Here's a bicyclist gingerly pedaling over a light frost on the Mercer Slough Causeway alongside I-90 in Bellevue late Sunday afternoon. 

You can see by all the tracks in the frost that this is a popular route. It's a main corridor between Bellevue and Seattle.

The slough encompasses more than 300 acres of Bellevue along the eastern shore of Lake Washington. The ....   more »

The purchase of a 42-mile railway corridor east of Seattle this week sets in motion an undertaking that could result in a bike trail, or light rail line, or both.

The corridor runs between Renton and Snohomish and serves dense suburban areas on the eastern side of Lake Washington.

Originally envisioned as a bike trail that would link to the regional trail system, it's also being considered as the backbone for a Eastside light rail line.

The corridor passes through woodsy lakeside neighborhoods, above, and over the 975-foot-long Wilburton Trestle (circa 1904) just south of downtown Bellevue, below ....   more »

Seattle experienced a 15% increase in bike commuting in the past two years, based on a count conducted in September.

Volunteers stationed at 30 locations around the city counted 2,609 bicyclists heading into the core downtown area the morning of Sept. 16.

Many of those commuters were using bike lanes, routes and paths that were created thanks to the city's Bike Master Plan, passed in 2007.

The ongoing improvements in the Bike Master Plan are aimed at tripling the number of people commuting by bicycle by 2017 ....   more »

Where and when are you most likely to find bicycle riders in Bellevue, Washington? It's the I-90 bike trail in the Enatai neighborhood.

According to the Pedestrian and Bicycle Count Report taken on Sept. 29, bicycle commuters come through there at the rate of 2 per minute between 4 and 6 p.m., and at about 1 per minute between 7 and 9 a.m.

If you commute between the Eastside and Seattle, that I-90 bridge trail is the only way across Lake Washington. The only alternatives are riding through Renton south of the lake or the Burke-Gilman Trail through Bothell north of the lake. [The photo shows bike commuters at that location on a bike-to-work day .....   more »

It's always gratifying to learn that your hometown is making progress toward bicycle friendliness.

That's why I was happy to learn that Bellevue, Washington, has joined Seattle and Redmond by opening a bike station. It's housed inside Bellevue's Commute Connection at the Transit Center on Sixth Street.

That Commute Connection "store" is where commuters can learn about options to driving solo to work or errands. Staff is on-site from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. daily through the winter to assist in planning commute trips by bike, bus, and car- or van-pool.

The highlight for me is the secure indoor parking at the site for 27 bicycles ....   more »