An elderly woman has died after she was struck this past weekend by a passing bicyclist on the Cedar River Trail in Renton.
News sources report that the 83-year-old woman was walking on the path about 4:45 p.m. Sunday about a 1/4-mile from the Interstate 405 overpass when she stepped out in front of the bicyclist, 57, who was passing her on the left.
Both were knocked to the ground and lost consciousness. The cyclist came to and was treated for minor injuries by EMTs; the woman was rushed to the hospital where she died Monday morning …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2010/04/20/elderly-walker-dies-after-stepping-in-front-of-bicyclist/
Grab shot from a video shot along the Cedar River Trail. Kids on bikes.
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2010/04/20/cedar-river-trail-scene/
When I first stumbled across King County's Historic and Scenic Corridors Project online, I made up my mind to ride my bicycle along all 12 routes this year.
Researching a ride I did late last week along the Old Sunset Highway toward Snoqualmie Pass, I'm discovering that I frequently ride my bike along parts of a historic automobile route that date back nearly 100 years.
The Sunset Highway was the evocative name given to a road that connected Seattle with the Idaho border via Snoqualmie Pass in 1915. The Sunset road name survives in some sections of streets and highways that I've been riding for years in Renton and Issaquah without knowing the route's early history. …..
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2010/04/19/bicycling-the-historic-sunset-highway-through-king-county/
A Benton County (WA) Superior Court judge sentenced a man to 5 years and 3 months in prison for vehicular assault after he struck a woman on a charity bike ride last year.
The 32-year-old man apologized to the victim, who was not in court, then told the judge that he believed the crash “was an accident” and “I feel bad about this whole situation.”
Although the judge agreed with the word “accident” in terms that the man didn't intend to run into the cyclist, he pointed out on Friday that the driver was under the influence of a stimulant and the crash shouldn't have happened ……
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2010/04/18/5-years-for-hitting-bicyclist-on-charity-ride/
Seattle might be a gold level bicycle friendly city on one list and ranked 4th best in the nation on another, but bicyclists and the city are having a devil of a time getting a major bike trail completed.
Bicyclists using the 27-mile-long Burke-Gilman Trail to commute to work or college or to run errands must deal with a 1 1/2-mile gap in the trail known as the “missing link.”
… On Friday, a judge ruled on the latest tactic to delay the trail completion — a lawsuit filed by area businesses. The superior court judge ruled against the businesses on all but one count, the need for an environmental report….
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2010/04/17/another-burke-gilman-trail-delay-judge-orders-a-study/
An organized bike ride from Baltimore to Annapolis by 85 cyclists on Monday may have ensured the passage of the 3-foot passing law in Maryland, as well as 3 other bicycle friendly measures during the last day of the legislature.
The Maryland Legislature became the 16th state body to pass the 3-foot bill, which goes into effect in October 2010 if …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2010/04/14/cyclists-ride-to-annapolis-to-achieve-passage-of-3-foot-rule/
April is turning out to be a great month for pro cyclists from the Pacific Northwest.
Tyler Farrar of Wenatchee, Washington, won the Grote Scheldeprijs in Belgium last Wednesday, and Chris Horner of Bend, Oregon, earned a hard-fought championship at the six-day Tour de Basque in Spain on Saturday.
A reader informed me that they aren't the only cyclists scoring championships this spring, however. Bainbridge Island native Kiel Reijnen, left, of the Jelly Belly-Kenda cycling team won the six-stage Tour of Thailand last week.
Reijnen, 23, has been a member of the team with the happiest name in cycling for about 3 years. He emerged as the Tour leader …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2010/04/13/bainbridge-island-cyclist-wins-thailand-bike-race/
Member of the Jelly Belly cycling team is a native of Bainbridge Island.
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Starting with today's home opener, Minnesota Twins fans can combine their love of baseball with their devotion to the bicycle.
Monday is the debut of the Twins' new Target Field, and one of its advantages over the old Metrodome is that a bicycle path — the Cedar Lake Trail — heads right to the new ballpark from the western suburbs.
To further welcome cyclists, the new stadium has space for 300 bicycles in racks behind the third base wall on the northwest side of the ballpark.
Opened in 1995, the Cedar Lake Trail rolls from the west ..
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2010/04/12/making-a-pitch-for-bicycling-to-baseball-games-in-minneapolis/
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