Seattle Bike Blog

Seattle Bike Blog Editor Tom Fucoloro has Gone Bikin’ until Labor Day. In the meantime, we will be periodically posting short news bits and excerpts from good reads floating around the web. It’s time for the Bike News Roundup! First … Continue reading →

Seattle Bike Blog Editor Tom Fucoloro has Gone Bikin’ until Labor Day. In the meantime, we will be periodically posting short news bits and excerpts from good reads floating around the web. As we reported last week, the UW has … Continue reading →

Seattle Bike Blog Editor Tom Fucoloro has Gone Bikin’ until Labor Day. In the meantime, here’s a post from Phyllis Porter and Gordon Padelford. Phyllis Porter is an educator, advocate for criminal justice reform, and leader with safe streets community … Continue reading →

Seattle Bike Blog Editor Tom Fucoloro has Gone Bikin’ until Labor Day. In the meantime, we will be periodically posting short news bits and excerpts from good reads floating around the web. E Marginal Way is a key bike route … Continue reading →

Dear readers, For the first time since starting this blog in July 2010, I am taking a sabbatical. I’m hopping a plane out the country today to go on my honeymoon, and I’m leaving my laptop in Seattle. I’ll be … Continue reading →

After more than a year of planning, SDOT is ready to begin construction on a short-but-key section of protected bike lane connecting the Burke-Gilman Trail to the Fremont Bridge. People biking already make up nearly a third of traffic on … Continue reading →

Summer Parkways 2016 kicks off with what is shaping up to be one of the biggest open streets events in recent Seattle history. Head down to Rainier Valley from 12:30 to 4:30 Saturday afternoon for car-free community fun. Teaming up … Continue reading →

If you biked the UW Burke-Gilman Trail detour today, that was likely the last time you will have to do it. The key stretch of trail from 15th Ave NE to UW Station is set to open today (exact time … Continue reading →

As always, your bike is your ticket to summer fun in Seattle. Here’s a look at some places it can take you this weekend: Dead Baby Downhill XX – Saturday It’s the first weekend of August, and that means it’s … Continue reading →

Between 2011 and 2014, people driving on West Seattle’s 35th Ave SW (AKA “I-35”) crashed 294 times, injuring 128 people and killing two. That’s an average of two crashes and one injury nearly every week. This high rate of collisions … Continue reading →

The City of Bothell is working to restore habitat along the Sammamish River just beyond the Burke-Gilman Trail, and that means temporary closures of the Sammamish River Trail. Starting August 10, plan for delays when biking through the area. Flaggers … Continue reading →

Voter turnout for the August 2 primary is looking very low so far. Don’t miss your chance to help the housing levy scream to victory. And hey, dropping your ballot at a dropbox is a great excuse for a bike … Continue reading →

Medina just got an awesome new park. You can now walk or bike 1.3 miles from Evergreen Point out into the middle of Lake Washington on a floating bridge, bringing you tantalizingly within reach of Seattle. But for another year, … Continue reading →

With a preferred route for the Madison BRT project selected, now it’s time to dig into the specifics. The same goes for the so-called “parallel” bike network improvements that are part of the corridor redesign. You can get a look … Continue reading →

After more than a year of public outreach and significant design changes, SDOT is just about ready to paint bike lanes on SW Admiral Way from Alki to (almost) California Ave SW. The official painting schedule is not yet out, … Continue reading →

There’s been a change of plan for your dinner tonight. I know you were looking forward to third-day leftovers, but Spoke & Food has a better idea for you. All you have to do is bike to one of the … Continue reading →

I am here. I want to get there as quickly and easily as possible. I have a Pronto bike share key and an ORCA Card. What’s my best route? Popular trip-planning apps like Google Maps or the Transit App assume … Continue reading →

Don’t worry, the city isn’t removing the two-way bike lane on the Ballard Missing Link. Readers have been asking why the bikeway stripes on NW 45th Street between Fred Meyer and the Ballard Bridge have been removed, as shown in … Continue reading →

The University Bridge will be closed for the next three weekends, so plan ahead. Because the detour is going to be rough. All people driving, biking and walking will be detoured from as early as 8 p.m. Friday to as … Continue reading →

Seattle has settled a claim with the estate of the late Sher Kung for $3.5 million, the Seattle Times reports. Kung was killed at 2nd and University in August 2014 just ten days before the dangerous paint-only bike lane on … Continue reading →

Pronto Cycle Share has released its third “unicorn” bike into the system: The #SalmonBike. Like the bike share system’s popular Pride-themed “glam” bike in 2015, there is only one red-scaled #SalmonBike out of the 500 bikes in the fleet. If … Continue reading →

FREE BIKE may be over, but your bike is still your ticket to summer fun this weekend (duh). So let’s take a look at some of entries to our events calendar: E-Bike Expo at Southcenter Mall – Friday through Sunday … Continue reading →

Pleasant Revolution doesn’t just tour by bike, their shows are even literally powered by bikes. During three shows in Seattle this week they are calling the Biketopia Music Festival, members of the audience will pedal stationary bikes to generate the … Continue reading →

OMG JUST BUILD THE MISSING LINK ALREADY!!!1!1!! OK, had to get that out of my system. As frustrating and drawn out as the seemingly endless Burke-Gilman Trail Missing Link debate has been in recent decades (yes, decades!), we have never … Continue reading →

