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December 2018

  1. People in Seattle have taken more than 2M Lime trips + ofo appears to be imploding
  2. Bike News Roundup: SDOT Baby
  3. Seattle and Bellevue both make it on America’s Best New Bikeways of 2018
  4. Mayor nominates Sam Zimbabwe to be next SDOT Director
  5. Google Maps now suggests Lime bikes in its transit directions
  6. Judge decides Missing Link megastudy did not adequately address economic concerns
  7. WSDOT is testing out a less bumpy gap cover on the 520 Bridge trail
  8. Mayor’s last-minute ousting of Bike Advisory Board Chair was an awful way to treat a volunteer
  9. Ahead of January’s traffic crunch downtown, here’s some advice for first-time winter bike commuters
  10. Man recovering from Harvard Ave E hit and run Friday seeking folks on bikes who stopped to help
  11. Cascade: Support the Missing Link at a Friday court hearing
  12. After WA won #1 for a decade, Bike League changes its state-by-state report cards
  13. Under Mayor Durkan, Seattle has only built about 4% of its 2018 bike lane goal

November 2018

  1. 2018’s one millionth Fremont Bridge bike trip is about to cross, smashing the record
  2. After mediation fails, 35th Ave NE bike lanes head to Mayor Durkan’s desk
  3. The Eastside Rail Corridor needs a new name
  4. Take this Pike/Pine bike lane survey + Rethinking Pine St downtown
  5. Scenes from Cranksgiving 2018: A new donation record
  6. Uber’s JUMP launches their lock-to, slightly cheaper e-bikes in central Seattle
  7. After deep review, SDOT reaffirms plans for Eastlake bike lanes
  8. Sunday: World Day of Remembrance will be a healing space for those impacted by traffic violence
  9. ALERT: West Seattle swing bridge will be out from 7-9 Tuesday night, shuttles available
  10. Huge fire burns lumber warehouses near SPU, expect Ship Canal Trail delays – UPDATED
  11. Tell the City Council to protect red light camera funds for safe streets near schools
  12. Bainbridge Island voters reject $15M safe streets levy
  13. Bike News Roundup: Biking to protect Seattle beaches
  14. Seattle’s Cranksgiving 2018 is November 17
  15. Obligatory end of Daylight Saving Time bike lights post
  16. Missing Link design nearly complete, construction to begin this winter (unless the court intervenes)

October 2018

  1. Vote YES on Bainbridge Island’s SAFE Mobility Levy
  2. In a return to its 1907 roots, UPS will deliver by cargo bike in downtown Seattle
  3. Seattle’s new program will more quickly scrape the wreckage of people’s lives off our streets
  4. Transportation and climate change groups unite to push for a better Seattle budget
  5. Puyallup considers sidewalk biking ban ‘because we’ve got people riding around, dealing heroin’
  6. After much study and some changes, Cheasty Trails and Bike Park gets environmental thumbs up
  7. Seattle wants your ‘big ideas’ for downtown streets and public spaces (again), open house Thursday
  8. Community leads effort to build bike lanes on Pike/Pine, groups host workshop Oct 25
  9. Bike News Roundup: Let’s organize bike trains ahead of the ‘period of maximum constraint’
  10. Citing bike share and bike lane innovation, Bicycling Magazine names Seattle the #1 bike city in the U.S.
  11. Tuesday: Open house for stunning Eastside Trail Wilburton segment
  12. More than 3,000 Lime users contact city asking for scooter share
  13. Bainbridge Island hosts its first Open Streets Festival Saturday
  14. Friday: SNG hosts evening presentation about Dutch cycling culture
  15. Take Bellevue’s survey about the 108th Ave NE bike lanes

September 2018

  1. Seattle Neighborhood Greenways: Disappointing bike commute data is ‘neither surprising nor inevitable’
  2. Latest Census survey shows decline in Seattle bike commuting, especially by women
  3. Mayor Durkan’s budget boosts curb cuts, but eliminates open streets and pavement-to-parks
  4. Dr. Adonia Lugo returns to Seattle Saturday to discuss her book Bicycle/Race: Transportation, Culture, & Resistance
  5. Park(ing) Day 2018 is Friday! Here’s a map of the 62 pop-up mini parks on a street near you
  6. Confidential mediation is no way to govern public decisions like 35th Ave NE bike lanes – UPDATED
  7. After further study, SDOT finds that Eastlake Ave still needs bike lanes
  8. Bike News Roundup: The bike lane is always greener…
  9. KOMO: Sabotaged bike share brakes may have caused teen to crash
  10. Cascade launches campaign to promote city-wide bike network
  11. The Eastside Rail Trail grows: Celebrate Renton-to-Bellevue Saturday + A look at Kirkland-to-Spring District
  12. UW Police are piloting bike valet and registration service at UW Station

August 2018

  1. Blueberry-picking plaza is among the first of many Interurban Trail improvements Lynnwood plans
  2. Survivor who lost family in Branson Duck tour tragedy calls for a nationwide ban
  3. Bike News Roundup: Bike share’s anarchist roots
  4. Mayor Durkan moves quickly to improve Rainier/Henderson intersection after someone seriously injured 2 kids
  5. Trail Alert 8/21-26: Burke-Gilman and Ship Canal Trail repaving in Fremont/Queen Anne
  6. Seattle’s next bike share battle could be between Lime, Uber and Lyft + Let’s start a scooter pilot
  7. Police release video of person snipping bike share brake cables
  8. After 2 kids were struck and badly injured, Rainier Valley Greenways calls Saturday safe streets rally
  9. Ian MacKay is making his second cross-WA bike tour on his sip-and-puff wheelchair
  10. Wilson Ave S bike lanes will fill key gap in SE Seattle, meeting Thursday
  11. Lime’s expanded discount program lets people pay in cash, unlock 5¢ bikes with a text
  12. West Seattle Link might destroy the Sodo Trail, but that could be a good thing
  13. Green Lake/Wallingford paving projects create opportunity to make huge bike improvements, comment by Wednesday
  14. Downtown-to-ID bike lane options are proving difficult, city plans subpar route
  15. Bellevue just opened bike lanes through the heart of its downtown, launched bike share

July 2018

  1. CM Mosqueda delivers must-watch speech as Council approves downtown bike lane resolution
  2. Council approves bike share expansion + ofo cites fee hike in decision to leave Seattle
  3. Bike News Roundup: Fox News wishes I would apologize for Seattle’s ‘jihad’ on cars
  4. Bike Bingo 2018 starts July 31, get your card today at these bike-friendly businesses
  5. WSDOT Secretary Millar: Congestion is a symptom of lacking ‘affordable housing and transportation solutions’
  6. Work on Crown Hill to Northgate neighborhood greenway underway
  7. FreeRange Cycles’ new owner continues woman-owned legacy
  8. Man killed while biking on Rainier Ave, suspect arrested. RIP Alex Hayden
  9. Help push to get the downtown bike network back on track in 2019
  10. Bike share carried 209K trips in May + A look at the city’s updated permit rules
  11. Year-long Elliott Bay Trail detour near future Expedia campus starts Aug 1
  12. Intermittent Sammamish River Trail closures for river bank work start Wednesday
  13. Lime: People in Seattle have taken 1 million trips in 11 months
  14. The Seattle Bicycle Advisory Board needs you, apply by July 4

June 2018

  1. 35th Ave NE safety changes still on track + How can the city avoid such divisive neighborhood fights?
  2. Uber-owned Jump wants to launch its e-bike service in Seattle
  3. Lower West Seattle Bridge reopens, but closure highlighted major need for Sodo bike lanes
  4. Bike Happy: Summer is here
  5. Lower West Seattle Bridge closed for emergency week-long repair – UPDATED
  6. Bike News Roundup: Seattle Channel dives into the Move Seattle ‘reset’
  7. Bike Happy: Ride naked & in circles
  8. Biking on 2nd Ave downtown is up 37% as bike share and bike lanes expand
  9. No matter how you feel about the head tax, the Council should not start selling vetoes
  10. Op-ed: Bicyclists should support I-1631, Protect Washington voter initiative
  11. Bike Happy: This weekend, Ballard Crit & Evergreen MTB Festival
  12. Survey: Ahead of bike share permit update, survey says Seattleites are very supportive
  13. Bike Happy: Long live the ‘Palouse to Cascades State Park Trail’

May 2018

  1. We are building a backyard cottage, and city rules make no sense + Hearing Thursday
  2. The Urbanist: Womxn’s Bike Month Happy Hour is Thursday
  3. Bike Happy: It’s the Last Week of Bike Month
  4. What Seattle needs from the next SDOT Director + Take the mayor’s survey
  5. Bike lanes are for cars
  6. ‘Everybody bikes differently.’ RIP SJ
  7. Howell: Vaccinate your bike
  8. Bike Everywhere Day is Friday + Where to join a morning ride to City Hall or visit a ‘Celebration Station’
  9. Party for Bike Month Friday, bike for Mighty-O Donuts Saturday
  10. Seattle Neighborhood Greenways: Save the Basic Bike Network
  11. Bike Happy: Flash Mob for Donuts today, & Bike Everywhere Day is next Friday
  12. Shipyard manager admits he had men shove CM O’Brien over his support for the Missing Link
  13. Bike Happy: Bike Month has begun
  14. Do you travel to or from the Eastside? You gotta give biking the 520 Bridge a try
  15. Bike News Roundup: Why isn’t cycling normal in [insert city here]?

April 2018

  1. Fiona is home + Donate to the March for Babies in her name
  2. Bike Happy: When bikes ruled Seattle
  3. Mayor Durkan is right, we do need a ‘reset’ on Move Seattle
  4. Rainier RapidRide remake concepts fall short + Mayor Durkan should push SDOT for a more visionary plan
  5. Bike Happy: Don’t capsize the ferry system with stranded bikeshare bikes
  6. Bike Happy: The Future of Downtown Shifts
  7. Aviva Stephens | Bikes are for boys: Cycling while woman

March 2018

  1. Bike on I-5, the Aurora Bridge and the soon-to-be-closed waterfront Viaduct April 8
  2. Anti-bike lane group tweets that single moms don’t bike. It backfires spectacularly
  3. Bike Happy: Get stoked + Eastside cuts bikeshare loose
  4. Seattle tests low-budget painted bike parking to make bike share more orderly
  5. Don’t delay the downtown bike network
  6. Family update + Some news we’ve missed
  7. Bike Happy: Explore Seattle’s racist history (March 15 – 22)
  8. Bike Happy: Pi Edition
  9. 35th Ave NE: A Project at Risk
  10. Bike Happy: Roar-in March like a lion on an e-bike

February 2018

  1. Clarified e-assist bicycle rules head to the Governor’s desk
  2. UW master’s student is surveying bike share users
  3. Bike Happy: Chilly Hilly, YVYC, & Last week for Bike Happy Month Fundraiser
  4. Bike News Roundup: Four weeks old
  5. Cascade calls Trump’s infrastructure plan a ‘bad deal for biking in Washington’
  6. Bike Happy: Nation’s largest e-bikeshare system
  7. Aviva Stephens: Pedaling my way to the 520 Bridge
  8. The 2018 Bicycle Sundays schedule is out
  9. Howell: Going Steady with Lime-E
  10. Bike Happy: Suburban bikeshare
  11. The annual Seattle Bike Swap is Saturday at Magnusson Park
  12. Cascade: Bellevue City Council set to decide on downtown bike lane pilot Monday + How you can help
  13. Bike Happy: Missing Link victory & a new Seattle-based folding bike company

January 2018

  1. Big legal decision supports finishing the Burke-Gilman Missing Link
  2. Fiona
  3. A Roosevelt junior redesigned the streets around his high school, and his plan is better than SDOT’s
  4. Bike Happy: Profiles & Trails
  5. Penultimate section of the E Lake Sammamish Trail opens today
  6. Supporters of a completed Missing Link will host happy hour Wednesday
  7. E-assist bikes, trail connections and multimodal funding on WA Bikes 2018 state legislative agenda
  8. Bike Happy: Bainbridge now supports bridge + Help launch Bike Happy Month
  9. Cascade: Support Bellevue’s downtown bike lane plans Thursday
  10. LimeBike and Spin announce e-assist bikes, an innovation that could change bike share all over again
  11. ofo kicks off 2018 with free rides, big plans and an allegation of poor working conditions
  12. Seattle’s ‘Safest Driver’ app shows some promising results
  13. Bike Happy: Bellevue wants bikeshare; Bainbridge nixes bike bridge
  14. The new 520 Bridge Trail brings our region closer together
  15. Family of Desiree McCloud files lawsuit over fatal streetcar track crash
  16. Kubly’s SDOT responded to massive growth by going big on walking, biking and transit

2017 234

December 2017

  1. Construction set to begin on vital downtown stretch of 7th Ave bike lane
  2. Bike Happy: Save these 2018 dates
  3. Bike Happy: #HappyBikeLanePeople winners and many profiles of fantastic bike people
  4. 520 Trail opens today + Where to go for the opening celebration
  5. SDOT uses bike racks to displace people camping under Viaduct
  6. Bike share pilot’s daily ridership blows past Pronto’s lifetime totals, rivals both streetcars combined
  7. Bike Happy: Vote for your favorite Happy Bike Lane Person
  8. Bike News Roundup: Ghost Bikes
  9. As NE 65th Street safety changes develop, tell SDOT to keep sidewalks wide and bike lanes protected
  10. Support bike lanes along the Roosevelt RapidRide line (including Eastlake Ave)
  11. Goldberg: Find a peaceful, relaxing ride on South King County and Pierce County trails
  12. Imagine a ‘postcarbon Seattle’ at symposium and ‘Futurama’ exhibit
  13. Bike Happy: By Air Land Sea, tandem the Alps & race across Vashon
  14. Q13: Man killed in Sodo was biking to job where he worked his way out of homelessness. RIP Celso Diaz
  15. Aviva Stephens: But it’s raining outside
  16. Kenmore is now a certified ‘Bicycle Friendly Community’
  17. Trail Alert 12/4–1/31: Seattle Parks begins repair work on old, bumpy sections of the Burke-Gilman
  18. 520 Bridge Trail will finally open December 20
  19. New Interbay bikeway connects the Locks, Discovery Park, Ship Canal Trail and the downtown waterfront

