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Updated 2025-09-10 20:15
Balk: 20% of Seattle households are car-free, and we have barely added cars to our city since 2017
Gene Balk, the excellent data journalist over at the Seattle Times, wrote more this week about the car ownership ceiling Seattle seems to have hit back in 2017. From 2010 [...]
9/13: Foothills Trail bridge over Spiketon Ditch opens, providing more options for folks bypassing closed SR 410 bridge
It is incredibly lucky that King and Pierce Counties completed the Foothills Trail Bridge over the White River last year because it is now serving as a key lifeline connecting [...]
Seattle permitted a car commercial shoot in the middle of Bicycle Weekends and an accessible cycling event
It's the Tom Flood meme come to life. Bicycles deliver the freedom that auto ads promise." Sunday, a permitted commercial shoot for Rivian shut down a section of Lake Washington [...]
The Woodland Park dirt jumps are saved! Updated design concept shifts fields toward the parking lot instead
The outpouring of support from BMX and mountain bike riders has saved the decades-old and community-maintained dirt jumps in Lower Woodland Park, a project planner for Seattle Public Schools told [...]
Watch: Bob Svercl visualizes better options for the 4th Ave to Space Needle bike lane
Bob Svercl recently created a video with fancy graphics showing a couple options for the city's planned bike lane to connect the 4th Ave bike lane to Seattle Center near [...]
Alert 9/2-10/10: Snoqualmie Valley Trail closed north of Mount Si Golf Course
A short section of the Snoqualmie Valley Trail is closed until October 10 north of Mount Si Golf Course in Snoqualmie. Longtime riders of the trail will be very familiar [...]
On a bike-train-bus-bus-bus-bus-ferry-bike trip to Lopez Island
My spouse Kelli, seven-year-old child and I woke up Tuesday morning with a plan to get to Lopez Island with our bicycles and camping gear using only public transit. There [...]
Alert 9/2-10/2: Terminal 91 path closed in Interbay to remove that odd bridge thing, detour uses skinny Magnolia Bridge sidewalk
The Port of Seattle is making some long-needed changes to the section of the Elliott Bay Trail that travels through the Terminal 91 rail yard in Interbay, including widening pinch [...]
Alert 8/23-24: Spokane Street Swing Bridge closed
It's time for another weekend closure of the Spokane Street Swing Bridge to West Seattle, and as with other closures in recent years there will be no dedicated detour. The [...]
Man struck from behind while biking on section of Lake Washington Blvd where city dropped planned safety upgrades
If you've ever seen someone biking around town pulling a bright yellow or magenta cello case in a bike trailer, you've seen Bradley Hawkins. Even without his cello, he's a [...]
Plan would flatten the Woodland Park dirt jumps to build a JV football field, but BMX and MTB riders are fighting back
It sounds like the plot of a 1980s cult classic you rented 20 times on VHS from Blockbuster, but it's real. Seattle Parks and Seattle Public Schools are looking for [...]
On tap at the Seattle Bike Board meeting: Roosevelt and Pinehurst Way project
I am renewing my effort to better cover the monthly meetings of the Seattle Bicycle Advisory Board, starting now. The volunteer board meets at 5:45 p.m. the third Tuesday of [...]
Saturday: Join Seattle Bike Blog and friends for a bicycle rally on car-free Lake Washington Blvd to support Katie Wilson for mayor
Winning over 50% of the vote in an eight-person primary and beating incumbent Bruce Harrell by nearly 10 percentage points, Katie Wilson is the clear front-runner to win the vote [...]
On Vacation: The kid rides her mom’s childhood bike
Kelli didn't want to accept it, but our kid is big enough now to ride her old childhood bicycle. We pulled this 90s mountain bike out of the garage, pumped [...]
SDOT plans 4th Ave bike lane connection to Seattle Center, but on the wrong side of the street + How to fix it and reclaim Broad Street
SDOT released an early design concept for connecting the 4th Avenue bike lane from its current terminus at Vine Street in Belltown all the way to Thomas Street via Broad [...]
Friday: Celebrate the newly-complete waterfront bikeway with a group ride
The newly-opened bike lanes on Alaskan Way not only make that stretch of the road safer, they also represent the final piece in a fully-connected waterfront bikeway. As we noted [...]
Report: Seattle Police officer strikes person biking on Bell Street, investigation reveals need for more transparency into officer collisions
A Seattle Police officer with a history of preventable traffic collisions ran a stop sign with a flashing red light at the wide-open 8th and Bell intersection, striking a person [...]