Park(ing) Day is one of my favorite days of the year. I just bike all over the city visiting dozens of new tiny parks that pop up in parking spaces for just a few hours (see our post from last … Continue reading →

FREE BIKE has been a blast so far, but we are just halfway through the ten-day calendar. We challenged you all to make your bike ride and event ideas reality July 1–10, and you came through. The calendar currently has … Continue reading →

UPDATE 7/8: WSDOT announced Friday that this closure is being put on hold so the team can rethink how the trail detour will work. From WSDOT: The planned closure of the Burke-Gilman Trail through Seattle’s Fremont neighborhood on Monday, July … Continue reading →

Sunday’s FREE BIKE Party and Pedaler’s Fair was a blast. Thanks to everyone who joined us for our first ever street party. But FREE BIKE is far from over. We challenged you all to make your bike ride and event … Continue reading →

The ten-day, people-powered bicycle festival FREE BIKE kicks off bright and early tomorrow, and I can’t wait. We challenged you all to make your bike ride and event ideas reality July 1–10, and you came through. The calendar currently has … Continue reading →

SDOT Director Scott Kubly has admitted that he failed to obtain a waiver before working with his former employer about Seattle’s bike share system Pronto. The months-long ethics investigation concluded that Kubly violated ethics rules by working with former co-workers … Continue reading →

Gotta highlight this event Wednesday (tonight!) at Peddler Brewing. Drink beer to benefit Bike Works. It doesn’t get easier than that! More details from the event listing: On Wednesday, June 29th from 4-10 pm, Peddler Brewing Company will be donating … Continue reading →

As Seattle gets more and more dense, efficient transit and comfortable walking and biking only become more important by the day. So perhaps it makes sense to learn from a U.S. city far more dense than Seattle. Which is why … Continue reading →

Editor’s Note: This report comes from Sidney Sullivan, a student in the UW’s News Lab journalism program. Seattle is acclaimed for being a very bike friendly city, as a recent Zillow study ranked Seattle as the nation’s best largest-city to … Continue reading →

The July 3 FREE BIKE Party is shaping up to be a blast, and we could use your help to make sure this bike-loving block party in Ballard goes off without a hitch. Sign up to volunteer! The FREE BIKE … Continue reading →

Despite ample evidence that streetcar tracks injure and maybe even kill people biking, plans for a downtown streetcar line on 1st Ave and Stewart Street do not include any adjacent bike lanes or any other measure to make the tracks … Continue reading →

829 pages have been added to the already-towering mountain of documents studying the 1.2-mile Ballard Missing Link of the Burke-Gilman Trail. An estimated 22 people have gone to the hospital due to crashes on this dangerous stretch just since work … Continue reading →

What does a city say to a grieving family when they ask, What value is there in a streetcar if the tracks injure or even kill people? Seattle officials did not have any adequate answers to this question during a … Continue reading →

Family, friends and neighbors working for safer streets will hold a memorial walk for Desiree McCloud today (Monday) on E Yesler Way. The walk starts 6 p.m. at Bailey Gatzert Elementary. The group will cross the street to the ghost … Continue reading →

Standing next to the ghost bike painted white in memory of Andy Hulslander, Councilmember Rob Johnson (District 4) lamented that the city had not acted fast enough to make NE 65th Street safer. “I stated [in my campaign] that we … Continue reading →

Will 2016 be the year you finally go for it and ride in the Fremont Solstice Parade? The iconic tradition where everyone is invited to strip down “as bare as you dare,” paint their bodies and bike ahead of the … Continue reading →

It’s well past time to make NE 65th Street safer for everyone. A community walk Thursday plans to call for exactly that. The #Fix65th Safety Walk starts 8 a.m. Thursday at 12th Ave NE and NE 65th St. Councilmember Rob … Continue reading →

Seattle has the chance to finally build a safe and comfortable bike route from the University Bridge to downtown. But more than that, the city also has the chance to create a safer and more inviting main street for the … Continue reading →

To most users, Pronto bikes are just a convenient way to cruise from point A to point B. But for BMX rider Steven Bafus, it’s that and so much more. Is BMX against the rules of Pronto? Probably (depends on … Continue reading →

Tell your boss to spend tomorrow at Cambia Grove downtown learning all about how to help your workplace be more bike-friendly. Encouraging biking is a great way both to improve employee morale, attract more customers and cut down on your … Continue reading →

The Girls of Summer Alley Cat was created in 2011 as “an adventurous romp through the Seattle city streets celebrating the best thing ever, GIRLS ON BIKES.” Well, it must be working because the sixth annual ride is Saturday (invite … Continue reading →

In the early 90s, a handful of people decided to hop on bikes and streak the Fremont Solstice Parade. They surely didn’t know at the time that they would inspire the world. Their act of celebratory, bicycle-powered mischief set the … Continue reading →

It’s time for the Bike News Roundup! Lots of good stuff floating around the web lately, so let’s get right to it. First up, Vox created a short and punchy video report outlining “how highways wrecked American cities.” Definitely worth … Continue reading →

Your bike is your ticket to fun every weekend in Seattle, of course. But it’s even more so this weekend as June brings a lot of big rides. So read this post, then shut off your screen, stop working and … Continue reading →