November 2017

  1. Bike Happy: Design your own bike lane person
  2. Can Seattle’s ‘Safest Driver’ app teach people to drive more responsibly?
  3. Your Giving Tuesday roundup of bike and safe streets orgs
  4. Scenes from Cranksgiving 2017
  5. Person driving killed a 61-year-old man biking in SODO this morning and fled – UPDATED
  6. China’s Bluegogo, which once had bike share plans in Seattle, implodes dramatically
  7. Bike Happy: Ride Cranksgiving, Watch Woodland Park Cyclocross & honor those who’ve fallen
  8. Big 2020-23 King County sewer project could impact Sammamish River Trail in Redmond
  9. Bellevue plans to pilot game-changing downtown bike lane (or two)
  10. Vigil for World Day of Remembrance is Sunday, street safety panel Friday
  11. Aviva Stephens: Helmet hair
  12. How a 20-something SDOT staffer took on a dying program & changed the bike share world
  13. Bike Happy: Winter is coming, so go bike and drink wine in Eastern WA
  14. SPD: Police recover 2 stolen mountain bikes for sale on eBay
  15. Congratulations Mayor-Elect Jenny Durkan
  16. #BikeTheVote + A procrastinator’s guide to last-minute voting, even if you don’t have your ballot
  17. SDOT begins installing locally-made side guards on city trucks
  18. Cranksgiving Seattle 2017 is November 18
  19. Trail Alert 11/6-8: Burke-Gilman Trail detour on UW campus
  20. Bike Happy: Set your clocks to vote
  21. What City of Kent candidates say about biking and safe streets
  22. Support budgets for a Georgetown/South Park trail, SDOT Equity Program, Summer Parkways + more

October 2017

  1. Ride in the Rain Challenge starts Wednesday, are you signed up?
  2. Cascade: Your E Lake Sammamish Trail comments ‘didn’t count’
  3. Bike Happy: Spooky Edition
  4. For 10th year in a row, 49 states somehow fail to be more bike-friendly than WA
  5. Last chance to weigh in on the visionary Pike Pine Renaissance plan
  6. Endorsement: Cary Moon for Mayor
  7. Bike Happy: Introducing the weekly newsletter to Seattle Bike Blog
  8. Attorney seeks people who have had incidents at fatal Issaquah trail crossing
  9. Aviva Stephens: How a bike saved my life
  10. What can we learn from this scary close call video?
  11. The community-advised Missing Link design keeps getting better for everyone
  12. Learn how to become a leader in the safe streets movement in 2 weekends
  13. It’s getting dark earlier, so let’s talk about bike lights
  14. Friends on Bikes Seattle launches Saturday with brunch and bike overnight
  15. By adding bike share, the Transit App just became the ultimate Seattle car-free mobility tool
  16. Scenes from our move by bike
  17. Bike News Roundup: The Classic American Road Diet
  18. New Pike/Pine bike lanes give a taste of their potential, but have been cut too short

September 2017

  1. There’s nobody like Derek Blaylock, 1966-2016
  2. WA Bikes endorses Moon for Mayor + more across the region and state
  3. Missing Link community design reaches major milestone + Public workshop Thursday
  4. City will build a few blocks of very needed Pike/Pine bike lanes this weekend
  5. Man charged with killing father biking in Northgate had also killed woman walking in Marysville
  6. Bike share ridership is booming + Spin launches better bike, Forbes says LimeBike valued at $200M
  7. Seattle startup crowdfunding bike-focused vending machines
  8. New downtown vision includes 4th Ave bike lanes, new transit pathway on 6th Ave
  9. Friday is Park(ing) Day + Map of your local one-day mini parks – UPDATED
  10. 2nd Ave bike lane extension will open southbound in early October, northbound a couple weeks later – UPDATED
  11. 31 bikes stolen from Tacoma Major Taylor Project school + How you can help
  12. Bellevue considers bike share permits, take their survey today
  13. City extends 9th Ave protected bike lanes + How can the city fix the Mercer crossing?
  14. Don’t expect a bike share surge as caps rise to 2K + Seattle bike share makes international news
  15. Seattle Children’s study: School bike trains increase physical activity (of course)
  16. I’m moving by bike Sunday, and you’re invited
  17. Missing the forest for the bicycle helmets

August 2017

  1. Last day to tell SDOT Rainer Ave needs bike lanes
  2. Protected bike lanes coming to Pike/Pine a big improvement, but fall just short
  3. The 2017 Your Voice, Your Choice recipient projects
  4. Weekend Guide: Star Wars Critical Mass, Urban Ag Tour, bike parades + more!
  5. ofo launches in Seattle, but their goal is ‘unlocking every corner of the world’
  6. Spin/LimeBike announce access for people without smart phones or credit cards + Spin offers 50¢ rides for ORCA Lift holders
  7. City of Sammamish, stop fighting King County over four trail stop signs
  8. Bike News Roundup: Some post-eclipse reading
  9. Bike share giant ofo announces Thursday launch
  10. Gone fishin’
  11. Party to celebrate outgoing and incoming Seattle Neighborhood Greenways leaders Sunday
  12. Seattle should raise bike share caps sooner so companies can rollout for Labor Day weekend
  13. Bike share ridership keeps climbing quickly, Spin and LimeBike start rolling out city’s next 1,000 bikes
  14. Five miles of the Eastside Trail could open by the end of the year
  15. You can now take a bus hiking on weekends, and there are spaces for bikes
  16. City updates Northgate bike/walk bridge design, open house Thursday
  17. The Seattle Bicycle Advisory Board is seeking new members
  18. No, the state’s new ‘E-DUI’ law does not apply to people biking

July 2017

  1. Vote! Ballots are due Tuesday + Where candidates stand on transportation
  2. LimeBike gets 2,000 rides in two days + Both companies announce $30 monthly plans
  3. With ceremonial unlocking, LimeBike officially launches + LimeRide Saturday
  4. Your comments worked, WA Ferries won’t charge more for most bike trailers
  5. Spin smashes Pronto ridership in week one, announces improved bikes
  6. Cascade/WA Bikes have a new Executive Director: Richard Smith
  7. Bike News Roundup: A dangerous rail crossing. No not that one.
  8. Spin reaches 1,000 rides in first two days, have you tried it yet?
  9. Cascade: WA Ferries proposes huge fare increase for … bicycle trailers?
  10. Bike share is now live + A handy guide to the new $1 bikes – UPDATED
  11. I want to endorse Nikkita Oliver, but she says she may pause downtown bike lanes and the Missing Link
  12. Missing Link open house Thursday will dive into the gritty trail design details
  13. Trail Alert 7/13: Expect some delays from Burke-Gilman Trail paving
  14. Replay and recap: City Council Position 8 transportation and housing forum
  15. Spin and LimeBike are first to apply for bike share permits, ready to launch once approved
  16. New fast ferry to Bremerton sails Monday, but bikes with fenders, disk brakes won’t fit – UPDATED
  17. Kitsap volunteer firefighter killed while biking near Poulsbo
  18. Terrible person shoots Ballard safe streets advocate with pellet gun

June 2017

  1. Seattle is now accepting private bike share permits, first bikes could hit streets in a week or two
  2. Bike News Roundup: Citi Bike vs a couple car parking spaces
  3. Last chance to vote for the best neighbor-generated projects where you live
  4. Trail Alert 6/27-7/7: Short section of Snoqualmie Valley Trail near Fall City closed
  5. Lid I-5 campaign open house will look at a downtown housing and trail concept
  6. Despite compromise and ongoing community design work, group appeals the Ballard Missing Link
  7. Replay and recap: The Mayoral transportation and housing forum
  8. Sound Transit settlement could help fund safe Mercer Island bike/walk station access
  9. Missing Link mega study exhausts the debate + Why the Labor Council still opposes the trail
  10. Thursday forum will test mayor/Council hopefuls on transportation and housing in a growing Seattle
  11. 520 Bridge Trail on for autumn opening + WSDOT will not fix jarring expansion plates
  12. Advice for biking in the 2017 Fremont Solstice Painted Bike Ride
  13. 9th Ave bike lanes carve out a real transportation option in South Lake Union
  14. Help fund Big Bike, Washington Bike PAC fundraiser Thursday on Capitol Hill
  15. City releases draft bike share pilot permit + List of interested companies grows to ten
  16. Seattle Neighborhood Greenways letter opposes deportations due to traffic violations
  17. Bike News Roundup: The opposite of Mercer’s new traffic signal timing system
  18. Girls of Summer All-Girl Alleycat is Saturday + More women/trans/femme bike events this week
  19. Using machine learning to predict traffic collisions in Bellevue (and how you can help)
  20. Weekend Guide: Peddler Brewing’s End of Bike Month Party, Lake to Lake Bike Ride + more

May 2017

  1. Trail Alert 5/31 – 6/14: Plan for delays getting to the Alaskan Way Trail at King St
  2. Spring Street bike lane is a big improvement, but it ends just short of First Hill
  3. This unfortunate Seattle Times front page showcases the toxic windshield perspective
  4. Scenes from the 2017 Emerald Bike Ride
  5. Salomon: Finally fixing NE 65th Street (Part Two)
  6. Padelford named next Director of Seattle Neighborhood Greenways, now hiring 2 staffers
  7. Investors are putting big money into private bike share companies + Spin’s community project donates to Bike Works
  8. Blaming streetcar tracks for her death, McCloud’s brother files claims with city, Sound Transit
  9. Sunday: Thousands of people will bike on I-5, I-90 and SR-520 + Still time to register – UPDATED
  10. Saturday: Bike for donuts with Mighty-O and Bicycle Benefits
  11. Green Lake and Wallingford paving projects are a chance to make major bike network improvements
  12. City’s 2019 plans for SW Avalon would dramatically improve bike access to the heart of W Seattle
  13. City could set stationless bike share rules in June + LimeBike is third company to ready a Seattle launch
  14. Lake Washington Blvd goes car-free 12 times in 2017, Bicycle Sunday starts today
  15. Rainier Ave ride demos huge potential for bike lanes + City leaders support bike network at rally
  16. WA now has a Bicycle Safety Advisory Council
  17. Sound Transit offers half-price access to Beacon Hill and Angle Lake bike cages
  18. Four neighborhood rides will meet at City Hall for a Friday rally + Map of Bike Everywhere Day stations
  19. Salomon: Finally fixing NE 65th Street (Part One)
  20. Governor vetoes delayed rollout of distracted driving law: ‘We can’t wait that long’
  21. Panel of experts will discuss solutions to bike theft
  22. Cascade: Redmond stations are a chance to go all out on Sound Transit station access
  23. Seattle’s top bike commuting workplaces are all within 5 blocks of a protected bike lane or trail
  24. Happy Bike to School Day!
  25. Work underway to replace S Holgate bridge staircase with ramp
  26. Despite more than a decade of bicycle activism, Ballard Bridge remains a danger
  27. Bike News Roundup: Should Seattle get a Bicycle Mayor?
  28. Test riding a Bluegogo stationless bike share bike in downtown Seattle
  29. Happy Bike Everywhere Month! Event schedule, online challenge + more

April 2017

  1. By killing Pronto, Seattle could become the center of private bike share innovation
  2. Which of these awesome bike/walk bridges to Totem Lake is the most awesome?
  3. Options for a redesigned E Marginal Way + Regional leadership needed to connect to S King County
  4. Bikepacking to Dosewallips State Park (and some rainy ‘type II’ fun)
  5. Wanna lead the largest statewide bike organization in the country?
  6. Citing new ‘exciting candidates,’ Salomon drops out of mayoral race
  7. Waterfront champion Cary Moon enters the mayoral race
  8. SDOT really, really wants you to report potholes
  9. Mike McGinn will run for another term as mayor
  10. Bike News Roundup: How Oslo is preparing to go car-free downtown
  11. Seattle’s Pedal Anywhere keeps growing its on-demand bike rental business, seeks investors
  12. Northlake Way is getting a short section of new sidewalk, bike lane
  13. Making streets more accessible is not a ‘cost,’ it’s a vital investment
  14. SDOT shows off improved short-term bike plan
  15. Seattle still doesn’t need a downtown car tunnel, but crews deserve a victory lap today
  16. A note about Capitol Hill Seattle’s Justin Carder
  17. Bike News Roundup: The Future of Mobility

March 2017

  1. Lander bridge design still ignores safety + Should city hold its funds while it fights Trump?
  2. Why everyone should try Pronto before it shuts down Friday
  3. Capitol Hill groups come together to host hyperlocal Transportation Action Day
  4. First section of new Arboretum Trail opens near Madison Valley
  5. #GivePedsTheGreen petitions SDOT to program traffic lights so they stop skipping walk signals
  6. People get organized to restore bike lanes cut from Madison BRT project
  7. Dispatches from the WA Bike Summit: Transpo Secretary Roger Millar: ‘We’re not just about moving cars and drivers, we’re about moving people’
  8. Dispatches from the WA Bike Summit: Dr. Adonia Lugo on ‘fighting for the better world we know when we’re out on a ride’
  9. Bike News Roundup: A 1996 PBS doc on the auto industry’s demolition of public transit
  10. Banel: How neighbors in 1970s took action and created the Burke-Gilman Trail
  11. Neighbors submit 900 ideas for park and street improvements, but city can only fund a small percentage
  12. Madison BRT project cuts nearly all of its bike route plans
  13. Shoreline announces bold idea for a new trail next to light rail
  14. The 2017 Emerald Bike Ride will make a big freeway loop on 520, I-90 and I-5
  15. Pronto will refund remainder of outstanding memberships after March 31 shutdown
  16. After a butane truck crash on I-5 snarls traffic, the Times Ed Board blames … bike lanes?
  17. One year after the Greenwood explosion, G&O Family Cyclery opens its new home
  18. Walk through the Battery Street Tunnel Sunday + What will be its legacy in our city?

