SDOT leaders
March 2012
- Ballard Bridge work now expected to continue until early May
- Seattle Transit Blog: Biggest group of Northgate parkers are within easy bike/walk distance
- Bicycle Alliance: Action needed to make Hood Canal Bridge safe
- Bike Works auction raises over $135k
- Trail Updates: Frelard bollard removal + Help paint trees blue + Duwamish Trail work complete
- Bike News Roundup: Good and bad tweets about Seattle public servants & bicycles
- City announces dates for 2012 Summer Streets and Bicycle Sundays
- Ichiro’s crashed bicycle is centerpiece of museum in Japan
- Wrench Bicycle Workshop now open on Dexter Ave
- Big neighbohrood greenways meeting in Phinney tonight + Car Free Days jumps on board
- How the Riding Reporter got her stolen bike back
- Jay Inslee visits Bike Works, discusses the benefits of bicycle education
- Seattle-based Undriving wins national advocacy award for ‘Joyful Enthusiasm’
- Bike News Roundup: Creating a ‘human-sized street pattern’
- Upcoming N Seattle transit station meetings need your input – UPDATED
- Tickets still available for the Bike Works Auction & 15th Anniversary Celebration
- Times: Kirkland rail corridor plans aim high
- Notes from the 2012 Seattle Bike Expo
- Real Active Women group ride for St. Patty’s Day
- Neighborhood Greenways Update: SDOT leaders will talk at Phinney meeting
- City repairing West Seattle’s Duwamish Trail this week
- More details in collision that killed Rehberger near Kent
- Elly Blue: How do Seattle cyclists deal with all those hills?
- Bike News Roundup: New day, same triple shot of bike news
- Burke-Gilman official grand opening Tuesday
- A couple weeks after getting doored, thief steals Riding Reporter’s bike
- Injured Kent bike mechanic Fred Rehberger dies
- Seattle Bike Expo 2012 Preview: Rad women speakers + Unicycles + Fremont afterparty
- New artsy barriers hope to prevent repeat of fall that killed Fairbrother
- Tonight: Bike Master Plan presentation + Streetcar open house
- Have a bike stolen recently? Flip through these photos to see if SPD has it
- Bucking bike commute trend, majority of riders on 70-mile Alleycat Acres ride were women
- Mechanic seriously injured while biking to work at Kent bike shop – UPDATE: RIP Fred
- 70 ride to Auburn farm and back for Alleycat Acres fundraiser
- A couple cool bike gigs in the area
- Neighborhood Safe Speeds Bill misses cutoff as Senate devolves into standstill
- Bike News Roundup: Seattle > Portland
- Collisions drop 23 percent on redesigned Nickerson – UPDATED
- Thursday: Bicycle Alliance and Back Alley Bike Repair celebration + Women on Wheels
February 2012
- State’s safe street design and neighborhood speed bills make progress
- Riding Reporter: Interview with Seattle Bike Polo founder Matt Messenger
- First Hill Streetcar: A look at bike plans + open house tonight
- Chilly Hilly storms Bainbridge + STP sells out in record time
- Bike News Roundup: How can I speak for the trees if I’m also selling SUVees?
- Police seeking witnesses to serious bike wreck near N Seattle Community College
- Central Seatle Greenways maps possible routes, considers neighborhood ciclovia
- Bike Portland: Largest national bike advocacy groups will merge
- Mountains to Sound Greenway looking to become National Heritage Area
- In speech, McGinn praises neighborhood greenways and Fremont’s bicycle economy (sorta)
- Plans for key Wallingford neighborhood greenway crossing scaled back
- Pedaler’s Fair will showcase Washington-made bike goods and art
- Times: As biking in Seattle grows dramatically, number of crashes stays the same
- Dear Seattle Times Ed Board, Letters to the Editor are still supposed to be factual
- Bike News Roundup: World class polo
- Missing Link goes back for more studies, will likely miss 2012 construction goal
- Anyone in Wallingford got a garage to help cargo/e-bike entrepreneur?
