Seattle news from Pittsburg:
The key is a new rule allowing taller condo and office towers. But developers have to meet certain requirements, The Seattle Times reports. They must contribute to a fund for low- and moderate-income housing downtown, build energy-efficient high-rises and have 8-foot-wide awnings to keep pedestrians dry. And large office towers will […]
An article from Transmogrified asking an interesting question.
“The logic goes thus. Everything we eat is produced somewhere, processed somewhere and transported to our supermarket and from there to our homes. It takes energy to do that. A major contribution of the energy needed to produce, process and transport our food comes from fossil fuels..”
He […]
It’s not easy navigating the streets of the Puget Sound region on a bike, according to the Cascade Bicycle Club, which recently mapped out a 1,521-mile bicycle network and found that 27 percent of the area’s roads and trails aren’t suitable for cycling.
– Seattle PI: Cycling in the region.
I guess I didn’t realize it was […]
Tags: news · advocacy · urban · safety
What was supposed to be a fun day of racing, turned tragic during the Men’s cat 1/2 race (photo to the right is the first lap).
BikeCafe posted some specifics :
Seattle, Washington - Sunday April 9th was a very sad day for the Seattle cycling community as Brad Lewis passed away while racing the […]
Tags: racing
A few weeks ago I mentioned that I found out about Simbree at the Cascade bike expo. I liked the Simbree bites so much that I thought I’d see if I could get a tour of their facility and see if I could give you all an inside view of how these yummy treats […]
Someone decided to put some small black tacks on the Burke about a mile(ish) North of the Matthews Beach Bridge/Park.
I was able to go through without any issues, but I saw three cyclists about 15 feet apart all changing flats this morning.
I heard that the popular Simple Green “non-toxic” cleaner in fact contained a toxic ingredient.
Since I use this when cleaning the bike, I was curious if this was true. So I emailed Envirostars (EnviroStars Co-op works with public agencies, environmental groups, trade associations, and small businesses to encourage the prevention of pollution […]
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There was a question on one of the local bike forums about the legality of entering a crosswalk when the blinking “Don’t Walk” has started. This was specifically about the intersetion of 15th Ave NE and the BGT.
RCW 46.61.060
Pedestrian control signals.
Whenever pedestrian control signals exhibiting the words “Walk” or the walking person symbol or […]