This has been making the rounds, but I’m posting here too. From our friends at Cascade Bicycle club:
Most people don’t normally spend a lot of time thinking about the configuration of the roads on which they drive or walk. But the factors that you nevertheless register subconsciously – the width of the lanes, […]
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Looks like there is going to be some more enforcment on Mercer Island. From the Times:
The curvy Mercer Way loop around the island is one of the region’s most popular bike rides, but there are two persistent problems. Sometimes drivers get stuck behind cyclists, then make unsafe attempts to pass them. And sometimes cyclists […]
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Reminder that the ride of silence is today:
Join cyclists worldwide in a silent slow-paced ride in honor of those who have been injured or killed while cycling on public roadways. Seven Rides of Silence are planned in Washington State. Start time is 7PM, unless otherwise noted. For more info, go to www.rideofsilence.org.
Everett
Distance: […]
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From Cycle-Licious:
We’ve all heard about the great gas boycott that will occur tomorrow, May 15. I expect many of the True Believers are filling up today in anticipation of this “boycott;” others will delay their purchase until Wednesday.
As many of us realize, delaying gas purchases for only a day does nothing to impact the price […]
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Three time Tour de France winner Greg LeMond will be riding the Tour de Cure from Marymoor Park this coming Saturday.
Tour de Cure is a series of cycling events held in more than 80 cities nationwide to benefit the American Diabetes Association. The Tour is a ride, not a race, with routes designed for […]
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It looks like Seattle residents will have two more weeks (May 18th) to comment on the Bicycle Master Plan.
SDOT has received more than 2,450 comments regarding the plan already. Be sure to speak up if you want (and haven’t yet).
You can call in at 206-684-3902 or send email to walkandbike@seattle.gov
Date: Wednesday, May 16, 2007
Time: 6:30pm
Where: Gas Works Park, Seattle
Join cyclists worldwide in a silent slow-paced ride in honor of those who have been injured or killed while cycling on public roadways and to raise awareness that cyclists and drivers need to share the roads safely. Arrive by no later than 6:10 p.m. Volunteers will […]
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Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels this morning released an ambitious bicycle master plan, which he hopes will triple the number of city residents who pedal to work.
“The goal is simple: to make Seattle the best bicycling city in the nation,” he said, standing along a trail at north Beacon Hill.
I’ve been thinking lately about […]
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Members of the Backcountry Bicycle Trails Club are carving out an urban mountain-bike course at one of Seattle’s newest parks, I-5 Colonnade, which opened late in 2005 under the freeway in the Eastlake neighborhood.
It’s not finished, even after about 4,500 hours of work, but riders are already showing up to bounce through the rolling “whoops” […]
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News from the Bicycle Alliance of Washington.
They will be hosting a free event at the Lynnnwood Convention Center titled ‘Safe Routes to School Best Practices Summit: Building Safe and Active Communities’.
The summit will include speakers and workshops for all interested audience including Families, Schools, Design Professionals, Public Health Professional and Public Safety Professionals.
The Safe Routes […]