- Drunk racists attack man making delivery by bike in Ballard
- Neighborhood Safe Speeds Bill headed to Senate committee Thursday
- Seattle’s bicycle economy is booming: Back Alley, Recycled Cycles and Cascade Bicycle Studio open doors
- Walking in Seattle: These 28 Seattleites died walking on road diet candidate streets last decade
- Neighborhood greenways groups multiplying: Now forming in W, NE Seattle
- Neighborhood greenways are front-page news
- CDNews: After posting security footage, bike thief caught in police sting
- Bike News Roundup: The Man Who Lived on His Bike
- Sunday: Seattle Bike Swap takes over Seattle Center
- Burke-Gilman Trail will reopen Friday at noon
- Recycled Cycles opening second shop in Fremont
- Pioneer Square’s Back Alley Bike Repair will open for business Valentine’s Day
- The SunBreak reviews Willie Weir’s presentation at REI
- Tonight: Help save the waterfront
- Ballard News Tribune: Ballard Locks closed for repairs until Thursday
- CDNews: Bike thief caught on video stealing bike in Judkins Park
- Feet First: SPS makes Safe Routes to School key to transportation plan
- Bike Portland: Blumenauer sees House anti-transit, biking and walking bill as test
- At long last, city will repave bumpy Ravenna Blvd this spring/summer
- Bike News Roundup: CicLAvia is a boon for businesses
- New SDOT Traffic Engineer is excited about bike facilities
- Central Seattle Greenways announces first meeting at Central Cinema
- Sick of debris, W Seattle commuter is organizing Saturday trail clean-up
January 2012
- Upcoming women-focused bike events: Women & Wrenches + Women on Wheels
- House unanimously passes Neighborhood Safe Speeds Bill
- King County Parks: Burke-Gilman reopening delayed another week
- How far has Seattle’s cycling efforts come since 1982? Ask Sprocket Man
- Menstrual Monday visits the Bikery
- Bike News Roundup: Seattle Randonnneurs bike the winter solstice
- While I dream of an I-5 bike facility, WSDOT cameras spot repeat I-5 cyclist
- Wednesday Morning Theater: Youth Bike Summit in New York
- Reminder: Bike Works Warehouse Sale Sunday
- Washington State disproportionaltely underfunds walking and biking
- Help the Bikery keep bike maintenance inclusive and affordable
- City plans 11 miles of neighborhood greenways in 2012
- Get discounted Alleycat Acres ride registration for reading Seattle Bike Blog!
- Bike News Roundup: Melting roads open thread!
- Snow won’t stop the Riding Reporter (and many others) + VIDEO
- Seattle ranks a pitifully unhip 28th in ‘Fixie Index’
- Madison Park Greenways looking to combine with neighboring areas
- Can biking save your snowy Seattle transportation woes?
- Bike News Roundup: Via RecreActiva
- Russ from Path Less Pedaled punched in New Zealand road rage attack
- Governor’s $3.6 billion transpo plan makes no mention of walking and biking
- Playing at NW Film Forum: ‘Urbanized’ doc showcases 21st century city planning
- Biking Bis: Registration for 2012 Cascade rides starts today
- An extension cord is not a good bike lock (seen at Broadway/Denny)
- Alleycat Acres birthday party to help kickstart spring bike ride
- No slowing down for citizen neighborhood greenway organizers
- Some awful jerk steals BMX bikes from Bike Works (+ Warehouse Sale!)
- Bike News Roundup: One way to get slow walkers to move over
- Today: Phinney Ridge/Greenwood neighborhood greenways meetup + SBAB meeting
- Bicycle Alliance: Why the Neighborhood Safe Speeds Bill should pass
- Bicycling won’t make you an ‘elite snob,’ so where did this image problem come from?
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December 2011
- Help the Bike Shack find a new space north of the Ship Canal – UPDATED
- In wake of Bike Port closing, new owner moves shop to Nord Alley
- Bike News Roundup: Bicycle rush hour in Detroit (1899)
- Our most popular stories in 2011
- Happy Holidays from Seattle Bike Blog
- Small stretch of Burke-Gilman Trail in Lake Forest Park opens in time for Xmas
- New short trail in Bellevue connects Factoria to MTS Greenway
- Bike News Roundup: The dream of the suburbs is alive in Vancouver (WA)…
- Handmade guerilla bike rack installed outside White Center Sheriff’s office
- Cops mock West Seattle man struck by truck while jogging to work
- Times: Burke-Gilman project way over budget
- Bill would mandate child support in drunk driving deaths
- Burke-Gilman Missing Link goes back to court today – UPDATE
- Bike News Roundup: Critical Mass in Guadalajara is huge
- Spot with most bike-involved collisions gets new bike lane
- Neighborhood greenways meetup Wednesday will feature planner, Bagshaw
- Man who killed Nakatani in Kirkland could face four years in jail
- Kirkland may purchase 5.75-mile rail corridor, build new trail
- Wallingford neighborhood greenway details revealed
- Bike Swarm will help lead Monday’s Occupy Seattle Port Shutdown
- Person killed biking home from work identified as Bradley Nakatani
- Suspected drunk driver kills person biking in Kirkland – UPDATED
- Bike News Roundup: One way to increase the number of bikes on the road…
- Walking in Seattle: 1/3 of Seattle pedestrian deaths occur on state and federal roads
- Heavy work on W Thomas St overpass gets underway
- Learn to make crafty holiday gifts out of bike tubes at Alchemy Goods
- Chicago’s separated bike lanes work — It’s time to install one in downtown Seattle
- Buffer space added to bike lanes on older section of Dexter
- It’s time to start designing safer intersections
- Cascade: Get involved with Northgate light rail planning
- Square Dance for Bike Works! (December 9)
- Bike News Roundup: Bike spoke animation
November 2011
- Man charged with assault for running down person on bike after bar argument – UPDATED
- Dietrich: Gates Foundation campus has some swanky bike commuter facilities
- Transportation planner’s first impressions of the Burke-Gilman
- City installing runnel for bikes on N 41st St walking bridge
- Map of Seattle road fatalities (2001-2009)
- KPLU: Seattleites notoriously unwilling to jaywalk
- Bike News Roundup: Motor Mania (Starring Goofy!)
