Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: bicycle commuting, bike helmets, bike share, Capitol Hill, helmet dispensers, helmets, pronto, Seattle, transportation, urban cycling
People point to hills and weather as the biggest challenges facing bike share in Seattle. Wrong, it’s this:
In order for Pronto to operate in compliance with helmet laws, each station will also have a “helmet dispensing” device and a return bin. Helmets will be available to rent for $2, will be sanitized after each use, and cycled out after a certain number of uses. Expect to see more people walking around with their own bike helmets to beat the $2 fee.
Filed under: Bike of the Day | Tags: Broncos, denver, gambling, Mayor Hancock, Rodriguez, Seahawks, Seattle
Won it in a bet with Denver’s Mayor Hancock.
@Mayor_Ed_Murray: You won your bet with @MayorHancock … will you ride your #Seahawks bike in the Wednesday Parade? pic.twitter.com/CP0UcLGrcD
— Brock Howell (@BrockRides) February 3, 2014
All mayors are doped.
Filed under: maps | Tags: bicycle mode share, bicycling, bike counters, bike counts, ridership, Seattle, share, urban cycling
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You no longer have to bike all the way to Fremont to get counted. The city — with support from the Rails to Trails Conservancy and the Mark and Susan Torrance Foundation — has installed seven new real-time bike counters around the city. This brings the city’s total to nine.
via Real-time bike counters now installed in 9 locations around the city | Seattle Bike Blog.
Filed under: maps | Tags: bicycle, bicycle accidents, bicycling, bike, car-bike collisions, Cascade Bicycle Club, King County, reported accidents, Seattle
From the Seattle Times: http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2017544092_bikemap19m.html
Filed under: maps | Tags: Ballard, Burke Gilman, Burke-Gilman Trail, Cascade Bicycle Club, PCC, Portland Cement Concrete, Seattle
This ruling makes the planned and funded 2012 construction unlikely but the proponents of the trail are convinced that the City will again be able to show that the trail extension will not have a probable significant adverse impact on the environment, as was determined in last year’s SDOT review.
via Completion of the Burke Gilman Missing Link delayed once again | Ballard News-Tribune.
Do it right with Portland Cement Concrete, not that Seattle asphalt cement concrete.
