Bike Happy: Long live the ‘Palouse to Cascades State Park Trail’

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

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TOP THINGS TO KNOW & DO
  1. Yesterday was the last day of Bike Month.
  2. They've finally done it: the John Wayne Trail is dead. Long live the "Palouse to Cascades State Park Trail."
  3. Pierce County mayors are headed to Copenhagen to learn how to build bike-friendly communities.

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SOCIAL, LIFESTYLE, & ADVENTUREUPCOMING ACTIVITIES"ARTICLES & POSTS
  • Compass Cycles and Swift Industries are teaming up for a Swift Campout photo contest, with the winner getting a $200 gift certificate. Jan Heine's Blog.
  • A "Womxn's Bike Month Happy Hour," hosted by Cascade, SNG, & The Urbanist, is tonight. SBB.
  • Metier is opening a bike+brewery location in Woodinville on Saturday. Metier.
  • Ballard-based Rad Power Bikes is opening a showroom in Vancouver BC. BikeBiz, Bicycle Retailer, PSBJ.
  • Rants to homeowners that complain about trail users using adjacent trails, and to people riding strewn bikeshare bikes without helmets. Seattle Times.
  • Someone wrote a bicycle etiquette haiku letter that would make John Forrester proud. Seattle Times.
  • S.J. Brooks was a leader for inclusivity within the bicycle community. Seattle Times, Bicycle Retailer.
POLICY & INFRASTRUCTUREACTIONUPCOMING EVENTS"NEWS
  • Seattle
    • Mayor Durkan seeks a new SDOT Director, and is taking public input in what qualities to look for. MyNW, SDOT.
      • The next director needs to be bold and creative on how to deliver the City's bus and bike commitments under the Move Seattle Levy, says the Seattle Bike Blog.
    • New apartment building planned for along future Burke-Gilman Trail in Ballard. MyBallard.
    • Construction is beginning on the $50 million Lander Street Overpass Bridge to improve freight mobility from the port in SoDo. The bridge includes a wide sidewalk to accommodate people biking. PSBJ, KING5, Seattle Times.
    • SDOT begins construction of the West Seattle Neighborhood Greenway this summer. WSB.
    • At a panel discussion about Vision Zero in San Francisco, SDOT's Darby Wilson discussed the agency's data-driven effort to reduce traffic fatalities. SF Streetsblog.
  • Bus Rapid Transit
    • Metro & SDOT are planning a new RapidRide H line from Downtown Seattle through Delridge and White Center to Burien, improving bus times by 13% and increase ridership by a third. Metro is still taking public input on the project and could use comments on how to integrate Seattle's BMP-prioritized bike infrastructure for the route. Urbanist.
    • Sound Transit is planning a new BRT line from Burien to Shoreline's future 145th Street Light Rail Station, and has a public meeting in Lake Forest Park for the project. Again, it'd be good to provide public input in how to integrate bike routes to the bus stops, and to encourage an extension to Aurora Ave - SR99. STB.
  • Kitsap
    • The Washington Recreation & Park Association honored the Bainbridge Parks District's Youth Mountain Biking Initiative for outstanding innovative programming. Bainbridge Review.
  • Pierce County
    • Local mayors and leaders from Tacoma to Puyallup are headed to Copenhagen for a study trip in how to build bike-friendly communities. KOMO.
  • Statewide & More
    • State renames the John Wayne Trail aka Iron Horse Trail as the "Palouse to Cascades State Park Trail." Seattle Times, Ellensburg Daily Record.
    • A UW PhD candidate discusses her research into the environmental health effects of breathing in toxic chemicals while bicycling. EHN.
SPORTUPCOMING EVENTSARTICLE
  • Chris Froome won the Giro d'Italia, just the third person to have won the Tour de France, Vuelta a Espana, and Giro in succession ("The Grand Tour Treble"). Froome faces doping allegations from the Vuelta. Bicycling, Guardian.
GTFO of SeattleSAVE THE DATESJOBS

Bike Maintenance & Retail
Mechanics & Retail Staff, Gregg's Cycles

Bike Product Industry
Sales and Marketing Specialist, Sportworks
Director of Sales and Marketing, Sportworks

Bike Education & Training
Major Taylor Ride Leader/Instructor, Cascade
Summer Camp Head Counselor, Cascade
Summer Camp Counselor, Cascade
Counselor-in-Training (Seasonal), Cascade
Bicycle Specialist - Recreation Leader II, City of Auburn
Specialized Recreation Cycling Assistant - Recreation Leader I, City of Auburn

Commute Services & Other Outreach
Sounders FC Bike Valet Parking Manager & Assistants, Bike Works
Transportation Program Coordinator (Temporary), City of Kirkland

Policy, Planning, & Engineering
East King County Policy Manager, Cascade
Designer - Level 1, Alta
Group Leaders - Senior Associates, Alta
Supervising Project Manager, SDOT

Communications, Development, & Management
Contract Grant Writer, Bike Works
Development & Communications Coordinator, Bike Works
Program Coordinator, Bike Works
Individual & Annual Giving Manager, Cascade
Staff Accountant, Cascade

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