- A friendly Thanksgiving weekend road safety reminder…
- Wallingford Neighborhood Greenway open house December 8
- Why some trail crossings have stop signs
- Large Burke-Gilman Trail project running more than a month behind
- Ship Canal Trail extension now open (VIDEO)
- Over 50 ride in Seattle’s second Cranksgiving
- Airport Way bridge set to close for a year or more
- Bike News Roundup: Amsterdam with cars
- Grist: Elly Blue’s take on sharrows after a recent trip to Seattle
- Cranksgiving Updates: New sponsors + Snow?
- Ship Canal Trail extension grand opening and Kidical Mass Saturday
- When reporting hyperlocal news, a bicycle gets you the scoop first
- Biking on the Ballard Bridge will suck even more for the next couple months
- Reminder: Road Safety Summit tonight at Bike Works
- Seattle trails now on Google Street View
- DubSea Bikes holding monthly bike tune-up event Sat. in White Center
- Beacon BIKES and SDOT line neighborhood greenway route with trees
- Bike Works to host Road Safety Summit forum in Columbia City
- Bike News Roundup: Portland opens ambitious new cycle track
- SDOT compares road diets to Copernicus’ struggle for heliocentric acceptance
- Seattle’s Prop 1 soundly defeated
- Seattle’s Child: Bike Works thriving where once no bike shop existed
- Riding Reporter: Ballard designer making wool cycling apparel for winter
- Cranksgiving 2011 – Seattle’s second annual pedal-powered food drive
- Ballots are due tomorrow – Get your friends to vote yes on Prop 1
- Weir: New trail ends at dangerous spot
- Bellevue and the UW want to help you keep biking all winter
- City will retime short Alaskan Way walk signal
- Bike News Roundup: The heartbreaking loss of a stolen bike
- New bike co-op and road changes coming near Othello Station
- CHS: Lots of bike thefts on Capitol Hill
- Bicycle bag maker Swift Industries settles into historic Ballard building
- Sound Transit offers $10 ORCA to try Columbia City Station’s new bike lockers
October 2011
- Talking urban biking with Q13 News
- People walking bear disproportionate number of traffic deaths and tickets
- Don your costume for tonight’s Midnight Mystery Ride
- Seattle gets a sperm bike
- Mountains-to-Sound Greenway ribbon-cutting Saturday + Video spoiler
- Bike News Roundup: Mike Lindblom bikes really, really fast
- Burke-Gilman paving has begun, delays possible near Log Boom Park
- Sanders: W Seattle bike commute was ‘easy, urban, beautiful, bracing’
- UW farm looking for bikes to shorten trip between growing sites
- KUOW feature looks at cycling in the city and the call for safe streets
- Dangerously short walk signal at Alaskan Way and King
- How was your commute?
- Urban Farming + Bikes – Diabetes = Team Alleycat
- Biking is the fastest way to get around during Viaduct closure
- Man biking on Aurora injured in collision with car
- Biking in Seattle is not declining
- More details on the city’s upcoming Road Safety Summit
- Bike News Roundup: Really old photos of people doing freestyle tricks
- Neighborhood greenway groups request funding and public outreach plan
- The neighborhood safe speeds bill has unanimous, bipartisan support
- Tonight: Help Seattle Bike Blog adopt a Streets for All phone bank
- Work on Ship Canal Trail getting closer to completion
- W Seattle bike commuter explains danger posed near Terminal 46 (VIDEO)
- Tacks on trail wreak havoc on I-90 bike commuters
- Teen who killed Przychodzen in Kirkland gets $42 ticket
- An evening to remember Mike Wang October 18
- That was fast: SEEC throws out Prop 1 opponents’ ‘frivolous’ claim
- Help Seattle Bike Blog adopt a Streets for All phone bank Oct 18
- Bike News Roundup: Video from CicLAvia
- Dexter is a next generation Seattle bike facility (VIDEO)
- Hello, North Delridge Greenways!
