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 […]
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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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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Just a friendly reminder
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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Cascade Bicycle Club reports :
“Everyone who uses this Trail will benefit from this decision. There are a lot of people who worked hard to develop the Burke-Gilman Trail a generation ago. It’s our responsibility to protect it for future generations.” Chuck Ayers, Executive Director of Cascade Bicycle Club said.
By successfully overturning Ord. 951, Cascade Bicycle […]
I’ll admit that I enjoy watching the Tour come July. One thing that a couple of buddies and I did last year (the stage that Floyd did his comeback) we went up to the Summmit Ale House. Had a few beers, some tacos and hung out.
It was a great time. The bar was […]
I’m feeling compelled to post about this real quick. In the past two months I’ve seen firetrucks and ambulances on the Burke assisting bikers in biker/biker and biker/pedestrian accidents.
I’m sure it’s somewhat common, but in the five years that I’ve been commuting on the BGT ( ~16,000 miles) I’ve only seen this […]
A friend and I were walking to lunch the other day. Himself a motorcyclist, asked me if I thought being a bicycle rider had made me a better driver.
It didn’t take me long to respond that I thought it did make me a better driver. When you’re behind the handlebars, you’re very aware […]
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