February 2017

  1. Trail supporters, opponents and city leaders strike a deal to complete the Ballard Missing Link
  2. Bellevue officially approves funding to start ‘rapid implementation’ bike plan
  3. Public Bikes will close Pine St shop
  4. Rainier Ave safety project worked even better than planned, city will extend it south
  5. NE 65th Street will get autumn quick fixes, bigger remake in 2018-19
  6. The 45th Chilly Hilly is Sunday on Bainbridge
  7. Bike News Roundup: NCDOT accidentally made the scariest short horror film of 2016
  8. How One Center City can finally build the vital Pike/Pine bike connection
  9. King County Council approves the Eastside Trail Master Plan 9-0
  10. Alert 2/17-22: Temporary Sounder shuttles will have limited or no bike capacity south of Puyallup
  11. Opinion on Missing Link route coalesces even further + send City Hall a Valentine to say: Build it!
  12. 2017 Seattle Bike Swap is Sunday, now hosted in Magnuson Park
  13. Only 5% of new downtown Seattle commute trips are made by driving alone, but biking is flat
  14. Barb Chamberlain will head WSDOT’s new Active Transportation Division
  15. SDOT installs truck safety sideguards + What would it take to get them on every truck?
  16. Seattle should divest from Dakota Access Pipeline, and we also shouldn’t buy the oil they’re trying to pump
  17. With cargo bike full of tamales, Andres Salomon announces run for Seattle Mayor

January 2017

  1. ‘Our crumbling streets can be rebuilt later, our humanity cannot’
  2. The One Center City plan includes some bold ideas, but fails to prioritize safety
  3. CM O’Brien urges the Mayor, SDOT to make a choice on the Missing Link
  4. CM Johnson calls on SDOT, Mayor to have plan to fix 65th ready by Feb 14
  5. O’Brien will join Ballard Missing Link happy hour Friday
  6. Take a minute right now to support the E Lake Sammamish Trail permit
  7. Dad killed while biking to 2nd job, leaves 5 kids orphaned in Philippines
  8. Bike to these inauguration events and protests
  9. Trail Alerts 1/19-20: Ship Canal Trail detoured near SPU, Burke-Gilman detoured at NE 125th for landslide work
  10. WA distracted driving law is written for flip phones, bipartisan bill would give it a vital update
  11. Dad from Philippines critically injured in collision at MLK/Graham + How you can help – UPDATED
  12. Mayor Murray cancels bike share expansion, will shut down Pronto March 31
  13. How the Affordable Care Act helped me to start this independent news site
  14. Trail Alert: Year-long County wastewater project could create some Elliott Bay Trail delays
  15. Cascade still putting together Director search, announces 2017 ride schedule
  16. Don’t stop the Broadway streetcar and bikeway now
  17. Bike News Roundup: The first cargo bike ride at the top of the Space Needle?
  18. Memorial for Nellie Yelli Saturday + Treza Hafzalla charged with Vehicular Homicide, Hit & Run
  19. 2016 was the year of bike plan delays, will 2017 be any better?
  20. $3.6M paving project must make 25th Ave NE safer, improve access to U Village
  21. Woman walking in Green Lake crosswalk killed in hit and run, suspect returned and was arrested – UPDATED

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December 2016

  1. Convention Center expansion should help build major bike network crossroads
  2. Juries side with two people severely injured while biking in Seattle
  3. Construction begins on penultimate segment of the E Lake Sammamish Trail
  4. As tacks return, Westlake bikeway named nation’s ‘best new bike lane’ for 2016
  5. Times: King County’s adult helmet law could hold back Seattle’s new bike share system
  6. After six years documenting bike culture, Cohen ends The Bicycle Story
  7. SPD detective does an AMA about bike theft and other property crime
  8. City has chance to improve biking, walking and transit in Fremont’s ‘Center of the Universe’
  9. 2016 has claimed yet another hero: My bike
  10. Family Ride: Hauling Christmas trees and cruising Candy Cane Lane by bike
  11. Check out Seattle Bike Blog’s new mobile site
  12. Ride your bike, support bike-friendly businesses & donate toys Saturday
  13. Seattle again falls short of ‘platinum’ bike-friendly status
  14. Bike News Roundup: Seattle’s multimodal neighbor
  15. 7th Ave bike lane will connect Dexter to downtown, end just 5 blocks from 2nd Ave
  16. Check out Seattle’s 12 winning neighborhood-led transportation ideas

November 2016

  1. Seattle’s new budget speeds up bike plan, boosts major Rainier Ave remakes + more
  2. Parks District detours Burke-Gilman users onto very busy street – UPDATED
  3. Council sets Pronto shutdown deadline, keeps bike share expansion funds for now
  4. Happy Cranksgiving! Riders bike 1,132 pounds of food to Rainier Valley Food Bank
  5. ‘I hope that others who have gone through tragedy or will in the future will never feel alone’
  6. NYC safe streets organization: We Stand with Black Lives Matter
  7. Seattle needs more homes. U District design plan is a good start
  8. Neighbors for safe streets unite at City Hall for World Day of Remembrance Thursday
  9. Tuttle: ‘Our duty is to protect the vulnerable’
  10. Council faces budget choices on bike share, safe streets
  11. Cranksgiving 2016 is November 19: Let’s ride bikes and donate food
  12. Elizabeth Kiker resigns as Executive Director of Cascade and WA Bikes
  13. Region passes gigantic transit investment, but it feels so feeble today
  14. Eat dinner and talk about grassroots bicycle movements Monday
  15. Today, Seattle speed limits dropped to 25 downtown, 20 on every minor street
  16. Seattle women #BikeTheVote today + How you can help final ST3 push & where to party
  17. 11/7-Early 2017 Trail Alert: Burke-Gilman getting much needed repairs east of UW
  18. Roosevelt bike lane opens with Kidical Mass and community party Saturday
  19. Get a free doughnut and coffee for biking Thursday morning
  20. Still time to join WA Bikes’ November Ride in the Rain Challenge
  21. Taking Seattle’s Pronto-replacing e-bike for a test ride
  22. Seattle’s planned waterfront highway takes major step forward. It must be stopped.

October 2016

  1. Huge loss for Cascade Bicycle Club: Ed Ewing is leaving
  2. Recycled Cycles will close Fremont location at end of October
  3. #BikeTheVote: Your guide to bike-friendly voting in the 2016 general election
  4. 10/25-28 Trail Alert: Burke-Gilman detour and changes at Log Boom Park
  5. Judkins Park Station is a golden opportunity to improve Rainier Ave, I-90 Trail transit access
  6. Sound Transit 3 is not about light rail, it’s about bringing our region closer together
  7. Council faces a choice: Kill Pronto now or make lemonade out of the existing stations?
  8. $10M committed to rehab historic trestle. Can the Eastside Trail open by 2020?
  9. Cascade: Support the E Lake Sammamish Trail tonight
  10. SPD: Interbay collision critically injures man biking Monday evening
  11. Shoreline plans some key bike connections in 2017, open house Tuesday
  12. 2 for the price of 1: Paving projects must also complete our streets
  13. Bike News Roundup: Dodging bullets on an Olympia mountain bike trail
  14. Roosevelt bike lane gets November opening party (but is mostly open already)
  15. Tonight: Willie and Kat kick off tour to support the John Wayne Trail
  16. Last day to register to vote online! Regional transit needs you
  17. 10/10-11 Trail Alert: Burke-Gilman paving fixes on UW
  18. Motivate is out. City picks young Quebec company for new e-assist bike share system
  19. Sunday: Join a memorial for recent victims of traffic violence, rally for safer streets
  20. City now requires 72 hours notice for bike lane or neighborhood greenway closures
  21. Mayor’s budget includes big sidewalk boost, SNG pushes for more Vision Zero funds
  22. Watch: The Westlake Bikeway makes it on StreetFilms
  23. White Center’s newest playground also helps kids learn to bike safely

September 2016

  1. Neighbors will host memorial walk Sunday for man killed walking across Capitol Hill street
  2. Seattle’s new bike map much more legible, still needs to ditch the sharrows
  3. Mayor’s budget funds downtown streetcar, will form bike/streetcar safety review board
  4. Council approves lower speed limits, but the work isn’t done
  5. 9/26-10/15 Bike Route Alert: Arboretum Drive closed at south end for trail construction
  6. Many people get flats from tacks on new Westlake bikeway, could it be intentional?
  7. Lander Street overpass plan needs better biking and walking access
  8. SPD: Man driving pickup kills man biking near Northgate Mall
  9. Man dies after mysterious crash in NE Seattle. RIP RC Rogers
  10. 9/27 Trail Alert: Cross-Kirkland Corridor
  11. Seattle’s safer speeds plan heads to Transpo Committee + Housing is more important than parking
  12. 9/20-22 Trail Alert: E Lake Sammamish Trail
  13. The Westlake Bikeway is officially open, and it was worth the compromises
  14. Man biking in NE Seattle seriously injured – UPDATED
  15. 9/26-27 Trail Alert: Sammamish River Trail delays near I-405
  16. Happy Park(ing) Day 2016!
  17. Pronto finally arrives at UW Station, and it’s great
  18. Census: Driving alone to work in Seattle hits new low, many more women biking to work
  19. Mercer Island road safety project worked so well they decided…not to do it again?
  20. Seattle plan would reduce default speed limits across the city
  21. 9/20 Trail Alert: Soos Creek Trail closed in Kent, no detour
  22. Nobody should die while biking on Whidbey + Group installs ghost bike for Randall Lorraine
  23. Disaster strikes September 25. Bring your bike.
  24. What I did on my summer vacation
  25. Westlake bikeway one week from opening, celebration Thurs
  26. Nicole Freedman headed back to Massachusetts as Newton Transpo Director
  27. Video shows McCloud riding between streetcar tracks before fatal crash
  28. Seattle Bike Blog is back! What did we miss?

August 2016

  1. Gone Bikin’: 39th Ave NE greenway gets a refresh, speed humps
  2. Gone Bikin’: At long last, E Lake Sammamish Trail clears legal hurdles (probably)
  3. Gone Bikin’: ‘Why Bicycle Justice Isn’t a White Guy in Spandex’
  4. Gone Bikin’: We must stop Seattle’s ‘highway on top of a highway’
  5. Gone Bikin’: Community-led Melrose Promenade project gets $3 million from Feds
  6. Bike News Roundup: Gone Bikin’ edition
  7. Gone Bikin’: A short tour of UW’s remade stretch of the Burke-Gilman Trail
  8. Fixing Seattle’s Most Dangerous Street
  9. Gone Bikin’: E Marginal Way truck backups make protected bike lanes even more urgent
  10. Gone Bikin’
  11. Work starts Monday on bike lanes to connect Burke-Gilman, Fremont Bridge
  12. Summer Parkways kicks off with huge Rainier Valley event Saturday
  13. Big deal for UW Station access, remade Burke-Gilman opens today
  14. Weekend Guide: Dead Baby Downhill XX, Peddler AdventureCat + Half-off Seafair if you bike
  15. Thursday is SAM’s Bike Night at the Olympic Sculpture Park
  16. Support more safety changes to calm West Seattle’s ‘I-35’
  17. Habitat work will disrupt Sammamish River Trail starting August 10
  18. Bike the Vote! Where to drop your ballot (+ NO on the Viaduct Park, YES on housing)

July 2016

  1. 520 Trail gets so close, yet so far
  2. Help shape updated plans for Madison BRT and nearby safety improvements
  3. SW Admiral Way bike lanes ready for summer construction
  4. Your dinner plans tonight: Eat at one of these Spoke & Food 2016 restaurants
  5. Finally, a trip-planning app that mixes bike share and transit
  6. Bike and transit advocacy should work together, meetup Saturday
  7. SDOT is “microsurfacing” notorious stretch of the Missing Link
  8. Plan ahead: U Bridge will be closed next three weekends
  9. Times: Seattle settles Kung estate claim for $3.5 million
  10. Pronto releases a #SalmonBike into the wild
  11. Weekend Guide: E-Bike Expo, Bike Bingo Alleycat + more
  12. Pedal-powered music collective will play three shows in Seattle this week
  13. Pack these Ballard Missing Link meetings + Business owner’s video explains the options
  14. Park(ing) Day 2016 will span two days, applications now open
  15. Weekend Guide: Bike at night, bike naked, bike for ice cream + more!
  16. State will close busy Fremont section of Burke-Gilman Trail Monday – UPDATED
  17. FREE BIKE Day 5: Sunset Mystery Ride + Yoga for Bike People

June 2016

  1. FREE BIKE Day 1 Preview: Coffee at sunrise + FREE BIKE kickoff ride
  2. SDOT Director Kubly admits to Pronto ethics violations, could be fined up to $10K
  3. Drink beers for Bike Works Wednesday
  4. Tuesday at City Hall: NYC transit expert talks integrating biking and bike share
  5. Sullivan: 2nd Ave just a start for bike safety (VIDEO)
  6. Volunteer for the FREE BIKE Party! + Still time to host a ride
  7. Downtown streetcar plans would make 1st Ave, Stewart more dangerous for biking
  8. Missing Link megastudy confirms: Build the trail already!
  9. Memorial walk for Desiree McCloud highlights her life, puts streetcar lines under scrutiny
  10. Memorial walk for Desiree McCloud tonight on Yesler Way
  11. Neighbors march for a safer NE 65th Street
  12. Your guide to biking in the 2016 Fremont Solstice Parade
  13. CM Johnson will join community walk for a safer NE 65th Street Thursday
  14. Support safe Eastlake bike lanes this week
  15. Watch: BMX on a Pronto with Steven Bafus
  16. Your boss should go to this bike summit Friday
  17. The Girls of Summer take to the streets Saturday for 6th annual ‘all-girl alley cat’
  18. Fremont Arts Council tries to officialize, register iconic Solstice ‘naked’ bike riders
  19. Bike News Roundup: ‘How highways wrecked American cities’
  20. Weekend Guide: Ovarian Psychos at SIFF, Ballard Bike Part(ies) + Lots of long rides
  21. Amazon abruptly fires its Seattle bike couriers, will try to drive packages instead
  22. The famed DENNY bike won’t go into production after all
  23. Desiree’s mom: ‘I don’t want anyone else to lose their future on something that’s so preventable’