- Sick Day Part II: My first bike
- Prop 1 opponents file ‘meritless’ SEEC complaint against Streets for All Seattle
- Sick Day Video Post – Biking from Capitol Hill to UW in 2008
- Beacon Hill’s neighborhood greenways starting to grow
- Weekend Guide: Ride for safer streets in the U District
- Bike News Roundup: NO WALKING – MON-FRI – 6AM-6PM
- Bicycle Alliance announces reformed strategic plan, vision
- Ninjas riding from Port Townsend to Seattle to promote theater show on Capitol Hill
- Shine On hosting community bike ride to support renewable energy in schools
- Bicycle Benefits: Theo offers half-price chocolate for bicycling customers
- Person shot with pellet gun while biking in Bellevue + Bike thief arrested at UW
- Neighborhood greenways and Prop 1 are about much more than bicycling
- PI: Top five spots where people biking and driving collide
September 2011
- Mayor announces date of first road safety summit meeting
- King County joins the CleanScapes/Bike Works partnership
- Bike News Roundup: How to steal a bike in Vancouver, BC
- Hub & Bespoke to host Slow Ride Speed Date – Gay and Lesbian edition – CANCELLED
- Roundup of recent calls for safer streets
- Volunteer to help pass Proposition 1
- Tuesday afternoon theater: An inspiring neighborhood greenways presentation
- Census: Seattle bike commuting rises 22% in 1 year, city claims #2 spot in US
- Burke-Gilman Trail detour in place this week for “21 and Over” filming
- Safe Streets Social provides space for healing, calls for change
- Weekend Guide: Safe Streets Social Saturday + Bellevue transpo planning rides
- Bike Portland: Be careful, it’s sun glare time again
- Bike commuter describes scary experience on Alaskan Way
- What would a modern Pike/Pine bike facility look like?
- This week: PDX planners talk neighborhood greenways Thursday + Bok Bok Bok alleycat Friday
- Rides to Moving Planet will start from all over the city Saturday
- Man biking crashes on Capitol Hill after car pulls in front of him, driver flees
- Safe Streets Social – Slow ride to honor the fallen and support each other (9/24)
- Cargo Bike Ride in memory of Val Kleitz (VIDEO)
- Happy Park(ing) Day!
- Bike News Roundup: I want to help you move by bike
- SunBreak: City was warned about Fairview staircase hazard in 2008
- Mayor McGinn calls for road safety summit
- We have reached a turning point in Seattle bicycle safety
- Reminder: Get involved with safe streets at the neighborhood greenways meetup tonight
- King 5: Lakewood hit-and-run victim pleads for driver to ‘do the right thing’
- Friends hold beautiful memorial for Brian Fairbrother
- Vancouver team wins 2011 World Hardcourt Bike Polo Championships
- Robert Townsend, killed in U District, was fastest delivery person on staff
- Woman struck from behind and killed near Port Angeles – UPDATED
- Person biking dies after colliding with car on the Ave – UPDATED
- Woman injured while biking on I-5
- Weekend Guide: Watch the world’s best bike polo at Magnuson Park
- Nine days after bicycle wreck, Espresso Vivace Manager Brian Fairbrother dies
- N 34th Street project demonstrates the bike box’s true potential
- Bike News Roundup: Bolivia’s ‘Day of the Pedestrian’
- Long-time Vivace general manager seriously injured in bicycle crash – UPDATED
- Volunteer to help count people riding bikes in late September
- World Hardcourt Bike Polo tourney kicks off Wednesday at Magnuson Park
- Labor Day open thread: We are the Cyclists
- Weekend Guide: Labor Day ride to celebrate Val Kleitz
- Using example of Wang’s death, Economist argues for protected bikeways
- SDOT: 20th Ave NW before and after
- Bike News Roundup: Burning Man on a bike
August 2011
- Washington Ferries will drop bicycle fee for ORCA and pass users
- Bike Port in Pioneer Square to close in December
