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Time to get out and vote. One of the bigger ticket items (bicycle related) on this November’s ballot is Proposition No. 1

To reduce transportation congestion, increase road and transit capacity, promote safety, facilitate mobility, provide for an integrated regional transportation system, and improve the health, welfare, and safety of the citizens of […]

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The Seattle PI reports

A West Seattle bicyclist is recuperating after someone shot him with a BB gun late Thursday on his regular commute home in what appears to be a random attack.
“I couldn’t believe it,” said Mark Thomas, a friend of the victim. “It feels like it’s an assault on cyclists everywhere.”
The BB pellets hit […]

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The seattlelikesbikes group is organizing a second ride for Stone Way today. Here are the details from their site. Hope you can make it out.

4:30pm Meet up at Gas Works Park. 5-6pm Ride!
Two months ago, on August 1st, hundreds of cyclists rode to protest the removal of a planned bike lane on Stone […]

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Trier, like a lot of misinformed folks, seems to believe the only road taxes we pay are motor vehicle licensing fees and fuel taxes. But the truth is that those fees largely pay for state and federal highways, and even then only a portion of them. The rest of the costs of those roadways are […]

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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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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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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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