New in the shop: When Driving Is Not An Option, signed by author Anna Letitia Zivarts while chilling on a beach
The Seattle Bike Blog Shop is the only source for genuine copies of When Driving Is Not An Option that were signed while chilling on Alki Beach. Every copy in [...]
No, those aren’t bike lanes on Lake Washington Blvd
People traveling on Lake Washington Boulevard may notice new white lines near the sides of the road and think that the city finally painted bike lanes on the historic park [...]
With Alaskan Way bikeway opening, Seattle has a complete bike route along its downtown waterfront for the first time in city history
SDOT finished up work on the new Alaskan Way bikeway between Myrtle Edwards Park and the Overlook Walk, just in time for Friday's much-awaited opening of the new park and [...]
Watch: Playing Wheel World, a new bicycling video game
It's new bike game day! Wheel World by indie gamemaker Messhof was released today (July 23) on PC, PlayStation and XBox. I bought it on Steam for PC. Bicycling video [...]
Biking to transit is the ultimate hack to get around I-5 construction this summer (and every other day, too)
I-5 rehab work has made the Seattle region's unreliable car driving network even less reliable, and there's still nearly a month to go before it is restored to its usual [...]
Seattle’s new bike lanes are freight infrastructure
The family and I were biking to Alki for a fun in the cloud shade Sunday when we suddenly found ourselves in the middle of a freight caravan hauling hundreds [...]
Who transportation and safe streets groups have endorsed in the 2025 primary
Your ballot is in the mail for the 2025 primary, and they are due August 5. But summer is super busy, and it is far too easy to lose track [...]
Endorsement: Katie Wilson for Seattle Mayor
Katie Wilson is a bus-riding mama who gets shit done. She seeks out and fosters genuine community relationships, works with folks to identify problems within city government that are holding [...]
JRA Bike Shop is closing after 17 years
JRA was born in a 6 foot by 20 foot space in Pioneer Square, squeezed next to a stack of downtown commuter bike parking spots and all the bikes people [...]
Listen: Bike Talk radio show features Seattle’s Merlin Rainwater in episode on tactical urbanism
When Merlin Rainwater led a group of safe streets advocates to create a people-protected bike lane on Pine Street downtown, they finally caught the attention of SDOT leaders and convinced [...]
Alert 7/18: ‘Months-long’ closure of Cross Kirkland Corridor trail at NE 85th Street
Construction to build a new biking and walking pathway bridge along NE 85th Street will close a short section of the Cross-Kirkland Corridor trail starting July 18. The closure is [...]
Alert 7/21-September: Bike/walk bridge to Myrtle Edwards Park will be closed for trail construction
Work to redesign much of Myrtle Edwards Park, including the Elliott Bay Trail, will close access to the park side of the W Thomas Street Overpass bike/walk bridge starting July [...]
Following 5 years of process and some scary collisions, Mayor Harrell removes safety improvements from already-watered-down Lake Washington Blvd project
Great news for people who like to speed on Lake Washington Boulevard! Seattle Parks will not be installing more speed humps or stop signs, so you're free to continue scaring [...]
Seattle Bike Blog turns 15! + Join us for a party pace ride Friday
15 years ago, I quit my day job to start Seattle Bike Blog with only a few months worth of savings and very little knowledge about bicycling or Seattle politics. [...]
Cascade’s Seattle to Portland ride sells out for first time since the start of COVID
After some rocky years, Cascade Bicycle Club's largest annual event is finally back in full form. The club sold more than its target 6,000 Seattle to Portland registrations for the [...]
SDOT is replacing the 13-year-old Fremont Bridge bike counter
The Fremont Bridge bike counter is dead. Long live the Fremont Bridge bike counter! The old monolith counted its first bike October 12, 2012. It was a Madsen cargo bike [...]
Packer: SDOT delays 2-block Yesler bike connection to waterfront
The 2-block gap between the glorious new waterfront bikeway and the city's primary downtown bike artery on 2nd Ave will remain incomplete until 2026, Ryan Packer at the Urbanist reported. [...]
The official 2025 Seattle Bike Map shows a network finally coming together (in places)
The official 2025 Seattle Bike Map is here, and it illustrates a bike network that is finally coming together in some key places like the downtown waterfront. You can find [...]
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 [...]
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