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Updated 2025-07-01 01:00
Neighbors plan a ‘people-protected Bicycle Weekend’ following hit-and-run on a minor
Neighbors working for a safer Lake Washington Boulevard will host a people-protected Bicycle Weekend" demonstration noon Saturday (June 28) at Mount Baker Beach Park. They are asking anyone interested in [...]
Work is underway to fix Eastrail crossing in Kirkland, trail detour in place
Kirkland is working to fix one of the worst missing crossings along the otherwise fantastic northern section of the Eastrail near Totem Lake. There is a trail detour in place [...]
Chuckanut Drive reopens 2 months after rock slide
Chuckanut Drive has finally reopened after a major rock slide closed a section of the historic road April 22. Without Chuckanut Drive, biking south from Bellingham to Skagit Valley communities [...]
Bell Street bike lane near market opens soon – UPDATED
Getting to the waterfront from Belltown will be much simpler as soon as Friday (June 20) when the Bell Street two-way bikeway opens between Elliott Ave and 1st Ave, where [...]
Curby is saved: Saka announces smaller tweaks for Delridge left turns + No major redesign to add missing bike lane -UPDATED
UPDATE: See update below for some troubling additional comments from CM Saka, including him blaming a war on cars." Original story: Curby is not going anywhere. This little center line [...]
How to paint your body and bike in the 2025 Fremont Solstice Parade June 21
The 2025 Fremont Solstice Parade is Saturday (June 21). Is this the year you finally join the painted masses? To join the ride, all you gotta do is arrive on [...]
After more than a year of advocacy and a petition, SDOT starts fixing the extra-bumpy crosswalk stripes on Burke-Gilman Trail in Frelard
Part of the city's regular maintenance duty is to refresh the paint on about 1,000 crosswalks all over the city with the goal of retouching every crosswalk about every four [...]
NE Seattle Greenways celebrates the 11th Ave bike lane opening – UPDATED
UPDATE: The kid and I joined Thursday's ride. On a global news day as stressful as today, I really needed a bike ride and some positive community energy. So thanks [...]
How candidates for Seattle Mayor said they would achieve Vision Zero by 2030
This is the final post covering candidate responses to biking and safe streets questions during a recent forum hosted by a large group of transportation and urbanism organizations. We previously [...]
Candidates for Seattle’s 2025 Citywide Council positions 8 and 9 outline their transportation priorities
Both citywide City Council seats are up for grabs this year, and the recent housing and transportation candidate forum combined candidates for both races into a single panel. Hosted by [...]
New in the shop: Bicycle/Race: Transportation, Culture, & Resistance by Dr. Adonia Lugo + You Can Protect Trans Kids pin
The Seattle Bike Blog Shop keeps growing. I am very excited by the two newest additions as well as some others that are on the way. If you are a [...]
Seattle’s 2025 District 2 council candidates on biking and safe streets
All four of the candidates for Seattle's open District 2 City Council seat attended this week's forum on transportation and housing issues, hosted by a wide coalition of organizations and [...]
Watch: Seattle mayor and council candidates debate housing and transportation issues
I did not make it to Wednesday evening's mayoral and council candidate forum because it was my 40th birthday, and my spouse Kelli and friends threw me a wonderful party [...]
Wednesday: Candidates for Seattle Mayor and Council will debate transportation and housing issues
A coalition of transportation and housing groups are hosting a candidate forum tomorrow (June 4) at Centilia Cultural Center in El Centro de la Raza near Beacon Hill Station. Doors [...]
City plans to add 150 parking spaces next to too-skinny Alki Trail + An easy way to widen the trail as part of the project
SDOT recently updated its plans for changing how parking works along Alki Avenue SW with a note that they now plan to add 150 parallel parking spaces to the water [...]
Saturday: The Urbanist and Mighty-O will host competing bike rides celebrating different circular-shaped foods
The bicycle is one of the most versatile vehicles in the world because it runs efficiently on an extremely wide variety of fuel types. Beer, burritos, candy bars. Among the [...]
Alert 6/7-8: Spokane Street Swing Bridge to West Seattle will close for repairs
SDOT will close the Spokane Street Swing Bridge (the lower West Seattle Bridge) June 7 and 8 to reinstall one of the key components in the mechanism that allows the [...]
Expanding our shop with more local bike stuff, such as Pedal, Stretch, Breathe: The Yoga of Bicycling
The Seattle Bike Blog online shop is expanding! Now you can get more than just copies of Biking Uphill in the Rain. I will be slowly adding Seattle-associated bike stuff [...]
The Burke-Gilman Trail ‘pollinator path’ is wonderful
Kudos to the Friends of the Burke-Gilman Trail, the Green Seattle Partnership and Seattle Parks for the work they have put into creating a pollinator path" along the Burke-Gilman Trail [...]
Alert 6/2-15: Broadway Bikeway will be closed between Pike and Pine + Take the rainbow detour to avoid the tracks!
Utility work for an adjacent development project will close the Broadway Bikeway and the adjacent sidewalk between Pike and Pine Streets June 2 through 15. It's just one block, but [...]