May 2016

  1. Watch: City Inside/Out takes on Seattle’s slashed bike plans
  2. Bicycle Sunday is this weekend, 2016 gets two extra car-free days on Lake Washington Blvd
  3. Carlson: Biking Seattle with Summer by Rail’s Elena Studier
  4. Woman who crashed along First Hill Streetcar route passes away
  5. Times: Stop building places for people until we can fit more cars
  6. Want to host your own July FREE BIKE ride, but don’t know how? Join us Thursday!
  7. Yesler bridge work starts today + Will they build the right kind of bike lanes?
  8. Happy Bike Everywhere Day! Map of stations + after parties
  9. Dad who helped grow Seattle’s bike to school movement passes away. RIP Clint Loper
  10. We Can’t Wait, Part II: How Seattle’s bike plans got so lost, and how to get back on track
  11. We Can’t Wait, Part I: People pack City Hall to end Seattle’s bike plan delays
  12. Actions planned before Tuesday City Council meeting on slashed bike plan
  13. Man killed and woman seriously injured in shared-bike collision with bus
  14. After week of strong sales, Pronto plans first ever ride ‘free’ day
  15. Guest post part II: How Seattle can rescue residents stranded by an incomplete bike network
  16. Bikes & Bagels is Friday + A look at more Bike Month events ahead
  17. Guest post: Seattle’s stranded biking families
  18. Person biking critically injured in collision at 65th and Ravenna Blvd- UPDATED
  19. Turn your downtown bike lane frustration into fun at Cascade’s ‘Hidden Gem’ scavenger hunt
  20. Support a developed and accessible John Wayne Trail at Tuesday meeting in Preston
  21. SDOT backpedals even further on already-slashed bike plan, cuts 9th Ave
  22. New signal to help Ballard buses could also create a new bike/walk connection
  23. Bike trips from West Seattle spike 80 percent Monday, crushing record
  24. Missing Link claims another victim ahead of tonight’s Ballard safe streets open house
  25. 2nd Ave bike counter unveiling kicks off Bike Month + Remembering Lance David

April 2016

  1. Pronto will increase free ride time to 45 min + New monthly rate costs less than Netflix
  2. After weeks of tough closures, 2nd Ave bike lane is now permanent + Gets bike counter Monday
  3. What Viadoom? Take control of your own commute by biking
  4. Must Read: ‘Bike equity must be more than a conversation’
  5. Blonsky: A non-definitive guide to bike overnighters within an hour(ish) of Seattle
  6. Now’s the time to get your Bike Everywhere Challenge team together
  7. Cascade calls for more bike/walk station access funds in ST3
  8. Man biking in Bellevue catches his own scary hit and run on video
  9. Arena plan would build pedestrian bridge for Holgate, needs bike lanes on 1st Ave
  10. Bike around South King County for Cascade’s Major Taylor Project Saturday
  11. Seattle’s baffling short-term bike plan cuts safety, pretends downtown doesn’t exist
  12. The network effect: For the 1st time, 2 neighborhood greenways in Seattle have crossed
  13. Bike-and-Ride: New bike cage opens at Beacon Hill Station
  14. Announcing FREE BIKE: A people’s festival pouring into the streets early July
  15. Bike News Roundup: 1975 report suggests building transit tunnel to replace the Viaduct
  16. Police searching for hit-and-run suspect who injured man biking in Issaquah
  17. Beacon Hill trail is a big neighborhood greenway improvement
  18. Specialized apologizes for ‘better bike shop’ ad on wreckage of Greenwood bike shop
  19. Snohomish County buys rail corridor in major regional trail missing link
  20. For a few hours, two Seattle freeways were bike-only (Photos)
  21. G&O Family Cyclery finds new temporary Greenwood home

March 2016

  1. Cascade’s sold out Emerald City Ride takes to the freeways Sunday + Route Map
  2. City looks to extend NE 75th St safety project, open house Wednesday
  3. 2nd Ave ‘pilot’ bike lane getting permanent treatment, expect detours
  4. Hey you! The Seattle Bicycle Advisory Board needs new members
  5. Work begins next week on Arboretum Trail set to open late 2017
  6. Tonight: Help Beacon Hill Safe Streets improve area near the light rail station
  7. Pronto buyout draws ethics investigation against SDOT Director
  8. Woman biking critically injured in Bellevue collision, person driving flees
  9. With U Link, combining bikes and transit just got even more powerful
  10. Snoqualmie Valley Trail reopens between Duvall and Carnation
  11. Weekend Guide: Sound Transit teleporter opens, Bike Works auction, Lynnwood Trail meeting + more
  12. Bellevue needs feedback on ambitious ‘rapid implementation’ bike plan
  13. 2nd Ave bike lane will go one block further south + North extension set to open in 2017
  14. U Link opening is the perfect chance to show Seattle why they bought Pronto
  15. Ahead of Eastside Trail meetings, sign this petition for an interim trail ‘sooner and cheaper’
  16. Join us at Peddler Brewing tonight for a Party to Save G&O Family Cyclery
  17. City Council decides the fate of Pronto Cycle Share
  18. Behind the scenes of Pronto with the experts who make it all work
  19. A big effort is underway to save G&O Family Cyclery after the Greenwood explosion
  20. Listen: The Bicycle Story podcast takes on the history of the sharrow
  21. Work starts soon on major Roosevelt Way repaving & redesign, will last most of 2016
  22. No longer on the chopping block, State looks to invest in the John Wayne Trail
  23. Reopened street near Capitol Hill Station improves access to Broadway Bikeway
  24. Bike News Roundup: The world’s biggest city has few bike lanes, yet people bike a lot anyway
  25. 2nd Ave getting upgrades + Extension to Denny possible this year
  26. Pronto buyout passes committee amid confusion, heads to full Council vote
  27. National report: Seattle is among the safest for biking and walking despite lacking infrastructure
  28. CHS: Group rescues food that didn’t sell, bikes it to food banks and affordable housing
  29. Eastside Trail takes big step forward, comments on draft plan due March 31

February 2016

  1. Pronto buyout is not only a good deal for Seattle, it’s the only choice that makes sense
  2. Chilly Hilly is Sunday
  3. Sound Transit says ‘No’ to cargo bikes on light rail, families push back
  4. How Pronto can become a beautiful public bike system by going bigger
  5. Seattle Neighborhood Greenways gets Federal award for safe streets work
  6. A sober look at Pronto’s finances ahead of Council meeting
  7. Seattle traffic deaths up in 2015, but serious injuries are down
  8. Howell: As Seattle adds jobs, how are the new workers getting there?
  9. Watch: City Inside/Out takes on the Pronto buyout debate
  10. Seattle Bike Swap is Sunday, Cascade registrations open + more from the calendar
  11. Don’t listen to the Allstate haters, Seattle drivers, you’re actually pretty great ❤❤
  12. Bike share can flourish in Seattle
  13. Political firing of Sec. Peterson is Washington State’s loss
  14. LATE NOTICE: Redmond Bike Plan open house is tonight
  15. Bike News Roundup: Police lay down the law on kids playing basketball in the street
  16. Pronto needs city buyout before end of March, how did we get here?
  17. KOMO: Man injured in terrifying hit and run wants person responsible to apologize
  18. Hearing Examiner: Cheasty mountain biking and hiking trails need more study

January 2016

  1. With Pronto in the red, city outlines takeover and expansion plan
  2. Sunday: Bike Works Warehouse Sale + Our calendar is now easier to use (& still free!)
  3. OK Computer, a machine gun made of car parts, and other thoughts on art and cities
  4. What can Seattle’s bike movement do to help end homelessness?
  5. Rethinking Seattle’s Freeways: Mr. Inslee, tear down this Aurora wall
  6. What does HALA have to do with biking? Everything.
  7. Roosevelt bike lane plans inch closer to greatness, construction meeting Monday
  8. Saturday: Cascade hosts bike advocacy ‘Big Ideas Festival’
  9. With John Wayne Trail seemingly protected for now, group from Tekoa outlines steps to make it great
  10. New 2nd Ave traffic signals clear up confusion
  11. Rethinking Seattle Freeways: Let’s lid I-5
  12. Ride the Ducks plans to use scary Fremont bike merge lane starting Friday
  13. U District Station open house will discuss bike access
  14. Most Broadway Bikeway ‘smurf turds’ replaced with standard posts
  15. Cascade’s newest ride will travel on the 520 Bridge, I-5 Express Lanes
  16. Join Seattle Bike Blog for a David Bowie ride
  17. The Bellevue section of the Eastside Trail is going to be unreal
  18. Anatomy of a stairway runnel that actually kinda works
  19. Bike News Roundup: Motor City to Bike City
  20. Local mountain bike legend Len Francies passes away ‘on one of his favorite trails’
  21. Cascade announces new April ‘Emerald City Bike Ride’
  22. SPD: How an officer recovered a stolen mountain bike in Cal Anderson
  23. Celebrate the Eastside Trail with rail spike removal Friday, summit Saturday

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December 2015

  1. Seattle Bike Blog’s top stories of 2015
  2. Watch: KCTS on ‘Fixing’ Rainier Ave
  3. After big election wins, Howell leaves a more grassroots-focused Cascade
  4. Congressional Report: US street design sacrifices people biking and walking to move cars
  5. WA Bikes outlines 2016 legislative agenda
  6. Long overdue sidewalk closure rules now in place, city will work on bike lane rules next
  7. O’Brien will Chair the Transportation Committee
  8. Westlake bikeway construction will happen in phases starting January
  9. It’s time for a transportation revolution east of Lake Union
  10. Big North Seattle stretch of Burke-Gilman Trail getting pavement fixes this month
  11. Who is going to step up and fix the planned waterfront surface highway?
  12. So, how did the city do at building the Bike Master Plan in 2015?
  13. Bellevue endorses Vision Zero
  14. Cascade Bicycle Club and WA Bikes merge, form nation’s largest statewide bike advocacy organization
  15. Here are the Seattle Neighborhood Greenways 2015 safe streets champions
  16. It’s well past time to build safe bike lanes on Eastlake Ave
  17. Bike News Roundup: Bill Nye crashed a 1995 city video to tell people to bike to work
  18. Get ready to roll your bike onto the First Hill Streetcar
  19. Saturday: Join us for a screening of Bike vs Cars and an after-show chat
  20. Hacking Seattle’s Bike Share, Part 2: A day of Pronto in song
  21. With the problem on the rise, UW Police host a Bike Theft Symposium
  22. Hacking Seattle’s Bike Share, Part 1: Hills and rain

November 2015

  1. Thursday: #Party4OurStreets with Seattle Neighborhood Greenways
  2. Ride to celebrate the life of Max Snyder Sunday
  3. Commute Seattle will install bike counter display on 2nd Ave
  4. Cranksgiving 2015 shatters records, 160 people hauled 1,560 lbs of food
  5. Westlake lawsuit is over, bikeway set to open in the summer
  6. Man killed while biking in Everett, person driving fled but was caught
  7. Mt Baker intersection plan continues to wow + A new standard for public outreach
  8. Online Premiere: Groundswell #7 on the neighborhood street party as a response to gentrification
  9. Westlake Bikeway could open in summer, construction meeting Thursday
  10. Thursday: Go see Phoebe’s Father, a new indie film including lots of Seattle cycling scenes
  11. Move Seattle saves the transpo budget + Pronto gets oversight + Red light cameras will fund school safety
  12. King County will remove old rails on the Eastside Trail + Kirkland plans rapid bus along the trail
  13. WA Bikes/Cascade merger still on track
  14. Seattle’s Sixth Cranksgiving is November 21
  15. Help keep Madison BRT and bike route designs bold at Monday open house
  16. Mercer Island settles landmark I-90 Trail crash lawsuit
  17. The new Fairview Ave Bridge should be a nexus for major bike routes
  18. Now that it’s partially funded, help guide major Mount Baker intersection remake
  19. Road trip to save our state’s longest trail: Three meetings this month
  20. Seattle just elected a bike-friendly Council and invested $400M into safe streets
  21. The true cost of Move Seattle
  22. Bike News Roundup: Watch how ‘jaywalking’ became a crime
  23. #BikeTheVote: A cycling procrastinator’s guide to Tuesday’s election

October 2015

  1. What do you think of Seattle’s low-cost sidewalk plans?
  2. Weeks-long U Bridge bike lane closure starts Monday
  3. Vancouver BC will tear down its only freeway remnants, replace them with more city
  4. What a “no” vote on Move Seattle actually means
  5. Rain?!? Pshhh, whatever. Seattle’s a year-round bike town
  6. No Federal money for Northgate bike/walk bridge, Pronto expansion
  7. Today: Join a community walk in Greenwood for Move Seattle
  8. Seattle releases unique walking and biking maps for each public school
  9. A closer look at the Eastside Trail plans + Give feedback online
  10. 2015 City Council endorsements
  11. Be prepared for Burke-Gilman Trail detour in Lake Forest Park starting Monday
  12. Help refresh central Seattle’s bike kitchen at the Bikery Bash
  13. Support the Pronto expansion at today’s 2016 budget hearing
  14. The Times is wrong. A megaproject won’t fix our traffic, we need Move Seattle
  15. Two chances to guide Seattle’s Trails Upgrade Plan + Check out this crazy trail condition monitoring bike
  16. New protected bike lanes in Ravenna complete smart new connections at a low cost
  17. Nearly two years later, Broadway Bikeway finally open at north end
  18. ‘Sidewalk Closed’ must be a last resort for construction, proposed city rule says
  19. For community fun and safety education, White Center will get state’s first ‘traffic garden’
  20. Happy first birthday, Pronto! A look at use and how the bike share system can grow
  21. Help guide the Eastside Trail master plan
  22. Cheasty Trails and Bike Park finally secures its $100,000 grant
  23. I got married by bike, and it was beautiful
  24. Bike News Roundup: NIMBYs hit the late night circuit
  25. How Seattle plans to fuel its grassroots walk-and-bike-to-school revolution
  26. The UW Burke-Gilman Detour Strikes Back! Section will close Monday until summer 2016
  27. SNG: Imagining a truly bike-friendly Uptown and South Lake Union
  28. Last day to register online to vote for Move Seattle
  29. We need walking and biking improvements to N 145th St
  30. Seattle begins bike share takeover, budgets for system expansion