- Met at Bicycle Sunday: Chris Pountney on mile 14,476 of world bike tour
- Biking to the Sounders game has caught on
- Weekend Guide: Bike-in movie at Cal Anderson + Coffee Jitters Alleycat
- Bike News Roundup: An R2D2 bike helmet
- Blinded by mayoral vendetta, the Weekly wildly misses the point of the NE 125th project
- With bike share on the horizon, it’s time to rethink King County’s adult helmet law
- Changes to NE 125th create a better neighborhood street for all
- Cascade stations will keep you and your bike in shape
- City repaving Fremont Ave N this week
- Police seize SUV in investigation of hit-and-run that killed Wang
- Work on W Thomas St overpass will kick into gear after Hempfest
- Weekend Guide: Rainier Summer Streets featuring Bike Works Block Party
- Final phase of Ship Canal Trail work to begin next month
- Bike News Roundup: Biking while big
- What we can learn from the tunnel vote loss
- Set for November vote, $60 vehicle fee needs strong vision
- Bicycle Alliance hires Policy Director, Cascade proposes bylaw revisions
- Riding Reporter: A ride with a pedicab tour guide
- Capitol Hill Courier launches intra-neighborhood bike delivery sevice
- Seattle cargo bike legend Val Kleitz passes away
- Letter to the King County Council: Save Metro buses for the sake of bicycling
- Weekend Guide: PhinneyWood Summer Streets + Beacon Hill family bike ride
- Bike News Roundup: ‘A citizen on a $30 bicycle is equally as important to one in a $30,000 car’
- Sound to Mountains Bike Festival rewards riders with music and art Saturday
- Kids at Bike Works learn bike polo from the best + Polo demo at Westlake Park
- Why an $80 vehicle license fee makes sense
- Wang started taking documentary photos at Tiananmen Square
- Dead Baby Downhill 2011 recap (with video!)
- Driver flees after striking a person cycling near Georgetown
- Is lowering speed limits the key to increased safety on Dexter?
- Person struck while cycling in Renton dies – UPDATED
- Weekend guide: Dead Baby Downhill + More naked biking
- Bike News Roundup: Tell me what a ‘war on cars’ looks like…
- Seattle Crime: Police bust prolific bike thief and chop shop
- 2011 primary election bike-friendly voter’s guide
- Ballard paving updates: 20th Ave bike lanes in + slightly improved Missing Link
- N 34th St in Fremont will be closed tonight
- Recently-fixed Burke-Gilman crossing in Frelard widened
- Bike News Roundup: Nobody is going to walk .6 miles to cross the street
July 2011
- Person killed in Dexter hit-and-run identified as Mike Wang
- After remaining neutral until now, Cascade comes out against the tunnel
- Person biking on Dexter killed, SUV driver flees the scene – UPDATED
- SPD stops person in W Seattle for doing 42 in a 30 on a bicycle
- New Belgium’s Clips of Faith brings film and beer to Gas Works Friday
- Trail projects in Seattle create more jobs per dollar than roads
- Lawyer for Przychodzen’s family looking for witnesses to deadly collision
- SLB: King County’s In Motion maps get some W Seattle bike routes wrong
- KIRO: Przychodzen’s family will talk to Kirkland about Juanita Dr safety
- Cascade: State rescissions not as bad this year
- People who attacked man cycling NW of Mt Rainier charged with assault
- Art show to celebrate 15 years of Dead Baby Bikes
- Person cycling in Kirkland dies after truck strikes him from behind
- Adaptive cycling and safe infrastructure can be tools to help overcome disability
- Bike News Roundup: ‘Free’ bridge crossing costs NY $31 billion
- Weekend Guide: Tour de Watertower, Cyclefest, Velotopia + more
- New Alaskan Way trail provides safer route south of downtown
- Velotropolis neighborhood bike tour kicks off CSA-by-bike service
- Cyclefest and Bikemania July 22 + Adorable U District kiddie crit video
- What LA’s ‘Carmageddon’ can teach us all
- More details on N 34th St bike box (with images!)