Two events on the Palouse to Cascades Trail this summer: Iron Horse Gravel and Summit 2 Sound
Look, folks, that gravel is not going to grind itself. Two major rides will take to the Palouse to Cascades Trail this summer: The annual Summit 2 Sound by Peace [...]
Seattleites who bike to work are waaaay happier, survey finds
People who bike and walk to work are way happier with their commutes than everyone else, and it's not even close. This is one of the findings from Commute Seattle's [...]
UW researchers using $25 handlebar sensors find correlation between close passes and past collisions
You know that street where car traffic feels more uncomfortable because people tend to pass you too closely? You're not imagining things, it really is more dangerous, new research suggests. A UW research team has developed a cost-effective way to collect on-the-ground data to help identify streets where close passing is common, and after two [...]
Saturday: Seattle Neighborhood Greenways is hosting a free volunteer organizing symposium
Are you ready to take action to improve the streets in your neighborhood for everyone, but don't know where to start? Seattle Neighborhood Greenways is hosting a Volunteer Organizing Symposium from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday (May 17) at Seattle Central College on Capitol Hill. The symposium is free to attend, though donations are [...]
Learning a new skill before first bell on Bike Everywhere Day
My kid initially wanted to take the school bus this morning, but then I told her it was Bike Everywhere Day and she lit up and decided to bike instead. It was a tiny bit drizzly, so I asked her if she still wanted to bike even if it was a little rainy, and she [...]
Saturday: Celebrate Bike Inclusion Day with Outdoors for All at Magnuson Park
Bike Inclusion Day is Saturday (May 17), and Outdoors for All is celebrating with a day of adaptive cycling, group rides and games from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in Magnuson Park. If you for any reason cannot (or find it difficult to) ride a standard bicycle, Outdoors for All has got you covered. Whether [...]
Wednesday is Bike Everywhere Day 2025 + Map of celebration stations
Tomorrow (May 14) is Bike Everywhere Day! It's the first time the day formerly known as Bike to Work Day is being held on a Wednesday, a response to changes in work-from-home and alternate schedule trends. Wednesdays have the most people physically commuting to work these days, so Cascade Bicycle Club has shifted this annual [...]
Seattle just broke the record for April Fremont Bridge bike trips, the first new monthly high mark since COVID
We are so back. Seattle set an all-time record for the most bike trips across the Fremont Bridge during the month of April with 95,742, a remarkable 17% above the pre-2020 average. 2025 is also the first year since 2020 to record more than a quarter million trips across the bridge by the end of [...]
It’s Bike Month! Here’s some of the stuff happening around town
Bike Everywhere Day (formerly Bike to Work Day) is May 14, which puts it on a Wednesday this year rather than Friday as it had been for a long time. This is a response to trends toward more people working from home on Fridays or working four 10-hour days and taking Fridays off (or working [...]
Trains are cool and all, but these new Redmond trail connections are amazing
New trail connections around the soon-to-open Redmond light rail stations have dramatically improved bike access into the eastside city center, shaving as much as ten minutes off many bike trips. Sure, the train stations opening Saturday will get most the attention, but I rode the new trail connections and am here to report that they [...]
Happy Bike to School Day!
It's the most joyful school drop off of the year! Seattle kids are celebrating Bike to School Day today, and the bike cage at my kid's school was packed even more than usual. Biking to school for us requires two blocks of climbing that is steep enough to give the kiddo trouble. Or at least, [...]
Thursday: Join me for my first book event in Olympia!
I'll be taking my bike on the train Thursday (May 8) to give a talk at Olympia Timberland Library. Join me! The event starts at 6:30, and I'm bringing a presentation full of historic images and stories that didn't make the final text. I'll also have copies and stickers available for sale and will happily [...]
Dearborn bike lane barriers removed for bridge painting through 2026, but crews will install temporary barricades
People biking in S Dearborn Street's protected bike lanes were surprised last week to see the concrete barriers missing as the street passes under the Dr. Jose Rizal Bridge. Some riders even reported the bike lanes fully closed, requiring them to bike in mixed traffic on the wide and fast street. Workers are not there [...]
Someone built a bridge across Lake Union Park’s Missing Path Bog
Seattle has a new bike bridge across Lake Union Park's Missing Path Bog to kick off Bike Month. Well, bridge" is perhaps a generous term, but the mysteriously-installed wood planks do provide a bikeable way to cross the sunken and muddy gap between two paved paths along a popular biking and walking route that connects [...]
2025 Bicycle Weekends schedule released, starts May 17–18
Seattle Parks will again host 10 car-free Bicycle Weekends on Lake Washington Boulevard this summer. The schedule and route are very similar to recent years, and the first event is May 17-18. One difference is that Labor Day weekend is not included in the 2025 schedule. In 2024, the Saturday and Sunday of Labor Day [...]
After hit and run at 4th/Pine, safety advocates create a ‘human-protected’ bike lane – UPDATE: City installs permanent barrier
UPDATE: More than a dozen people showed up to form a human-protected" bike lane on Pine Street at 4th Avenue to demonstrate the need to physical protection for the bike lane at the intersection. SDOT's Interim Director Adiam Emery and City Councilmember Dan Strauss attended as well to learn about the issues at the intersection [...]
