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I-5 is back open and for the most part, things were smooth sailing. The big reason for this? People used alternate forms of transportation. What is interesting about this, is it is a decent case study of what commuting traffic could be like all the time if people would just make a […]

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After a ton of hard work from the BBTC and volunteers, the Colonnade novice area is having it’s grand opening party.
Where: Colonnade Park [ map]
When: Saturday, September 8th 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Highlights:

Ribbon cutting ceremony
Ride the park, definitely bring your bike
BBQ will be fired up with burgers and veggie burgers
Trek demo […]

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In another show of support for riding bikes, we have Senator Patrick McHenry and his “support” for riding bikes.

“A major component of the Democrats’ energy legislation and the Democrats’ answer to our energy crisis is, hold on, wait one minute, wait one minute, it is promoting the use of the bicycle. Oh, I cannot make […]

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A recent airing of PBS NewsHour with Jim Leher had Transportation Secretary Mary Peters talking about the recent Minneapolis bridge collapse, and the problems with our road infrastructure.
Peters cited “bicycle paths” as a prime example of the wasteful spending of money.

GWEN IFILL: Aren’t many of those projects, even though they’re special interest projects, aren’t they […]

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Timbuk2 is hosting an art event in Seattle at evo on Friday, August 31 at 7:30. The show will feature one-of-a-kind bags created by local Seattle artists Melia Cornell, Pubs and Claire Jauregui. A portion of the sale of each bag will go to a charity of each artist’s choice (thanks to Julie for […]

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I’m not quite sure how I feel about posting this, because there’s an asking of money at the end. However, it is sort of important, goes to a good cause, and the funds go directly to help pay off debt on an issue that affects a bit of trail that I’m sure quite a […]

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Primaries are coming August 21st.
Something to keep in mind if you use the I-90 bike trail:

On July 15, the I-90 Steering Committee voted to add two narrow lanes to the bridge across I-90 (R-8A) as their “preferred alternative.” The Steering Committee vote ignored strong resolutions passed by the Seattle City Council and the County Council […]

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WHAT: Bicycles riding and pedestrians walking the Stone Way cooridor to show support for the Stone Way Road Diet
WHEN: August 15th. 5:00p meetup, 5:30p-6:30p Ride
WHERE: Meetup at Gasworks Park and ride up and down Stone way, Walk across Stone Way
More details at Seattle Likes Bikes ( flyers to print )

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[image courtesy of brappy]

Traffic could choke for 30 miles, all the way south to Tacoma, in the state Department of Transportation’s worst-case scenario for renovation of a crucial stretch of northbound Interstate 5.
The work of repaving 1.13 miles of the freeway, and repairing or replacing key areas, starts late Friday night and is scheduled to […]

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Just a friendly reminder

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