- Legally blind downhill mountian biker in town for film screening
- KIRO reporter concerned about MTS Trail extention through ‘the Jungle’
- Bike News Roundup: Your bike lane guardian angel
- Calling all experienced bike mechanics: Bike Works is hiring
- Bike box and new pavement coming to 34th Ave N in Fremont
- STP news: 10,000 people (including a 9-year-old) ride from Seattle to Portland
- Special Menstrual Monday ride tonight to cheer up injured organizer
- Times: Group leaders make case for neighborhood greenways
- Weekend Guide: Seattle to Portland riders leave Saturday – UPDATED
- Tell the state not to raid funding for bicycling and walking again this year
- Widstrand steps down as SDOT Traffic Engineer
- Hearing Examiner approves ‘Missing Link’ completion yet again
- Times: 2.3-mile Snoqualmie Tunnel opens with fanfare
- Speak up for Seattle bicycle funding at CTAC III meeting today – UPDATED
- Heavy work to start again on Dexter July 7
- After getting start in the Seattle area, Farrar wins Stage 3 of Tour de France
- What to do this weekend: Freedom edition
June 2011
- Burke-Gilman section closed Friday for rubber mat fix
- Metro replacing bus bike rack arms + the mayor tweets about bike sharing
- Bike News Roundup: Why do so few American women ride bikes?
- Westneat: People injured by Missing Link offer to pay for a fix
- 1% for Art to fund $80,000 project along Burke-Gilman Trail
- New bike route will connect Cherry St downtown to Broadway
- Seattle By Bike Photos: Railing full of bikes on drizzly solstice dawn
- SDOT and Ballard railroad will fix slippery Burke-Gilman crossing
- New staircase to help with Burke-Gilman detour
- The war on cars that never was, remembered
- Bike and dine for Seattle Tilth with Spoke & Food June 28
- Washington’s new Discover Pass does not apply to people riding bikes
- Hundreds of naked riders bring the sunshine for drizzly Solstice Parade
- How was day one of the Burke-Gilman closure? + VIDEO
- The value of offering customers Bicycle Benefits
- Burke-Gilman detour alternatives (that don’t include driving) – UPDATED
- Man uses bicycle to fend off knife-wielding assailant
- ‘With My Own Two Wheels’ – The bicycle as a vehicle for change around the globe
- King County releases official Burke-Gilman detour
- New King County bicycle map now online
- Bike News Roundup: How to ride naked
- S Columbian Way project to calm traffic, connect Beacon Hill and Columbia City
- Mercer West and Arboretum meetings tonight
- Add your Seattle bicycling photos to the Seattle by Bike Flickr pool
- 2011 ride updates: 2011 Seattle Century is July 30, non-profit looking to boost STP team
- Weekend recap: Bicycle Sunday and garden tours by bike
- Trail updates: Ship Canal, MTS trail extensions coming this year
- After wreck, international war crimes investigator vows to make Burke-Gilman crossing safe
- Menstrual Monday presents an all-girl alleycat June 11
- Beyond Naked explores the ‘creative courage’ needed to ride naked in the Solstice Parade
May 2011
- Family of man killed in 2009 while riding in Ballard awarded $1.5 million
- Several bike rides this weekend — Tweed Ride, Port of Seattle bike tour, Ballard rain garden tour
- Large Burke-Gilman closure starts June 15, county and state say take a bus or drive – UPDATED
- Bike News Roundup: Can’t we all just get along?
- SDOT bike parking program on hold, could be cut
- West Seattle resident Sally Eustice killed on morning ride near Walla Walla
- Washington state is the most bike-friendly but gets D in infrastructure
- Incredible video: Person biking hit by car near SLU Park lands on his feet
- Bike to Work Day 2011 – Peace on Wheels (VIDEO)
- Happy Bike to Work Day, Seattle! – UPDATED
- West Seattle Blog: Alki Summer Streets shorter this year
- Two people riding bikes assualted by angry drivers this week
- Bikelash? I’d rather go ride in the sunshine
- Bike to Work Day commute station locations and schedule
- Dexter paving two weeks behind schedule, but ready to Bike to Work Day
- Governor signs Vulnerable User Law
- Advice for first-time bike commuters
- You know what makes life better?