September 2015

  1. CHS: Two bicycle cafés opening soon in central Seattle
  2. Two people crash their cars in Bellevue, kill toddler in stroller on sidewalk
  3. Typo in law halts secret plan to give away half of the John Wayne Pioneer Trail
  4. The massive casualty toll in the Ride the Ducks collision is hard to comprehend
  5. The Parks District will fund trail repairs, improve neighborhood walk/bike access
  6. Check out Rainier Valley north-south greenway details tonight
  7. Help count people biking and walking in King County next week
  8. Headed downtown during Xi Jinping’s stay? You better bike
  9. Campus Parkway protected bike lanes will come tantalizingly close to connecting U Bridge, Burke-Gilman
  10. Happy Park(ing) Day 2015! Photos from around town
  11. Huge open streets weekend: Bicycle Sunday extended into Mt Baker, Ballard Summer Parkways + Park(ing) Day
  12. Seattle’s bike-to-work rate faces challengers from big cities in all corners of the US
  13. Friday’s Park(ing) Day will be Seattle’s biggest yet: Over 50 pop-up parks planned
  14. Ahead of public hearing, a couple ways to make the 520 Bridge plans better
  15. The first ever Seattle Summer Parkways was fun, but let’s go bigger in Ballard
  16. Seattle will let neighborhoods design their own crosswalks
  17. Bring the whole family! Bring your friends! The first ever Summer Parkways fills streets in the CD Saturday
  18. Man biking hits person in crosswalk on the Ave, both seriously injured
  19. 70-year-old triathlete Gordon Gray dies after collision in Kenmore
  20. Seattle biking legend Jerry Baker passes away
  21. Banning turns-on-red is an exciting first step to taking back our crosswalks
  22. Let’s pass Move Seattle to build ‘communities where all families thrive’
  23. Party to kickoff the Move Seattle campaign Tuesday + Mayor will speak at bridge where Fairbrother died in 2011
  24. Toward Zero: Honoring the 150 people killed or badly injured in Seattle traffic since Sher Kung
  25. Vision Zero Bellevue? The Eastside city is crafting a plan + Take this wikimap survey
  26. Dearborn bike lane improvements will connect downtown to I-90 Trail, SE Seattle bike routes – UPDATED
  27. Would fewer draw bridge openings help your bike commute?
  28. SPD officer responding to call strikes man biking downtown
  29. Work on north-south Ballard neighborhood greenway gets underway

August 2015

  1. Salomon: Why construction can’t just close a neighborhood greenway without a safe detour
  2. Bike route bridge in Montlake will close until early 2016
  3. Houser stepping down as bike share Director
  4. Summer Blockbuster Alert: Watch Feds analyze bike/truck interactions in SODO
  5. Join Rainier Riders for all-ages bike fun to raise money for UNCF Saturday
  6. 5th Ave has a new protected bike lane … for one block
  7. One year after Kung was killed, join a vigil and call for Vision Zero Friday
  8. WA Bikes and Cascade Bicycle Club considering merger
  9. Legal challenge to Move Seattle goes down in flames
  10. Could painting zigzag lines on the road make trail crossings safer?
  11. City assessing the condition of trails, looking for spots in need of upgrades
  12. King County fighting to maintain safe E Lake Sammamish Trail design
  13. Pronto adds low-income housing partner + L.A. may offer transit/bike transfers
  14. What’s your idea for an easy street fix? Try it out on Park(ing) Day!
  15. King 5: BikeMobile empowers youth and serves areas where bike shops are rare
  16. Get involved to help pass the Move Seattle levy
  17. Bike News Roundup: Our city’s Traffic Engineer is better than yours
  18. Chatting with Q13 about downtown’s traffic violence emergency
  19. King County working on Burke-Gilman north of Seattle, expect delays – UPDATED
  20. SPD busts bike theft ring, finds stolen pistol
  21. Community members paint Pan-African flag crosswalk. Rather than fight it, city makes it official
  22. Weekend Guide: Bike crazy, bike sexy and/or bike against the bomb
  23. Breaking through ‘legislative gridlock’: Bipartisan Bike Ride tours Seattle
  24. Get ready for the Big One at the Seattle Disaster Relief Trials
  25. If you want this district elections thing to work out, you have to vote today
  26. Right now, crews are making big fixes to Seattle’s most dangerous street
  27. Community unites to buy honest stolen bike buyer an even better ride

July 2015

  1. Pate: Borrow-a-Bike helps riders fund cancer research, heal
  2. Want safe streets in Rainier Valley? Get to this meeting tonight
  3. Gov. Inslee saves bike/walk/transit funding, will create carbon cap rather than swallow ‘poison pill’
  4. King 5: Seattle should follow Vancouver’s lead on downtown bike network
  5. Bike to dinner Tuesday to help fund Seattle Neighborhood Greenways
  6. St. Louis has more miles of downtown protected bike lanes than Seattle
  7. Downtown traffic violence is a public health emergency we haven’t been treating
  8. King 5: Inslee backed into corner on ‘poison pill’
  9. Sound Transit will finally* open that awesome bike/walk bridge over Montlake Blvd Wednesday
  10. City kicks off development of downtown bike lane network, open house Tuesday
  11. Gov. Inslee tries to save face on climate change by spending bike/walk money on highways
  12. Primary ballots are in the mail! Here’s what candidates say about safe streets
  13. NE 65th St is dangerous by design, and we know how to make it safer. What’s stopping us?
  14. Check out the ten miles of car-free Summer Parkways in the Central District and Ballard
  15. Andy Hulslander was father of two who proposed at a velodrome + His alleged killer pleads not guilty
  16. It’s not I-35: Support a safer 35th Ave SW at two open houses this week
  17. Bike News Roundup: ‘It’s smart to be dense’
  18. Cascade looking for a new Advocacy Director. Again.
  19. State will fund UW Burke-Gilman remake, Northgate bike/walk bridge, Eastside bike share + a lot more
  20. 10,000 people will bike from Seattle to Portland this weekend
  21. City and contractor rethinking sudden 2nd Ave bike lane closure
  22. Newly-paved section of the East Lake Sammamish Trail is now open
  23. Bus-bike-backpacking on the Iron Horse Trail is simply unreal
  24. 75 neighborhoods turn boring streets into Play Streets, city renews program pilot
  25. 2-year-old killed in Redmond was 2nd toddler in a week to die on a King County street
  26. The magnificent new UW Burke-Gilman Trail opens
  27. Our latest look at plans for a new downtown waterfront
  28. Woman kills 4-year-old walking in Issaquah crosswalk

June 2015

  1. WA transportation ‘compromise’ spends billions on highways, ransoms transit but keeps most bike/walk funding
  2. DUI suspect kills person biking in Ravenna – UPDATE: RIP Andres Hulslander
  3. Summer Parkways 2015 headed to the Central District and Ballard
  4. Council keeps full-strength Move Seattle levy, adds extra safety emphasis
  5. 20/20 Cycle owner plans Central District electric cargo bike shop: Electric Lady
  6. FamilyRide: 20 families bike together to go camping on Bainbridge
  7. City proposes simple fix to connect Fremont Bridge and Burke-Gilman Trail
  8. After long community process crafts compromise Westlake bikeway plan, ‘superyacht’ marina sues anyway
  9. 18 Missing Link victims will go to the hospital by the time the trail study is complete
  10. Your guide to biking naked in the 2015 Fremont Solstice Parade
  11. Three important bike meetings tonight: Missing Link, E Marginal Way + Eastside Trail
  12. The new Jackson Street isn’t safe, here’s a way to fix it
  13. City will repair bumpy sections of the Burke-Gilman Trail this week
  14. City details plan to build Roosevelt bike lanes and avoid parking crunch
  15. Man injured in collision with Metro bus on tough road to recovery
  16. Bike News Roundup: The nation’s bikiest city with over 1M people
  17. Weekend Guide: Girls of Summer, Lake to Lake + Cascade’s 45th Birthday Party
  18. City gives opposite tickets to people obeying the 2nd Ave traffic signals
  19. Salomon: Seattle’s newest protected bike lane just part of normal street maintenance
  20. Map: Where bikes are getting stolen + How Bike Index is changing the bike theft game
  21. League names 4 new bike-friendly communities in WA
  22. A block-by-block look at the planned Broadway Bikeway extension + Let’s connect to 520
  23. For first time, two neighborhood greenways will connect later this year
  24. City proposes ‘massive’ Pronto Cycle Share expansion
  25. County will close Green River Trail in sections this summer
  26. Finally, movement on court-required Missing Link study + 98.6% voice support for trail
  27. Huge support for safe streets at Move Seattle hearing + Need to focus on vision rather than costs
  28. WA Bikes: Write legislators to make sure vital bike/walk funding stays in the transpo bill
  29. New app from Cascade guides you on popular area bike rides
  30. After years of public process, Cheasty Greenspace trails plan gets green light
  31. Support safe streets at Move Seattle public hearing Tuesday
  32. Pronto releases one sparkly Pride bike + Two new stations

May 2015

  1. The Bicycle Story: Bill Davidson on making bike frames in Seattle since the 70s
  2. Terrible summer biking news: Key section of Snoqualmie Valley Trail closed until Halloween
  3. Celebrate the end of Bike Month at Peddler Brewing Friday & Saturday
  4. Montlake detour coming to Lake Washington Loop bike route
  5. Here’s how to make the Ballard Bridge safer now without spending a fortune
  6. Times: Innovative 5th Ave bikeway and public space in the works
  7. King County will clear overgrowth from Burke-Gilman/Sammamish River Trails, be prepared for delays
  8. Harrell at Rainier Ave safety protest: We’re gonna take our street back
  9. National Ride of Silence is today, Seattle’s ride starts at Gas Works Park
  10. Bellevue Police: It’s perfectly legal to crash a car into a home and crush a crib holding a sleeping baby
  11. Bike theft hero spots stranger’s ride, returns it during victim’s costumed birthday bike ride
  12. Neighbors will protest outsized Rainier Ave danger Wednesday
  13. Eastlake bike lanes would be boon for area businesses and regional bike transportation
  14. Watch: Khatsini explains the power of the bike/bus combo
  15. Scenes from Bike to Work Day 2015
  16. UW installs truck side guards for bike/walk safety, should law require these on every truck?
  17. Bike to Work Day is Friday, Cascade hosting 5 group rides to rally downtown
  18. Bike News Roundup: Family biking turns tedious kid transportation into quality time
  19. Anne-Marije Rook leaves Cascade to write about women’s cycling
  20. Why the Move Seattle levy needs to fund bold action on walking and biking safety
  21. Seahawks’ Michael Bennett launches charity foundation with bike ride
  22. Pronto Cycle Share starts charging day-pass users $2 to rent a helmet
  23. For 8th straight year, WA named #1 bike-friendly state
  24. Watch these happy Cascade Bicycle Club videos
  25. Madison BRT project could also build better Union St bike lanes
  26. Murray announces plans for big Pronto expansion at annual Bike Month Breakfast
  27. Mayor updates Move Seattle levy, could put Bike Master Plan on track for first time ever
  28. South Seattle Emerald: Pain for families lingers as hit and run investigations stall
  29. Mercer Street: King of the Stroad
  30. New Delridge trail connection now open (Video)
  31. Mercer bike lanes open, the Bike Route Wall of Uptown finally cracks
  32. Man biking at Rainier/Jackson seriously injured in collision with Metro bus
  33. Get your hands on Made-In-Washington bike goods at the Pedaler’s Fair Saturday

April 2015

  1. New app helps people with mobility issues navigate Seattle
  2. Bike Month kicks off Friday, here’s a taste of what’s happening
  3. City receives that sweet Federal cash to help build downtown bike lanes (+ some other stuff)
  4. For 50th year, Bicycle Sundays kicks off on Lake Washington Blvd this weekend – UPDATED
  5. City starts work on Alki Trail improvement near ActivSpace on Harbor Ave
  6. Tuesday Morning Theater: Janette Sadik-Khan at Town Hall
  7. Burke-Gilman Trail crossings get big upgrades near U Village
  8. City tries new bike lane design for collision-heavy Roosevelt intersection
  9. City finally set to finish Ballard Missing Link tweaks announced in 2012 + Scary near miss video
  10. Ballard Farmers Market will offer valet bike parking Sunday
  11. USDOT will host SODO bike/walk/freight safety assessment
  12. Seattle Children’s leads new WA Bicycle Friendly Businesses
  13. PUBLIC Bikes now open on Capitol Hill
  14. CHS: Eastlake community looks to improve and expand I-5 Colonnade Park
  15. Crowdfunding Highlight: MOBROLL, a Puget Sound bicycle, music, film and art festival
  16. WA bill would ticket people for driving below the speed limit
  17. WA Transpo Bill Update: ‘Modest’ walk/bike safety boost, UW trail makeover, Eastside bike share + lots of highways
  18. Cascade revamps Bike Month Challenge, now includes non-commute trips
  19. Governor Inslee signs the ‘Dead Red’ bill into law
  20. Seattle Police bust Edmonds chop shop, find 60 stolen bikes
  21. Snohomish-to-Woodinville trail discussions fall apart, put on hold
  22. SW Roxbury safety changes a good start, bike lanes must wait for repaving
  23. West Seattle Blog: City begins outreach for Admiral Way bike lanes
  24. Don’t fear planned 35th Ave SW safety changes, fear the crashes that will happen if we don’t take action
  25. This Week: Janette Sadik-Khan talk, Ride for Major Taylor + more
  26. Pronto is six months old, launches week of price cuts & deals
  27. 2015 Fremont Bridge bike counts have broken records every month so far
  28. City plans Ravenna Blvd bike lane upgrades, but shouldn’t cheap out on intersections
  29. Only 1 in 4 Safe Routes to School get funding in WA, lawmakers now have chance to fix that
  30. State House boldly defends right to look at Facebook while driving
  31. Swift Industries wants you (yes, you) to lead a bike camping overnight
  32. Bike News Roundup: A cool way to demo a street redesign
  33. Cascade’s women-focused She Bikes program launches tonight on Capitol Hill
  34. Monday Afternoon Theater: Seattle Channel feature on Move Seattle
  35. BikeIndex: How not to buy a stolen bike online
  36. City updates short-term bike facilities plan
  37. Bike Works auction brings in $145,000
  38. What do you think of this Seattle company’s new e-fatbike?
  39. Mt Baker intersection redesign could revolutionize transportation in South Seattle
  40. The city wants to give you cash to start a Safe Routes to School project