New sticker: Real Seattleites Don’t Honk
Defend Seattle's car-horn-free culture in the most passive-aggressive way possible: A sticker that says, Real Seattleites Don't Honk." Now available only from the Seattle Bike Blog shop. If you for any reason want to make a bulk order, email me to discuss a bulk discount. This is just one of several new additions to the [...]
Construction underway on Foothills Trail Bridge over Spiketon Ditch, expected to open ‘early summer’
The Foothill Trail is on schedule to reopen across Spiketon Ditch in early summer, about one and a half years after Pierce County declared it an emergency closed it following a very concerning inspection. Inspectors determined that the bridge was barely holding its own weight and was at risk of collapse. Pierce County Parks said [...]
Our spring break train-bus-ferry-bike trip to Whidbey Island
Last week was spring break for Seattle Public Schools, so we went on a family trip to south Whidbey Island. This was our first time traveling there since the Lynnwood light rail station opened, so my spouse Kelli, our first grader, and I decided to test out the new and improved transit connection from Seattle [...]
The Missing Link bill is dead. Again.
Well, it was once again worth a try, but the Washington House Transportation Committee has removed SEPA exemption for the Ballard Missing Link of the Burke-Gilman Trail from their transportation funding bill. The bill initially passed the House before failing to get a committee vote in the Senate. At that point, we declared it dead. [...]
Don’t underestimate Katie Wilson
Katie Wilson is running for Seattle mayor. She is almost certain to raise less campaign money than incumbent Bruce Harrell, who is hoping to be the first Seattle mayor to win a second term since Greg Nickels won reelection 20 years ago. The previous two more lefty challengers for mayor got creamed with Cary Moon [...]
House counterproposal removes e-bike tax, adds Missing Link exemption to Senate funding bill
The Washington State House of Representatives is debating their response to the Senate's transportation funding bill this week, and the latest version (PDF) not only removes the e-bike tax but also exempts the Ballard Missing Link of the Burke-Gilman Trail from environmental review. The House still needs to pass their modified version of the Senate [...]
Group is riding e-bikes from Seattle to Olympia to urge House to oppose e-bike tax
After the Washington State Senate approved a transportation funding bill that includes a 10% sales tax surcharge on many e-bikes, Sara Morimoto and Harrison Jerome concocted an idea: They would ride e-bikes from Seattle to Olympia to urge the House to reject the Senate's bike tax. The bike tax would need approval from both chambers [...]
Bill Dawson Trail to Montlake Playfield will close for 5 years starting May 12
Well, I hope you enjoyed the recently redesigned access to the Bill Dawson Trail while it lasted because the trail connection from Montlake Blvd to Montlake Playfield is closing May 12 and will not reopen until 2030. Intermittent closures have already begun and will continue until the full closure. The official signed biking detour goes [...]
Watch: Touring the remade Eastlake Ave from REI to Lakeview Blvd
Hanoch from Best Side Cycling recently published a quick tour of the remade section of Eastlake Avenue E that runs next to I-5 from the REI flagship store to the Lakeview Boulevard bridge. Work on the project, a partnership between King County Metro and SDOT, wrapped up over the winter and includes protected bike lanes, [...]
After 7 years without Cycle the Wave, Cascade plans June ride for women and nonbinary folks
For years, the WAVE (Women Against Violence Everywhere") Foundation asked men to sit out their annual Cycle the Wave ride and instead help with fundraising and volunteer support for the event's women and nonbinary riders. The ride appealed to the women and nonbinary population that might show up at Flying Wheels and feel intimidated by [...]
Tariffs cause chaos for bicycle industry, some makers pause shipments
Tern, a Taiwan-based bike maker that specializes in e-bikes like the popular HSD and GSD cargo bikes, said they would pause shipments to the U.S. because the Trump administration's recently announced (and then abruptly rescinded) tariffs were beyond the point they can work around. Companies importing products from China are likely still in a holding [...]
Missing Link bill dies after WA Senate committee decides not to take a vote
Well, it was worth a try. The WA Senate's Environment, Energy and Technology (ENET") Committee decided not to vote on the House bill to exempt the Ballard Missing Link (and maybe a small subset of other Seattle trail sections) from the State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA"), the basis for the neverending court cases holding up [...]
WSDOT will accept e-bike rebate lottery applications April 9–23
The WSDOT e-bike rebate program is nearly ready to accept applications. The pilot program, which the department has named WE-Bike," will take applications starting April 9 and ending at noon April 23. Recipients of these instant rebates" will be selected using a lottery system after the end of the application window, so there should be [...]
Alert 4/16-18 and 22-24: WSDOT is fixing that horribly bumpy section of the 520 Trail in Redmond
WSDOT will fix an extremely bumpy section of the 520 Trail in Redmond just in time for the light rail openings in May, so be prepared for detours April 16-18 and 22-24. Caused by tree roots and years of neglect, some of these sections are so bumpy they are almost comical. But especially for a [...]
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