- Hiller’s appointment not outside of mayor’s budget
- What to do on two wheels this weekend (May 13-15) – UPDATED
- David Hiller resigns from Cascade Bicycle Club – UPDATED
- UW Bike Month party on the Burke-Gilman this evening
- Meetings tonight to discuss Ballard and Green Lake bike lanes
- Governor will sign Vulnerable User Bill May 16
- Middle and high school students: Bike to School Challenge field still wide open
- Contraflow bike lane installed in International District
- Get involved with the 2011 Seattle Bicycle Music Project
- You have to ride to work this week to get counted
- Tons of fun at the Kids Bike Swap
- Kids Bike Swap Saturday at Genesee Playfield
- Metro and SDOT keep bicycle groups in the dark about rushed Howell St plans
- Neighborhood-Powered Streets Part 4: A call for a greenway group in your neighborhood
- Meeting tonight to discuss Latona bike lane in Wallingford
- Neighborhood-Powered Streets Part 3: Controversially less controversial
- Seattle Crime: Woman pelted with BBs while riding in Ballard
- Neighborhood-Powered Streets Part 2: Beacon Hill and Wallingford groups lead the way
- Neighborhood-Powered Streets, Part 1: Greenways find new political momentum in Seattle
- Happy Bike Month! Here’s a wonderfully happy video for prospective riders
April 2011
- Cascade was not included in cutback to Bicycle Sundays
- Everett approves bicycle master plan
- Cascade launches bike month video contest
- Sightline: A reluctant cyclist learning to love riding (despite SLU confusion)
- Seattle Crime: Police catch thief stripping parts from bike on Broadway
- Bikenomics: I spend more money on the military than on my bicycle
- Biking Bis: Fewer Bicycle Sundays scheduled this year
- Mayor McGinn gives go-ahead for NE 125th redesign
- On the third day, He rode His cargo bike – UPDATED
- Hub and Bespoke screening ‘2 Seconds’ tonight
- Check out the (not yet official) Burke-Gilman closure detour route
- Publicola: Health Dept Director supports NE 125th changes
- Colbert Report’s Washington unicycle law claims a little ‘truthy’
- Seattle Crime: Stolen bikes found at Aurora Motel
- Bike News Roundup: LYCRA is owned by Tea Party-funding global warming deniers
- Freight group upset that city cares about bike safety
- Beyond Naked follows four people riding nude in Fremont Solstice Parade
- One in five sewer grates on Seattle bike routes are hazards
- Planners present more details for Broadway Bikeway
- StreetFilms videographer to speak at Bike to Work Breakfast
- Sign the petition to support NE 125th changes
- Cyclist in Belltown hit and run taken to hospital in critical condition – UPDATED
- Lake City Library hosting Bikes for Books until May 24
- After Montlake Bridge wreck, Lan Remme begins road to recovery
- How Copenhagen accommodates cyclists during road work
- Landslide-prone stretch of Burke-Gilman closed for weekend – UPDATED
- The 20’s Plenty bill is just too polite for this year’s legislature
- After delayed start, NE 125th redesign opposition gets going again
- Heavy Dexter construction starts April 11
- Phinney neighborhood bike commuting classes start next week
- Help Emily find a route from W Seattle to Mid-Beacon Hill
- Complete streets bill passes House and Senate
- Bikenomics: Biking is as fast as driving
- Vulnerable Users Bill gets a flat, but luckily we have a spare tube – UPDATED
- Bike News Roundup: Neighbors fight a street mural featuring puppies
March 2011
- CHS: Honest buyer returns bike after discovering it was stolen
- SDOT recommends NE 125th changes
- Alaskan Way S construction detour in place until April 8
- Bike Works raises $120K at annual auction
- Final Linden Ave N open house April 6
- StreetFilms: Highway Removal
- NE 55th project in Ravenna includes bike lanes, curb bulbs
- Pedal-powered weekend getaways
- Seattle Times: Details of bicycling actor’s death still fuzzy
- Sunny day gives preview of biggest Seattle biking year ever
- Stage actor dies after bicycle incident
- Cascade members: Tonight is your last chance to vote
- Join me for 30 Days of Biking in April
- Powerline work could close sections of B-G and Ship Canal Trails
- Site to connect those with garden space to those who want to grow started with a bike ride
- It’s International Bus Driver Appreciation Day!
- Biking Bis: 2011 Tour de Fat skipping Seattle and Portland
- Bike News Roundup: Bikes help in times of disaster
- Alleycat Acres ride raises over $15,000
- Viaduct shutdown idea gaining momentum
- Notes from the 2011 Seattle Bike Expo (with video)
- 2011 Seattle bike map now available
- Must read for Viaduct removal skeptics: The economics of highway removal
- Capitol Hill company tries to take the hills out of riding
- UW gets a ‘silver’ rating for bike friendliness
- My Ballard: Bagshaw says group will look into bike boulevards
- Bike News Roundup: Advertising on a Bike Polo court
- Ballard Locks to open an hour later
- Seattle Bike Expo this weekend
- International Women’s Day reading: Bicycles and equality
- The Mayor’s New Ride
- Incredible weather graces Alleycat Acres 60-mile ride
- Missing Link completion appealed again
- Still not convinced of the benefits of complete streets?