March 2015

  1. Cascade publishes very, very long timeline of work to build the Burke-Gilman Missing Link
  2. #BikeLove Party is in Pioneer Square Thursday (for real this time)
  3. SPD: Woman with walker killed crossing street downtown
  4. Trail Alert: Expect Burke-Gilman Trail detour near Shilshole Marina
  5. Grist features Seattle’s hidden bike kitchen, The Bikery
  6. Can Westlake’s streetcar tracks ever be safe for people biking?
  7. If a truck filled with salmon can bring the city to a crawl, we need more transportation choices
  8. Painters will close Fremont Bridge overnight Saturday & Sunday
  9. Bipartisan bill to add bicycles to state’s ‘dead red’ law moving through legislature
  10. Seattle Children’s one of few workplaces in nation with on-site bike shop
  11. Seattle hires Boston Bikes head to lead Active Transportation Program
  12. SDOT Director pens must-read Vision Zero op-ed for Seattle Times
  13. Cascade announces some early City Council endorsements, supports Godden opponent
  14. After NE 75th St safety project: Speeding way down, safety way up, traffic delays … down?
  15. SPD officer poses as bike buyer, busts downtown bike theft ring
  16. Cascade Bicycle Club will not ditch political advocacy
  17. Move Seattle transportation levy could build half of city’s Bike Plan
  18. Alert: Dexter will be closed near Mercer all day Saturday and weekday nights
  19. Bellevue installs its first bike counters + First look at the data
  20. Building a strong, inclusive community for safe streets is the future of bike advocacy
  21. Safety changes — but no bike lanes — planned for I-35
  22. How can technology help grow cycling? Hack the Commute may take on the challenge
  23. KUOW and SDOT will host impressive transportation speaker series
  24. Washington bike advocates and professionals will meet in Olympia for 2-day summit
  25. UW Burke-Gilman detour updates
  26. Bike News Roundup: In 2003, Saturn made a really great ad about how much space cars take up
  27. South Park trail celebration is Saturday
  28. Construction displaces #5 most popular Pronto station + #WomenWhoBike ride today
  29. Seattle’s plummeting bike collision rate may have stalled
  30. Will Cascade ditch election advocacy? Members and the Board will decide this month
  31. After taking stolen bike report, SPD officer spots it with man outside precinct
  32. Move Seattle: One plan to rule them all
  33. Following strong Seattle sales, Public Bikes will open store on Capitol Hill

February 2015

  1. Rainier is the city’s most dangerous neighborhood street. But it could be the best.
  2. Seattle’s 2015 bike map gets a makeover + How it could be even better
  3. Under new leadership, the Seattle Bike Show is this weekend in Pioneer Square
  4. Pronto launches first ever Women’s Bike Month + Women on Wheels 2015 is tonight
  5. We need a safer Rainier Ave now. Meetings Thursday and Tuesday
  6. 69 percent of downtown workers don’t drive alone
  7. Pronto’s helmet solution just might work, but can it keep up with growth?
  8. First look: South Park’s new connection to the Duwamish Trail
  9. What can bike advocates learn from the Youth Bike Summit?
  10. Cascade announces new south end fundraiser ride for Major Taylor Project
  11. Cascade’s annual Chilly Hilly ride around Bainbridge is Sunday
  12. Yes, Seattle has a parking problem. There’s way too much of it.
  13. Infographic: Seattle’s low-cost safe streets projects work really well
  14. As work starts on Central Area Greenway, the case for a safer E Cherry Street
  15. A video letter from a Peddler Brewing owner about the dangerous Ballard Bridge
  16. Can Seattle end traffic violence by 2030?
  17. Bike News Roundup: One way to advertise your bus agency
  18. Work to finally widen W Seattle trail connection to Delridge starts Monday
  19. Seattle will announce Vision Zero campaign to end traffic violence – UPDATED
  20. Seattle-side 520 Bridge plan getting closer, but still needs better bike/walk connections
  21. Bike Works hosts the Youth Bike Summit this weekend
  22. City wants you to report construction zone hazards
  23. I’m not a cyclist. Supporting safer streets is obvious once you ditch vehicle language
  24. Have you found the yellow ‘unicorn’ Pronto bike yet?
  25. City will remove one of the Sher Kung ghost bikes
  26. Sound Transit wants to allow more time to find Northgate bike/walk bridge funds
  27. How you can get a taste of the future 520 Trail connecting the Eastside and Seattle
  28. The annual Seattle Bike Swap is Sunday
  29. Woman struck while crossing Rainier: ‘I have never been so scared and alone’
  30. CANCELLED: #BikeLove ride and party in Nord Alley
  31. Kirkland’s new trail changes everything

January 2015

  1. Join bike advocates from all over the city for the Connect Seattle Summit Saturday
  2. No charges for person who killed man walking his dog in a Kirkland crosswalk
  3. The UW Burke-Gilman detour changes again next week
  4. Parks Board wants more MTB and walking trails in Cheasty
  5. State Senate Transportation Chair wants to toll people biking across 520 Bridge. Yes, really.
  6. Cascade Bicycle Club may drop endorsements and direct election advocacy
  7. Madison rapid bus project is chance to improve bike routes in central Seattle
  8. After confusion over Burke-Gilman detour, City Light releases video
  9. Seattle Police will auction bike Seahawks’ Bennett made famous
  10. Longtime City Council Transportation Chair Tom Rasmussen will not seek reelection
  11. The interim Roosevelt bike lane upgrade is now open
  12. Licata stood up for the Fremont Solstice bike ride exactly when it needed City Hall support
  13. After 11 years, event producer Peter Verbrugge leaves Cascade
  14. Bike News Roundup: Two guys travel to every Seattle park and write a book about it
  15. Seahawks’ Bennett: ‘Best bike ride I’ve ever had’ + Voxx Coffee buys bike for sobbing Packers fan
  16. How you can help cycling patriot Alvin, who was assaulted last week
  17. City leaders step up to make safety a priority on Roosevelt, here’s how to thank them
  18. Memorial walk Saturday for Leo Almanzor, killed walking to work downtown
  19. More Westlake Bikeway design details + Construction will start in the fall
  20. Central Area Neighborhood Greenway work will start this month
  21. 2014 Pronto Stats: 43,010 miles biked + List of the most popular stations
  22. City Light project will close Burke-Gilman Trail from U Bridge to I-5
  23. Burke-Gilman Trail closed in Lake Forest Park today for emergency tree removal
  24. Study: Recreation cycling in Washington generates $3.1 billion for state’s economy
  25. Terrible person attacks Seattle’s favorite cycling patriot after Seahawks game
  26. Roosevelt bike lane will get safety upgrade from U Bridge to NE 65th
  27. How amazing would this West Seattle flyover trail be?
  28. Only 2 percent of center city curb space occupied by bike lane
  29. Bike access at Colman Dock changing soon + Mercer Project on schedule for fall finish
  30. Seattle’s highway tunnel wins award! … for ‘Worst Highway Boondoggle’
  31. Lacking open space, First Hill looks to create space for people in the streets
  32. Biking Bis: Whitehorse Trail repairs delayed a year + Green River Trail should open by end of month
  33. Seattle Met names me a 2014 ‘Game Changer’
  34. Feds reject railroad lawsuit threatening the Eastside Trail, Kirkland section opens soon
  35. 2014 was a helluva year for biking in Seattle. What to look for in 2015

2014 440

December 2014

  1. Bike News Roundup: 2nd Ave bike lane makes NBC Nightly News
  2. Cue the balloon drop! One million Fremont Bridge bike trips in 2014! – UPDATED 1/1/15
  3. All I want for Christmas is 1 million Fremont bike trips – UPDATED 12/28
  4. Huffington Post spotlights Seattle’s bike to school movement, research
  5. Regional leaders ask for more time to find Northgate bike/walk bridge funding
  6. Landslide closes Burke-Gilman near 125th, Seattle Parks hopes to reopen by PM commute
  7. Do conventional road designs put Americans who walk or bike at risk? Rep. Larsen requests Federal study
  8. If Holman Road is a ‘complete street,’ then that term has lost all meaning
  9. Seattle makes list of top ten best new bikes lanes. Twice. Again.
  10. Bike Jobs: Development Director at Bike Works + 2 at Cascade
  11. Watch: ‘Bike Snohomish County: It’s Here And Away’
  12. Dexter will be closed overnight this week, will reopen with better bike lanes
  13. Washington Bikes helps add road safety measure to Federal budget
  14. I won a Seattle Neighborhood Greenways award! (and so did all these other hard-workin’ folks)
  15. Help city ID dangerous spots using their new Safe Routes to School wikimap
  16. UW will fix tree root bumps along Burke-Gilman Trail
  17. Construction Updates: U Village Burke work underway + Dexter bus stop, 9th Ave N bus lane, South Park trail
  18. Puyallup pastor struck by DUI woman while biking to help the homeless has died
  19. Washington Bikes 2015 Olympia agenda: Fund safe streets, boost bike tourism industry
  20. Davidson Cycles and 333fab partner up to open Fremont custom bike shop
  21. Why Seattle should stop waiting for the tunnel and tear down the viaduct now
  22. Video from Cascade’s super fun office move by bike
  23. Bellevue approves trail funding + Open house for 116th Ave NE safety changes
  24. Advocate for safe and active streets picked to head city’s transit division
  25. Recent traffic violence: Man killed walking to work downtown, Puyallup pastor injured biking to help homeless + more
  26. Bike News Roundup: How Utrecht makes a good intersection great for bikes
  27. Cascade announces 2015 event lineup + New Major Taylor Project fundraiser ride
  28. Update on journey to 1 million annual Fremont bike trips: We did it! (sort of)
  29. Seattle fails to achieve ‘platinum’ bike-friendly rating + Here’s how to get there
  30. Hub & Bespoke shutting down Fremont storefront

November 2014

  1. Sally Clark struck person biking in Tacoma + Why she should become leader for safe streets
  2. Cranksgiving 2014 riders haul 1,201 pounds of food to Rainier Valley Food Bank
  3. The Bicycle Story: Former Mayor McGinn on Seattle’s ‘bikelash’
  4. Police looking for person who painted, scrawled messages on Pronto bikes
  5. Woman who assaulted West Seattle Greenways leader found guilty
  6. UW reverts Pend Oreille intersection, takes out stop signs for cars crossing the Burke
  7. SDOT considering a carbon fiber walk/bike bridge at Northgate
  8. City Light project closes Burke-Gilman under U Bridge
  9. After break-ins, Boeing employees donate big to Bike Works
  10. Dexter closed Wednesday night, will reopen in morning with different detour
  11. The Bicycle Story: Colin Stevens is Seattle’s ‘Bicycling Mad Scientist’
  12. Listen: KUOW on Rainier Ave’s speeding problem + Meeting tonight
  13. Sidewalks should never be ‘closed’ for construction projects
  14. Burke-Gilman Trail alerts: New 4-way stop near UW + Trail work near NE 145th St
  15. Green Lane Project: Here’s why protected bike lanes improve safety for people walking
  16. In 1 month Pronto users biked distance from Seattle to NY 8 times + Helmet theft rate down
  17. Cascade’s new Bicycling Center has grand opening Saturday + Will move office by bike Nov 30
  18. Raised crosswalk, bike leaning rail, better signal timing coming to Burke-Gilman near U Village
  19. Rainier Ave safety project kicks off, two meetings this week
  20. Seattle’s 5th Cranksgiving is November 22
  21. Crowdfunding: Seattle-based bike lights pass $100K, Redmond-based commuter bike passes $30K
  22. Scenes from #ILookGoodOnAPronto
  23. West Seattle traffic light is so long, bike commuter cooks breakfast burrito while waiting for it to change
  24. Bike News Roundup: ‘Invisible cyclists’? Maybe you’re just not looking
  25. Will we reach 1 million 2014 bike trips over the Fremont Bridge? It’s gonna be close
  26. Seattle Bike Expo rises from the dead, changes hands, gets a new name and venue
  27. Still time to snag a ticket to Saturday’s WA Bikes auction and gala – UPDATE: Closed
  28. Seattle votes to charge $60 per car to fund transit
  29. UW accepts bike-friendly campus award, leaders talk about how to expand biking even further
  30. Seattle’s speed humps cut excessive speeding 80 – 90%
  31. Seattle Bike Blog and BikeIndex partner to provide Seattle stolen bike listings

