Bike Happy: Get stoked + Eastside cuts bikeshare loose

by
Brock Howell
from Seattle Bike Blog on (#3JWZV)

bikehappyheader-transp-330x85.pngEDITOR'S NOTE: Thanks again to Brock Howell of Bike Happy for putting together this comprehensive weekly newsletter.

TOP THINGS TO KNOW & DO
  1. Attend the third and final presentations of the Stoked Spoke Adventure Series this year on Wednesday, 6:30-9pm, at the Rhino Room. You'll learn about amazing bikepacking and other bike adventures here in the Pacific Northwest. RSVP >
  2. Kathleen Emry, owner of Free Range Cycles, is retiring.
  3. Seattle City Council is set to move forward on major improvements to bike parking requirements for new buildings, although the update isn't perfect.
  4. There's sooo much bikeshare news this week, from vandals cutting brake wires to Eastside expansion.
  5. Cascade, SNG, and others are pushing SDOT to push forward on a planned two-way protected bike lane on 4th Avenue in Downtown. Take action >

SOCIAL, LIFESTYLE, & ADVENTUREUPCOMING ACTIVITIES"ARTICLES & POSTS
  • Enjoy the Skagit Valley Tulip Festival by bike, Seattle Times.
  • Ride the Alaskan Way Viaduct before you never can: Cascade's Emerald City Bike Ride is on April 8 (Curbed, DJC).
  • The Red Line Rides, led by Merlin Rainwater, highlighted the racist history of Seattle's land use and housing policies (KUOW, Next City, Medium).
  • "Ghost bike for Marvin Miller, after 12 years," (WSB).
  • Kathleen Emry, the owner of Free Range Cycles, is retiring and selling her Fremont shop (FB).
  • Path Less Pedaled video interview of Jan Heine, the Ballard-based proprietor of Compass Bicycles and Bicycle Quarterly (YouTube).
  • "Myth #7: Tubeless Tires Roll Faster," (Jan Heine's Blog).
  • "Sedro-Woolley teacher preps for cross-country ride," (Skagit Valley Herald).
POLICY & INFRASTRUCTUREACTIONUPCOMING EVENTS"NEWS
  • Bikeshare
    • A vandal is cutting the brake cables of bikeshare bikes (Seattle Times, Curbed, Q13, KIRO7, KOMO, KING5, GeekWire, Stranger, Seattle PI).
    • JUMP is ready to jump into Seattle with its e-bikes (MyNW).
    • Bikeshare may soon expand to Bellevue, where they will require an e-bike-only fleet, capped at 400 for the initial pilot (GeekWire, KIRO7, MyNW).
    • Redmond plans to authorize bikeshare by May, following Seattle's framework more closely than Bellevue's e-bike-only pilot (Redmond Reporter).
    • In Ballard, SDOT is testing painted areas on sidewalks for bikeshare bikes (SDOT, GeekWire, Curbed, MyBallard, MyNW, KING5, SBB).
    • ofo recently received $866 million in investment funding from Alibaba (PSBJ).
    • Former SDOT Director Scott Kubly is now Chief Program Officer at LimeBike (Curbed).
  • Bicycle Parking
    • Seattle City Council's PLUZ Committee approved new parking legislation, which includes significant improvements to long- and short-term bicycle parking within new development. However, the legislation continued to limit the requirements for bike parking in multi-family developments; after the first 50 long-term bike parking spaces, the the required amount is calculated at 75%. You can still weigh-in by emailing the city council at council@seattle.gov. The full council is expected to take its final vote on April 2. (Urbanist, SCC Insight)
  • Downtown
    • Mayor Durkan & SDOT may be push the implementation of the 4th Ave Protected Bike Lane this year, and Cascade, SNG & SBB are pushing back (SBB).
  • North Seattle
    • SDOT will pave and improve the safety of several arterial streets in the Green Lake area in 2019, and is currently working on the roadway design plans now (Urbanist).
  • Central Seattle
    • The Washington Arboretum Loop Trail will have a grand opening celebration on April 8 (Madison Park Times).
  • South & West Seattle
    • SDOT and Metro have a survey for the Rainier Ave RapidRide. Despite question descriptions that indicate otherwise, none of the corridor design options provide protected bike lanes from the International District to Mt Baker or Columbia City, and the shown neighborhood greenways are essentially already planned as part of a separate project - so taking the survey is tricky if your goal is protected bike lanes on Rainier Avenue S (STB, SDOT Survey).
    • "What ever happened to Phase 2 of SDOT's 35th SW Safety Project?" (WSB).
  • Snohomish
    • A new 2.6-mile section of the White Horse Trail, which would've connected the Centennial Trail in Arlington to Trafton is no longer opening later this year due to likely landslides; another portion of the White Horse Trail was wiped out in the 2014 Oso landslide (Marysville Globe, Everett Herald).
SPORTUPCOMING EVENTSARTICLES
  • "Olympia Orthopaedics Sponsors Local Athlete All the Way to the National Stage," (South Sound Talk).
SAVE THE DATESBIKE INDUSTRY JOBS

Bike Retail
Sales Clerk, Aaron's Bicycle Repair
Professional Bicycle Mechanic, Aaron's Bicycle Repair
Bicycle Mechanic-in-Training, Aaron's Bicycle Repair
Seasonal Bike Shop Mechanic, Bike Works
Seasonal Bike Shop Sales & Retail Assistant, Bike Works
Seasonal Recycle & Reuse Assistant, Bike Works
Mechanics & Retail Staff, Gregg's Cycles
Nonprofit
Program Coordinator, Bike Works
Volunteer Program Assistant (Seasonal), Cascade
Major Taylor Ride Leader/Instructor, Cascade
Business Relations, Policy & Operations Manager, Commute Seattle
Government
Principal Planner / Strategic Advisor, SDOT (3/27)
Public Space Management Inspector, SDOT
Traffic Records & Data Supervisor, SDOT
Supervising Project Manager, SDOT
Walk N Roll Teacher Assistant, Intercity Transit

STOLEN BIKES

In the past week, ten bikes were reported as stolen to SPD, not counting stolen bikes part of burglaries and assaults. Help fight back by (1) registering your bike on Bike Index, and (2) always locking up your bike with a U lock, even inside a bike room. Bicycle Security Advisors provides additional information on how to keep your bike safe.

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