“Seattle has banned drivers from turning right at one of the city’s busiest intersections, to protect the thousands of bicyclists passing through.” — Seattle Times
That temporary right-turn ban during road construction at the busy Mercer Street-Dexter Avenue intersection warranted front page play above the fold in this morning’s Seattle Times.
Making a road safer for …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2014/08/04/making-streets-safer-for-bicyclists-is-headline-news-in-seattle/
[Update: Aug. 5, 2014 — The Seattle-based entry – Denny – won the Bike Design Project competition. Congrats to the local design and prototype team.]
July 29, 2014 – Five teams of bike designers and builders from five cities are competing to create an urban utility bicycle that a major manufacturer says will be put …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2014/07/29/vote-for-your-favorite-urban-utility-bicycle-design-entries-from-seattle-portland-chicago-sf-and-nyc-you-can-vote/
Scores of bicyclists took to the Mountains-to-Sound/I-90 bike trail this morning to avoid being stuck in traffic at the Interstate 90 work zone in Bellevue.
Although no one was making a count of bike commuters, I’d estimate that bike traffic passing the kiosk at the base of the Eastern Connector bridge was equal to or greater than the …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2014/07/21/bike-commuters-beat-the-back-up-on-i-90/
My wife usually takes the bus to work in the South Lake Union neighborhood in Seattle, and whenever there’s the chance of a huge traffic gridlock, I usually joke, “Why don’t you bike to work?”
I used to think it was funny, but now it’s just a tired, stupid comment. She finished her last metric century …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2014/07/20/bicycling-to-beat-this-weeks-i-90-closure-kerfuffle-my-wife-takes-the-bike-challenge/
Art is in the eyes of the bicyclists as they pass a brightly painted mural taking shape inside the Burke-Gilman Trail tunnel in Bothell, WA.
I pedaled up there on Tuesday and saw a dozen volunteers enjoying their task of filling in the lines drawn by local artist Kristen Ramirez.
It looks like they’re just about done with the project …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2014/07/15/colorful-mural-replaces-drab-walls-of-bike-trail-tunnel/
Ten thousand cyclists are preparing for either back-to-back centuries or a 1-day double century in the Seattle-to-Portland Bicycle Classic (STP) this weekend.
The root of the event — the century bike ride — was first documented by two guys on penny farthings more than 130 years ago.
Today, most recreational bicyclists target the goal as they become …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2014/07/07/cyclists-made-first-century-bike-ride-on-penny-farthings/
Back in April 2012 an editor from Falcon Guides contacted me to see if I’d be interested in writing a guidebook about the best Seattle area bike rides.
I’d be responsible for choosing 40 bike routes, writing a chapter about each ride, taking at least two photos for each ride, and producing a map and a cue sheet for each …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2014/07/01/my-guidebook-best-bike-rides-seattle-is-now-available/
You can show your support for bicycling this Friday by riding your bicycle to work.
To help in this endeavor in the Seattle area, dozens of bike commuter stations will be set up from 6 to 9 a.m. during Bike to Work Day.
View Commute Stations — Bike to Work Day presented by F5 in …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2014/05/15/bike-to-work-day-is-friday-bike-commuter-stations-in-seattle-area/
That Seattle bike share system that’s due to launch this fall has a new name: Pronto! Cycle Share Presented by Alaska Airlines.
It was formerly known as Puget Sound Bike Share. That entity remains as the official nonprofit owner/operator of the system, but the system itself will go by the new name.
Seattle-based Alaska Airlines …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2014/05/05/new-name-for-seattle-bike-share-program-pronto-cycle-share/
Seattle is taking another stab at improving bicycling in the city in an updated Bicycle Master Plan that relies heavily on cycle tracks and greenways — two schemes not promoted in the original master plan approved in 2007.
The idea is to entice potential bike riders who are not particularly interested in mixing it up …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2014/04/16/more-cycle-tracks-and-greenways-in-seattles-bicycling-future/
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