October 2014

  1. Join us November 9 for #ILookGoodOnAPronto, a bike share scavenger hunt
  2. City will install temporary protected bike lane on Roosevelt + Neighbors urge city to extend plans further
  3. SDOT and PeopleForBikes make a video about 2nd Ave that’s … well, just watch it
  4. Light Up Your Ride with Commute Seattle Thursday
  5. Pronto operator Alta Bicycle Share bought by New York company
  6. Bike News Roundup: Every Capitol Hill Pronto station in 7 minutes
  7. Saturday: Join Mayor Murray on a vigil walk for 7-year-old struck on MLK
  8. No TIGER grant for Burke-Gilman Trail + UW is now a gold-level bike friendly campus
  9. Pierce County will condemn properties needed to complete the Foothills Trail missing link
  10. Why expanding Summer Streets could be the coolest thing Seattle does next year (video)
  11. After 4,000 rides and 1,450 members in first week, Pronto is throwing a party tonight
  12. Vote! Here’s who safe streets organizations are supporting
  13. 8 Stranger writers race to a bar during rush hour (Spoiler: Bike wins, duh)
  14. After 300 collisions in just 3 years, city meetings will discuss changes to ‘I-35’
  15. KOMO: Police recover Australian couple’s touring bikes and equipment stolen in Mount Vernon
  16. Final Westlake Bikeway open house is Wednesday + A look at updated plans
  17. Here are the projects at the top of the city’s Bike Plan to-do list
  18. Chicago’s streets feel less mean when you’re on a Divvy bike
  19. So, Pronto is a few days old. How’s it going?
  20. City moves dangerous Ballard Bridge sign + Peddler Brewing tells KIRO 7 why a change is needed
  21. Bike News Roundup: How to build a bike lane on a bridge
  22. Pronto Cycle Share launches: What you need to know + Updates
  23. Bike News Notes: Fund set up for kid hit on MLK + Seattle hiring Active Transportation Manager + Bike Expo is dead
  24. After 2 collisions at same 2nd Ave parking garage, city makes changes
  25. Pronto members will give bikes inaugural ride Monday + Cascade offers beginners class for Pronto users
  26. One of too many
  27. Why the so-called Burke-Gilman ‘Plan B’ is not a solution to the Missing Link
  28. UW, Capitol Hill Station bike detour updates + Trail bridge over Montlake Blvd could open in 2015
  29. Police find Tahoe involved in hit and run of 7-year-old + City announces safety project on nearby Rainier Ave
  30. Score a Safe Routes to School mini grant + Take the city’s neighborhood greenways survey
  31. You only have 20 days to back this vegan hotdog bike cart
  32. Jaywork: Ever had a bike stolen? You’re not alone. Here’s what probably happened to it
  33. This must end. Child hit ‘like a dog’ by two people who both kept driving in Rainier Valley

September 2014

  1. Cohen: 2nd Ave protected bike lanes ‘just the beginning’
  2. Dexter protected bike lane plans include shared turn lanes, bus stops
  3. Study: Widening Ballard Bridge sidewalks possible, but it won’t be cheap (+ is there an easier way?)
  4. Bike News Roundup: Look at all these people who support the Westlake Bikeway
  5. Someone keeps stealing from Bike Works, so now they’re low on BMX bikes
  6. Pronto starts installing station docks, helmet vending machines won’t be ready for launch
  7. Thoughts on SPD bike enforcement: Focus on safety (also, King 5 gets bike laws wrong)
  8. Mayor’s budget: More downtown bike lanes, bike share in the CD, revamped Summer Streets
  9. Sign advertising ‘Bike Thief School’ directs interested students to vasectomy clinic
  10. Plans developing for protected bike lanes on Fauntleroy, meeting Tuesday
  11. Bellevue plans bike lanes on 116th Ave NE
  12. Happy Park(ing) Day!
  13. Kenmore residents call for an end to traffic deaths, remember Caleb Shoop
  14. DC, New Orleans blow past Seattle in latest Census bike commute data
  15. Micro parks and temporary bike lanes will dot the city for Park(ing) Day Friday
  16. Bike traffic on 2nd Ave triples after city builds protected bike lane
  17. Bike News Roundup: 8-year-old threatens to rip off bike thief’s ears
  18. North Beacon Hill getting much-needed safety upgrades, new trail connection
  19. Help Hub & Bespoke crowdfund a Seattle-made men’s riding coat
  20. Biking and walking details improving around 520 Bridge project, still has major gaps
  21. US Bike Route 10 opens Sunday as part of downtown Anacortes ciclovía
  22. No TIGER grant for the Northgate bike/walk bridge
  23. Mother of Caleb Shoop: ‘Our son’s death warrants a just outcome’
  24. 2nd Ave bike lane continues to wow, city plans a few tweaks
  25. Redmond will fund Overlake Village bike/walk bridge
  26. The new 2nd Ave bike lane revolutionizes biking downtown
  27. Bike Works one of 4 Seattle shops among ‘America’s best bike shops’
  28. Some updates on the Westlake bikeway design
  29. Columbia City shaken after person drives into building + Community walk Friday
  30. Kung died just ten days before a safer 2nd Ave + Memorial ride Friday
  31. Seattle’s Safe Routes to School efforts now reach nearly all schools
  32. Elliott Bay Bicycles closing after 31 years, Davidson moving to new space
  33. Salomon: Safety changes need to be part of Roosevelt repaving project
  34. Small Burke-Gilman work zone in Lake Forest Park this week

August 2014

  1. Mother killed on 2nd Ave was attorney who helped bring down Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell
  2. Truck strikes and kills woman biking on 2nd Ave
  3. Where should Seattle create a pedestrian plaza next?
  4. Poll: Nearly every resident wants safe routes to Washington schools
  5. More details on upcoming Fremont Bridge work, sidewalk closures begin Sept 2
  6. SDOT Director calls BS on the “war on cars,” has ideas for more resilient transportation system
  7. Two people driving strike kids on bikes in Georgetown
  8. Pronto membership sales start today – UPDATED
  9. White Center businesses continue push for much-needed bike corral
  10. New SDOT Director wisely adds bike signals to 2nd Ave bike lane design, could open by Sept. 8
  11. Streets are for playing: Hopscotch CD is Saturday + Organize a Play Street in your neighborhood
  12. The Green Lane Project loves the Broadway Bikeway (but illegal turns a problem)
  13. Pronto memberships go on sale noon Monday, first 600 get special blue keys
  14. Aken picked as Cascade’s new Advocacy Director, more staff changes coming
  15. Man on bike tour struck near Shelton + Touring couple’s bikes stolen in Mount Vernon
  16. Pierce County passes complete streets ordinance
  17. City finally planning road safety project on Dexter between Denny and Mercer
  18. Clean Air Agency expands picture of Seattle air quality using devices mounted on bikes
  19. Bellingham’s new bike plan could make it the most bike-friendly city in the state
  20. Hempfest is this weekend, so expect big delays on Elliott Bay Trail (or give in and join them)
  21. SDOT fails to bike and chew gum at the same time, hasn’t started bike plan due last month
  22. Bike News Roundup: More incredible bike-friendly innovations out of Copenhagen
  23. Pate: My experience riding Obliteride as a cancer survivor
  24. Bike-in movie and short film series in Cal Anderson Saturday
  25. Lucia: Seattle one of the safest cities to walk, but that’s not good enough
  26. Parks District passes, will help fund safe access to parks
  27. Biking Bis: King County installs trail-connecting protected bike lane + other trail alerts
  28. Obliteride is this weekend, still time to register
  29. Got a Park(ing) Day idea? City accepting applications this month
  30. Required painting project will close Fremont Bridge sidewalk
  31. Pronto is hiring for all sorts of bike share jobs
  32. 26-year-old recovering after scary collision with semi in Sodo
  33. July sets another Fremont Bridge bike count record
  34. City bans dangerous right turns across Dexter bike lane at Mercer
  35. CleanScapes truck driver kills person walking near 8th and James, leaves scene

July 2014

  1. I talk 2nd Avenue with KUOW
  2. It’s time to give Summer Streets and Bicycle Sunday an energizing makeover
  3. Help a Bike Shack volunteer build a portable bike-in movie theater
  4. City’s plans for a Westlake bikeway continue to evolve
  5. How Pronto plans to make bike share work even with Seattle’s helmet law
  6. Help make sure Judkins Park Link Station has adequate bike parking, access
  7. I test ride a Pronto bike (and yes, it can climb hills)
  8. Northbound bike lane on Dexter will be closed 8 days starting Monday
  9. Seattle gets stack of Federal funds for protected bike lanes downtown, on Broadway
  10. Spoke & Food 2014: Bike to dinner Tuesday to support Outdoors For All
  11. Bike News Roundup: What should Pronto’s theme song sound like?
  12. In 2017, central and south Seattle could be covered in neighborhood greenways
  13. Cheasty Greenspace mountain bike trail clears Council committee vote
  14. Do neighborhood greenways increase cycling? Oh yes.
  15. Pronto submits permits for bike share stations, is on schedule for September launch
  16. Vote Yes for the Parks District + other bike-partisan election guidance
  17. I-90 ‘carpocalypse’ largely avoided on first morning commute
  18. Fremont Bridge bike counts continue big year-over-year rise
  19. City working on northbound U Bridge bike lane late Friday
  20. More details on planned improvements at Rainier and Dearborn
  21. Balk: Seattle car ownership is down, but it’s up in places you’d least expect
  22. Was this item delivered by bike? The next step in product labeling
  23. With focus on safety and access, Neighborhood Street Fund projects inch closer to construction
  24. How Seattle can build more and better bike parking
  25. KUOW: Family bikes and better bike routes key to getting more Seattleites to bike
  26. 2nd Ave protected bike lane on schedule to meet bike share launch
  27. The 35th Annual Seattle to Portland bike ride leaves UW Saturday
  28. Best way around July I-90 work: Bike (of course)
  29. After community push, West Seattle is getting its first bike corral
  30. Seattle Bike Blog turns 4! A look at site growth and what lies ahead
  31. Regional Council recommends funds for 7th Ave bike lanes, Bellevue trail design + more
  32. Mural painting starts in Burke-Gilman tunnel, Green River Trail bridge will be repaired
  33. Small improvements coming to Admiral Way, but protected bike lanes needed
  34. Kenmore won’t pursue negligent driving charge in death of Caleb Shoop
  35. Mercer walk/bike path switching to south side starting Thursday
  36. Pick for Transportation Director was bike-friendly leader in Chicago, DC
  37. Advocacy leader Thomas Goldstein leaving Cascade
  38. West Seattle residents want bike corral at the Junction, White Center discusses first corral on 16th

June 2014

  1. Bike Jobs: Be a Pronto Cycle Share ambassador + 2 at Cascade
  2. South Park Bridge is now open, bike lanes ‘protected’ for a week
  3. Weekend Guide: B!kecitement, Body Pride Ride, SLOW no-sweat hills ride + more
  4. Bicycle Pull-Apart owner charged with four counts of trafficking stolen property
  5. The Bicycle Story: Ed Ewing on why expanding diversity is vital for bike advocacy
  6. These Northgate kids pretty much sum up how runaway car culture creates hostile places
  7. Ever crash on the Burke-Gilman Missing Link? This awesome sticker is for you
  8. Super Cool Job Alert: Recycling and Reuse Manager at Bike Works + Godspeed, Donald!
  9. Kenmore is reviewing negligent driving charges in death of Caleb Shoop
  10. Streetcar extension will complete the Broadway Bikeway, should set-up 10th Ave bike lanes
  11. Welcome summer! Great weather greets another amazing Solstice bike ride (NSFW)
  12. Bike News Roundup: Tacoma has reached Kidical Mass
  13. Police release more details in serious hit and run near W Seattle Bridge
  14. The legendary Fremont Solstice naked/painted bike ride is Saturday
  15. CHS: Broadway Bikeway ridership on the rise despite north end closure
  16. Person who hit and killed Caleb Shoop in Kenmore gets $175 ticket
  17. KOMO: South Seattle bike train fights obesity, creates community
  18. Bike-inspired poster show ARTCRANK returns to Seattle Friday
  19. City on track to build 5.4 miles of neighborhood greenways this year
  20. Plans to extend Broadway Bikeway moving forward, open house Tuesday
  21. Seattle Times Ed Board adds its support to the Westlake bikeway
  22. Trail updates: Sammamish River Trail repaving + More UW Station detour changes
  23. Weekend Guide: Girls of Summer Alleycat, Kidical Mass to Seattle Children’s Livable Streets, public art opening + more
  24. A statistical analysis of biking on the Fremont Bridge, Part 4: Are more people biking?
  25. A statistical analysis of biking on the Fremont Bridge, Part 3: Bike Month
  26. A statistical analysis of biking on the Fremont Bridge, Part 2: Rain
  27. A statistical analysis of biking on the Fremont Bridge, Part 1: Overview
  28. Seattle Bike Blog Magazine, Issue 10
  29. The Northgate bike/walk bridge designs are stunning, could be a neighborhood icon
  30. Sunday: Cascade hosts first northbound Bike-n-Brews ride
  31. First Thursday: Bike-inspired kinetic sculptures launch in Nord Alley
  32. Times column: Seattle is now where Copenhagen was 30 years ago + But, hills!?
  33. Need cheap wheels? Three big discount bike sales Saturday
  34. Feds approve USBR 10, Washington’s first national bike route
  35. Bike share for everyone, Part 1: Closing Seattle’s cycling gender gap
  36. Scenes from Bicycle Sundae
  37. Business owner sends photos of people crashing on Missing Link, city (finally) finishes temporary bikeway
  38. Support the Northgate bike/walk bridge at Tuesday open house + A look at the updated concept

