Bike News Roundup: The bike lane is always greener…
by Tom Fucoloro from Seattle Bike Blog on (#3YQNM)
It's time for the Bike News Roundup! Here's a look at some stuff floating around the web that caught my eye.
First up, one of the only ways to get me to post a promotional video is to include lots of Seattle biking scenes:
Pacific Northwest News
- The $930 million Move Seattle levy shortfalls are clearer, but the solutions aren't | The Seattle Times
- An uphill battle to get electric trolleybuses on Madison RapidRide route | The Seattle Times
- SDOT Plan Proposes Deleting Key Crosswalk from Beacon Hill Safety Project The Urbanist
- 10 ways Seattle has blown past Portland in transportation moxie | OregonLive.com - The bike lane is always greener"
- Morning Crank: Potential for Conflicts | The C Is for crank
- What Is A Housing Emergency Really? The Urbanist
- The Full Case for Seattle's Center City Streetcar The Urbanist
- Hey Seattle, Where Are All of Your Gas Stations? - News - The Stranger
- The Case for Ending Apartment Bans - Data For Progress
- Blowing smoke - City Arts Magazine
- Ballard woman killed in DUI crash spurs calls for intersection safety improvements | KIRO-TV
- Sound Transit Explores Options for Chinatown-International District and SoDo The Urbanist
- $82.5K grant will help Africatown continue Midtown Center art and activation project | CHS Capitol Hill Seattle
- Hit in a crosswalk, 9-year-old makes courageous crossing | KOMO
- A Walkable Aurora Avenue The Urbanist
- How Backyard Cottages Could Help Seattle's Homeless Problem | Seattle Magazine
- PBOT will test pre-fab bus islands to smooth traffic flow - BikePortland.org
- Growing Safe Streets - Sightline Institute
- Seattle steps up improvements to intersection, Rainier Ave. after 2 girls get hit by car | KOMO
- New options for Seattle light-rail routes could add big dollars to expansion project | The Seattle Times
- These 7 photos reveal how I-5 construction tore through old Seattle | The Seattle Times
- Eleven Ways Adaptive Signals Frustrate, Discourage, and Endanger People Who Walk The Urbanist
- Washington Hikers and Climbers Facebook Page - Someone hiked an ofo bike to Mailbox Peak.
- SDOT Blog Seattle's transportation new normal is just around the corner.
- Morning Crank: Taxing Uber and Lyft; Stalling Safe Consumption | The C Is for crank
- Lime's E-Scooters Are Fun Until You Get to the Bottom of a Hill - Slog - The Stranger
- These three occupations use public transit far more than most in King County | The Seattle Times
- Leave your car at home. Bike sharing appears to be rolling into Tacoma | The News Tribune - Tacoma gets scooters along with bike share.
National & Global News
- Carnage as makeshift 'speed bump' fells early morning cyclist group | Sydney Morning Herald
- Commute Challenge 2017 - Random ASCII
- Wanna bike instead of ride? Uber is cool with that | Q13 FOX News
- ABC News in D.C. Calls Dead Pedestrians "Lazy" - Streetsblog USA
- How the Dutch created a casual biking culture - Vox
- In the battle of electric scooters vs. bikes in Charlotte, one is clearly winning | Jobs & Employment | pilotonline.com
- D.C. to extend scooter and bike program but will require locks on bikes starting Saturday - The Washington Post
- Bike Snob E-Scoots Portland | Outside Online
- Why aren't helmets for drivers mandatory? | TreeHugger
- As fatal truck crashes surge, government won't make easy fix | The Kansas City Star
- One-third of New Orleans cyclists are black, but they face the most bike charges in traffic court | NOLA.com
This is an open thread.