- Vulnerable User Bill passes House 59-39 – UPDATED
- Bike News Roundup: Removing roads can improve traffic
- Meet the candidates for Cascade’s Board
- Oh no! Gas is expensive! (VIDEO)
- Bikes for Books starts today
February 2011
- Thousands ride up and down hills in freezing rain and slush
- Mudslide blocks Burke-Gilman in North Seattle – UPDATED
- Attention Dexter bikers: Construction starts March 7
- Vulnerable User Bill passes Senate – UPDATED
- Seattle First Lady’s bicycle stolen
- The Cycle Pub is alive!
- Seattle University to launch bike share program, King County prepping system of its own
- Bike incident press from Bizarro World … I mean the Netherlands
- Bike News Roundup: You didn’t want to get work done today, did you?
- Go on the record to support completion of the Burke-Gilman missing link
- Better road design standards bill passes House Transportation Committee
- Women on Wheels at Gregg’s March 3
- Take a minute right now to support vulnerable road users
- How should you handle anger while riding?
- Talk transportation with Tom Rasmussen Saturday
- Section of Burke-Gilman in Kenmore will be closed for four days
- Lots o’ bike stuff at 15th annual Seattle Bike Swap
- Benefit Bike Works by Bowling March 12
- Lower Queen Anne bike/ped overpass totally harshing Hempfest’s mellow
- Mercer construction closes 9th Ave N sidewalks
- Seattle Bike Swap Sunday
- SDOT (again) proposes completion of Burke-Gilman missing link – UPDATED
- Capitol Hill thief caught taking a bike, computer and beer – UPDATED
- Accidentally saying ‘accident’
- Sound Transit installs bike lockers in Rainier Valley
- Vulnerable User bill pace far ahead of last year
- Sponsor me on the Alleycat Acres ride and I will give you ad space
- Pie by bike – U District’s Piecycle getting lots of attention
- Bike Porn film festival demonstrates the versatility of the bicycle saddle
- Spoke & Food looking for planning committee members
- Bike News Roundup: How NOT to lock your bike
- How to donate or volunteer for Bike Works’ March auction
- Two complete streets bills in Olympia this year
- Publicola reports: Nickerson changes appear to be working
- Valentine’s Day – Love your bike with Beacon BIKES
- Overcoming the fear of bicycling
January 2011
- Instead of a tunnel, let’s buy every person in our state a bike
- Del Rey sings about Seattle’s Bicycle Blues (VIDEO)
- Bike News Roundup: No lights, no pants
- Bike Works warehouse sale Sunday
- Bike Porn: Inspiring a ‘transportationally aware sex culture’ in Seattle (NSFW?)
- VeloBusDriver talks buses and bikes in Slate
- Bikes and streetcars should be friends
- February 1: The next battle in the war on the war on cars
- Bike thieves attack man in Lake City
- Town hall with the mayor in U Dist tonight
- SDOT’s 2009 traffic report shows drop in bicycle collision rate
- ‘Mutual Responsibility’ bill tabled
- Vulnerable User Bill finds very little resistance in Senate hearing (VIDEO)
- Bicyclist struck by Hummer on Capitol Hill
- Nobody drives in Seattle anymore, it’s too congested
- MTS Trail and W Thomas overpass construction to start in 2nd quarter
- Bike News Roundup: That dreaded engineering manual
- ‘Responsible’ riding means more riding
- Cascade focusing on Vulnerable Users Bill
- Bicycle Alliance pushes bill to ease setting of 20 mph limits
- A note from the editor
- DIY bike lanes in Gudalajara (video)
- Cascade board will resign after March elections
- Cycle Pub starts up in Bend, Oregon
- ‘Mutual Responsibility’ bill trades rights for space
- Banning children from bike seats is bad politics
- Teen on bicycle hit in West Seattle
- Violent rhetoric and bicycles
- Bike News Roundup: Nothing says ‘scenic’ quite like oil refinery equipment
- After trading her car for a bike at Tour de Fat, a Wallingford woman is loving car-free life
- RSVP sells out first day, other Cascade rides still open
- Columbia City show Friday to benefit Bike Works
- How the proposed WA ‘Mutual Responsibility’ bill compares to Oregon’s law
- Wallingford bike boulevard will include ‘runnel’
- Weekend video: Totally rad acrobatic bike riding
- A post about …(gulp)… helmets
- Recent crashes (and other area BikeWise reports)
- What’s your favorite Seattle bike-powered business?
- Rules allowing downtown bus/bike loading here to stay
- Armistice Declared, Seattle’s ‘War on Cars’ Meme Ends
- State bill aims to mandate safe passing distance
- Bike News Roundup: Mega big winter break edition
- Follow the #SEAbikes conversation on twitter
- Bike boulevard coming to Wallingford
- What I did on my winter vacation