May 2014

  1. Seattle tries out first play street in Madrona, seeks other areas for pilot program
  2. Rainier Valley is getting an east-west neighborhood greenway, open house Monday
  3. Snoqualmie Valley Trail bridge burns, police arrest suspected arsonist
  4. See you at the Ballard Bike Street Party today?
  5. Think the UW trail detour is bad? City Light work could detour Burke-Gilman into traffic
  6. This summer, you have (at least) two chances to bike to multi-day music festivals
  7. Seattle Bike Blog and Bicycle Benefits present: Bicycle Sundae
  8. Two chances this week to weigh in on school road safety investments
  9. Seattle Bike Blog Magazine, Issue 9
  10. Man biking struck near W Seattle Bridge, police seek suspect + Rash of other area collisions
  11. Traffic violence in the Pacific Northwest is racially biased
  12. Feds will help restore section of Whitehorse Trail destroyed in Oso landslide
  13. Bike News Roundup: If you drove a shopping cart like a car
  14. National report on dangerous streets cites NE 125th redesign as an example of success
  15. In memory of people who have died while biking, Ride of Silence is tonight
  16. Google Maps now gives elevation information for bike routes
  17. Seattle’s volunteer Bicycle Advisory Board seeks new members
  18. Support plans for a safe Westlake bikeway at Wednesday open house
  19. Seattle Bike Blog Magazine, Issue 8
  20. Weekend Guide: Alki Summer Streets, Bike to Farmer’s Market Day + 2 BTWD after parties
  21. Happy Bike to Work Day!
  22. Washington’s newest Bicycle Friendly Community: Sequim
  23. Friday is Bike to Work Day: Ride with Councilmembers + Map of commute stations
  24. Fremont Bridge smashes bike count record (for real this time) + Bike use rises all over town
  25. After delays, big Burke-Gilman detours begin + Support the UW TIGER grant
  26. Ride Bicycles moves to larger shop at 64th and Roosevelt
  27. SDOT will buy you coffee to chat about walking and biking
  28. Two people collide while biking on I-90 Bridge, State Patrol looking for suspect who fled
  29. Bike News Roundup: Washington State has a mountainside ciclovía?
  30. Seattle Bike Blog Magazine, Issue 7
  31. A tour of Seattle’s new Broadway Bikeway + How it makes life better for people walking
  32. Where people walk, bike, take transit and drive alone in Seattle and King County
  33. Weekend Guide: Bikes & Bagels, Bike to Mariners, CycloFemme + more
  34. WA Bikes: Bike education spreads across the state
  35. So, how’s Seattle’s bike-to-school revolution going?
  36. Three bike meetings tonight: Bike Share, Seattle transportation budget workshop + Bike Board
  37. Broadway Bikeway (mostly) opens Wednesday
  38. Murray: Seattle will build pilot protected bike lane on 2nd Ave this year
  39. Say hello to Pronto! Emerald City Cycle Share
  40. King County will spend $140,000 patrolling trails
  41. Seattle Bike Blog Magazine, Issue 6
  42. WSDOT opens bike path under new Atlantic St Overpass
  43. Weekend Guide: Cranksgiving in May, Star Wars Kidical Mass, Nelson Vails film, Bicycle Sunday + more
  44. Cascade’s May policy rides and Bike Happy Hours kick off today on E Marginal Way
  45. For 7th straight year, Washington named most bike-friendly state – UPDATED

April 2014

  1. Cycling Sojourner will guide your bike adventures in Washington + Release party Thursday
  2. Bike Month and the annual Commute Challenge starts Thursday
  3. Monday appears to smash Fremont Bridge bike counter record – UPDATE: Probably not
  4. 3rd Annual Pedaler’s Fair will showcase Washington-made bike goods
  5. Artist paints scenes of people on bikes mixing with ‘giants’ on downtown streets
  6. Seattle Bike Blog Magazine, Issue 5
  7. Washington seeks federal recognition of US Bicycle Route 10
  8. Where people who use Strava ride their bikes
  9. An early look at two options for a Westlake bikeway + Parking studies show project could be a win-win
  10. Weekend Guide: Silly Hilly, Bike Plan Party, Dust Off Days and more
  11. Bike News Roundup: Less Car More Go
  12. Buses get cut, but bike share is on track: System sponsor list keeps growing
  13. 40% of Seattle’s greenhouse gas emissions are from road transportation, and 41% of trips are under 3 miles
  14. Traffic violence is not a war, it’s a horrifying disease
  15. Times: Seattle is second safest big US city for walking and biking
  16. KOMO: Police seek assailant who attacked man with car in Wallingford
  17. Report: When it comes to bike/walk advocacy groups, Seattle is in a league of its own
  18. Vigil tonight for 17-year-old killed walking to bus on her way to class
  19. County will start paving north section of East Lake Sammamish Trail next week
  20. Think the UW Burke-Gilman detour is big now? It’s just getting started
  21. Bicycle Pull-Apart owner: ‘I have always followed the letter of the law’
  22. City Council will vote on Bike Master Plan + Next step: How to realize its vision
  23. SPD: Owner of Belltown’s Bicycle Pull-Apart arrested in chop shop investigation
  24. Seattle Bike Style Updates: Iva Jean launches new line + Model Citizen adds women’s t-shirt
  25. Work on Hwy 99 tunnel ramps will close Dexter bike lanes + Is this a chance to extend the redesign?
  26. City installs two blocks of protected bike lanes in U District
  27. Bellevue endorses NACTO guide + Could they beat Seattle to building a downtown protected bike lane?
  28. Lose the delivery truck: New business will haul your cargo by bike
  29. Seattle PI: Man charged with vehicular homicide for killing Darren Fouquette on Airport Way
  30. Council Transportation Committee approves Bike Master Plan – UPDATED
  31. Marysville Police recover dozens of allegedly stolen bikes, check if they have yours
  32. Where should the first bike share stations go?
  33. Vote Yes on Prop 1 (duh) + Ballot Party Wednesday
  34. Padelford: Let’s invest in neighborhood access to parks
  35. Video from the 2014 Bicycle Pie Jousting Tournament
  36. Weekend Guide: Rainier Valley Pop-Up Greenway, 57 Varieties Time Trial + Kidical Mass
  37. Seattle-based system will pioneer new bike share partnership + Hiring manager
  38. Failed transportation revenue package puts statewide bike funding at risk
  39. Interim SDOT Director will speak at April Bike Board meeting + Construction impacts, budget, 520
  40. Person seriously injured in collision on Alaskan Way
  41. Obliteride announces kids route for 2nd annual fundraiser ride
  42. Seattle-based wool clothing company launches via Kickstarter
  43. A great way to get in the habit of biking around town: 30 Days of Biking starts today

March 2014

  1. Two ways to ride your bike and support Oso landslide relief: Family bike ride Saturday + STP auction
  2. Section of Elliott Bay Trail will close for sculpture installation
  3. Expect Montlake Bridge delays and detours this weekend
  4. Bainbridge Fire Dept. honors four who saved life of man who had heart attack during Chilly Hilly
  5. Neighbors, city and state launch traffic safety project on Lake City Way
  6. Mayor Murray outlines search for next SDOT Director
  7. The 39th Ave NE greenway could soon reach NE 90th Street
  8. Thieves hit Fremont’s Cascade Bicycle Studio, again
  9. On year anniversary of devastating DUI, community rallies in call for ‘vision zero’
  10. Bike Works will host 2015 Youth Bike Summit + Notes from the auction
  11. City adding sidewalks, bus islands to Greenwood Ave between 90th and 105th
  12. King 5 interviews Dan Schulte ahead of today’s memorial walk
  13. Kenmore 19-year-old killed while biking in crosswalk – UPDATED: RIP Caleb Shoop
  14. Mountain biking in an urban forest? Cheasty MTB Park public meeting Tuesday
  15. Company van with tally of people walking, biking and in wheelchairs intended as joke
  16. Tuesday open house will kick off plans for second Ballard neighborhood greenway
  17. In memory of the Schultes, Safe Roads Awareness Week starts March 25
  18. Middle Fork Road project could be boon to bike camping outside North Bend
  19. Months later, ‘Missing Link’ Band-Aid still under construction
  20. Walk signals are shorter in Rainier Valley, but the city will improve them this year
  21. The U District’s first neighborhood greenway takes shape
  22. Bike News Roundup: What causes traffic congestion?
  23. Wallingford company launches heavy-duty chain lube on Kickstarter
  24. County will close Bothell-area trail tunnel for nighttime work
  25. Registration open for annual Alleycat Acres fundraiser ride Streets & Beets
  26. Supreme Court decision could impact several WA trails, but most should be safe
  27. City building and planning neighborhood greenways in all corners of the city this year
  28. No more 5.25″ floppy disks: University Bridge openings will take longer as city updates computer, wiring
  29. City nearly finished with Olympic Hills Greenway plans, open house Thursday
  30. CHS: Person struck trying to access Broadway Bikeway in construction zone
  31. Sound Transit wants feedback on Northgate Station bike plans
  32. Seattle one of six new cities selected for the Green Lane Project
  33. City releases 2014 bike map, plans major remake in 2015
  34. Westlake Bikeway Update: Design committee members will be announced soon, construction to start in 2015
  35. On tap for March Bike Board meeting: Westlake, bike plan, complete streets + budget updates
  36. Bikes should fit on the proposed downtown gondola, would you use it?
  37. Get your tickets to the 2014 Bike Works auction + A chance to score that amazing Seahawks bike
  38. Bike News Roundup: Biking the distance between planets
  39. City picks ‘hybrid’ route for Central Area Neighborhood Greenway

February 2014

  1. After losing too many bikes, hackathon coder creates map of stolen bikes
  2. Join neighbors and Kirkland government leaders for a Friday ‘policy ride’
  3. The Seattle Bike Expo is this weekend
  4. Georgetown’s Cyclefab makes bikes do more
  5. See the nearly-completed Arboretum Trail design at Thursday meeting
  6. Man who had heart attack during Chilly Hilly doing well, quick action by riders may have saved his life
  7. On Cascade’s strange day in the spotlight
  8. Transportation Advocacy Day is Thursday, still time to register
  9. Some Seattle bike routes have healthier air than others
  10. Sunday’s Chilly Hilly ride likely to be ‘chilly,’ guaranteed to be ‘hilly’
  11. Thief steals Cervelo from storage unit, replaces it with an actual pile of crap
  12. Free Cascade class gives you skills to lead bike-friendly change in your community
  13. Help parent launch West Seattle middle school bike program
  14. Murray announces 2014 bike share launch, aims to reduce drive-alone commute rate to 25%
  15. SPD: Man attacked for biking on the sidewalk (which is legal)
  16. City cuts safety out of 24th Ave plans + 2 chances to weigh in on high-budget street remake
  17. County Trail Updates: Cedar River Trail section closed this week + More
  18. Westlake group drops Bike Master Plan lawsuit
  19. Bicycle Sunday dates announced + When will we hold the first SEAclovia?
  20. First month of neighborhood greenway, trail use data is now in
  21. A look at the amazing planned Yesler Terrace hill climb
  22. Broadway Bikeway likely to open fully in May
  23. #ReturnBertha: Why we don’t need to finish the downtown tunnel highway
  24. CHS: Capitol Hill’s Seattle Bicycle Collective is small, but fills a big bike shop need
  25. Lugo: Federal complete streets bill a chance for bike justice
  26. Temporary Mercer walk/bike path under Aurora finally connects Dexter to Lower Queen Anne
  27. Northgate bike/walk bridge would offer huge benefits, but faces challenges
  28. The 17th Annual Seattle Bike Swap is Sunday
  29. Bike News Roundup: Don’t text and Mario Kart
  30. Tonight: Washington Bikes hosts Pioneer Square Bike Love Party
  31. My Ballard: Bikesport is moving closer to the Burke-Gilman Trail
  32. Want to help lead the bike-to-school revolution? Free workshop Saturday
  33. A lot of you biked to a Super Bowl party, and there’s data to prove it
  34. I fixed a recent Seattle Times column about traffic fear
  35. State makes changes to confusing Atlantic Street intersection – UPDATED

January 2014

  1. After sudden closure of Broadway bikeway section, Sound Transit creates a bike detour
  2. Lower West Seattle Bridge will close Friday at 8PM
  3. Bike plan hearing delayed until May, 100+ ride for a safer Westlake
  4. Cascade: Bainbridge ferry terminal construction could bring cycling headaches
  5. After far too many injured and killed on 35th Ave SW, petition requests changes
  6. Wallyhood: School of Bike opens on Meridian
  7. Get involved in push for safe streets: Meetings in Central Seattle, South Park
  8. Big Burke-Gilman Trail detours coming soon on UW campus
  9. Mayor Murray bets a Seattle-made Rodriguez bike that the Seahawks win
  10. Opening of Atlantic St overpass means more Sodo waterfront bike route changes
  11. Cascade joins city in legal defense of Bike Master Plan, Westlake ‘policy ride’ planned Sunday
  12. Verdant Health Commission to fund Snohomish bike route connections
  13. We can do better things with our new downtown tunnel
  14. Puget Sound Bike Share aiming for summer launch despite supplier bankruptcy
  15. Neighbors and relatives walk to remember James St. Clair, call for a safe 35th Ave SW
  16. Delridge neighborhood greenway now officially open
  17. West Seattle video series compares bike lights from the driver’s seat
  18. Seattle Bike Blog Magazine, Issue 4
  19. Couple healing up after struck by car while walking across Stone Way
  20. Bike News Roundup: New York mayor calls for end to traffic violence
  21. Mayor Murray: ‘Protected bicycle lanes are a crucial component of our transportation infrastructure’
  22. Memorial walk for man killed crossing West Seattle street, family hopes for ‘positive light’
  23. Cascade members begin registering for big events + Stinky Spoke is Saturday
  24. US Supreme Court hearing case that could impact Washington rail-trails
  25. Westlake lawyers seek more bike plan delays + Only boat & biz owners invited to ‘community meeting’
  26. Snohomish County sees its Centennial Trail as a link to the region’s history
  27. Seattle Bike Blog Magazine, Issue 3
  28. In Seattle, you can now go to bike touring school. Really.
  29. Real-time bike counters now installed in 9 locations around the city
  30. Rather than change Parks policy, Board will consider Cheasty pilot MTB project – UPDATE: Passed
  31. Nearly all Sound Transit buses will soon be able to carry 3 bikes instead of 2
  32. People upset about Westlake bikeway file appeal to delay entire Bike Master Plan, hire Missing Link lawyer
  33. FamilyRide: Kidical Mass swings by the under-construction Missing Link, Ballard Greenway bike counter
  34. People biked over the Fremont Bridge 926,025 times in 2013 + cycling rates up 17-20% year-over-year
  35. Minneapolis takes lessons from Seattle’s bike plan to guide their own
  36. Andersen: Using plastic posts instead of curbs, Seattle plans to reduce the cost of protected bike lanes
  37. What do you think of Cascade’s new logo?
  38. Man biking in Wallingford injured December 19, friend seeks information
  39. Feds make it easier to install traffic signals for bikes

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