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Just a reminder that you have just over a month to register for the third annual Bike to Work Breakfast happening Tuesday, April 24, at the Grand Hyatt, downtown Seattle.
Last year included a variety of speakers, including State Representative Ed Murray, King County Executive Ron Sims, Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels, and Group Health Cooperative CEO […]

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Thanks to John from Perils for Pedestrians for letting me know about this. PfP is described as “A monthly television series promoting awareness of issues affecting the safety of people who walk and bicycle.”
Here’s the rundown for an episode airing this Tuesday with some bits from Seattle. It looks like the original air […]

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Some news on the possible 520 path. Not to get to politically charged, but here’s one of my favorite bits.

The proposed link at 37th Avenue East is disruptive to one of the remaining wetlands on Lake Washington, neighbors argue.

This seems to be lacking real teeth. I understand wanting to be environmentally aware and […]

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This isn’t directly related to just the Seattle cycling scene, but this request came across a local cycling mailing list. It seems best to get the word out as much as possible.
A request has been made to better identify legislative district areas.
The following link shows the *proposed* first year route of […]

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Someone over at The Stranger was passed a final draft of the Seattle Bicycle Master plan.
“The plan recommends expanding Seattle’s networked bike trails from 69 miles to 162 miles over the next five years, outlines exactly where new bike lanes and mixed-use trails should go, suggests that certain streets become “bicycle boulevards,” fixes the Burke-Gilman […]

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Latest Times Op-Ed on the Bicycle Master Plan:
“Seattle often places high in rankings of the best cities for bicycling. But that has a lot to do with the reputation created by the early start of the still-unfinished Burke-Gilman Trail. Especially for those getting around city neighborhoods, Seattle has fallen far behind neighbors Portland and Vancouver, […]

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King County’s highest elected official said Friday the seemingly heavy-handed response by undercover county sheriff’s deputies against bicyclists demonstrating through downtown Seattle eight days ago left him baffled and wondering, “Why’d you do that?”
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Sims added that several months ago, he and his wife were in his car when the Critical Mass rally zoomed past, blocking […]

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Steinbreuck: “The Metro officers have little or no experience with this type of activity or this type of event. And really didn’t belong there in the first place. I’m also concerned that they reportedly failed to identify themselves. From the pictures that I’ve seen it looked like a couple of thugs jumping out of an […]

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There’s been a lot of chatter this weekend about an incident that happened at Friday’s Critical Mass ride.
The Stranger blog writes:
“As I turned the corner, one beefy white guy got out of the van and ran after a guy sitting on a bike (he was not corking at that point). He was in the process […]

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Bikes are a favorite mode of transportation in Seattle. Even the rain doesn’t seem stop people and, naturally, during the summer, more people switch to bikes. The reasons are various. Some people ride to work, some people work while biking. Others are exercising or performing in a parade. Higher gas prices are an extra motivation […]

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