The bicycling public has a chance to talk directly with the city staff in charge of updating Seattle’s Bicycle Master Plan at three public meetings this week.
The goal of the master plan, first approved in 2007, is to make bicycling a safe and integral part of getting around Seattle.
Meetings are scheduled for 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.:
Wednesday (Nov. 7) at Seattle City Hall, Bertha Knight Landes Room, 600 Fourth Avenue …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2012/11/07/see-seattle-bicycle-master-plan-updates-and-comment/
A bicyclist from Tanzania who is on a two-year-long solo world bike tour will be rolling into Issaquah (WA) next week.
Elvis Munis is on his way up from Portland, where he stopped as part of his quest to raise enough money to pay for college degrees in conservation studies for himself and 9 countrymen.
His ride, labelled “Chile to Kili,” describes the geographical scope of his bicycle travels. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2012/11/07/world-solo-bicycle-traveler-to-visit-issaquah/
When I redesigned my Biking Bis blog for WordPress last spring, I activated a feature that rotates through several images for the header whenever someone accesses a page.
Recently, a reader asked me where those photos were taken because she’d like to ride in those places.That’s a great idea.
Photos can be motivating to someone …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2012/11/06/header-photos-described-at-biking-bis/
I’m very unhappy this morning to report the death of bicycle advocate, newspaperman and fellow bike blogger Roger Kramer of Belleville, Illinois.
The Belleville News-Democrat, where he worked for 20 years as a design editor and copy editor, reports that he died of natural causes at his home on Saturday. He was 51.
I knew …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2012/11/06/ride-in-peace-roger-kramer/
The story in the Evansville Courier-Press of a man who “adopted” a foreign bicycle traveler recovering from a traffic collision is one of those that restores my faith in humanity.
Thomas Persson had come to the US last year from Sweden to ride his Surly Long Haul Trucker from the Washington DC area to San …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2012/11/05/helping-a-bike-traveler-in-dire-straits/
In the devastation left by Hurricane Sandy across the East Coast this week, the bicycle has emerged as the most reliable form of transportation.
So many people have turned to bicycles in New York City, that one public radio commentator said some city streets look like those in Amsterdam.
The flooding of subway tunnels …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2012/11/02/new-yorkers-turn-to-bicycles-in-wake-of-hurricane-sandy/
The Centennial Trail in Snohomish County grows to 29 miles in length on Saturday when an additional 4 miles of paved bicycle path opens to the public.
The new section rolls out between Bryant (just north of Arlington) and the historic Nakashima Barn at the Skagit County line. [The photo at right shows the bridge …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2012/11/01/centennial-trail-bike-path-segment-opens-saturday-link-in-arlington-still-missing/
The American Red Cross is seeking cash donations to help people suffering from the ravages of Hurricane Sandy.
The nonprofit relief agency already has opened emergency shelters in seven states where it’s making space available for persons displaced by the storms and distributing food and other necessities.
Giving cash donations allows the Red Cross to use the money to purchase whatever it needs immediately. Donations of physical goods …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2012/10/31/nonprofits-seek-donations-for-hurricane-sandy-victims-bike-news/
More than 1,200 cyclists took to the streets in Newport Beach on Sunday in a memorial bike ride for two bicycle riders killed in separate crashes in September.
The two, Dr. Catherine “Kit” Campion Ritz and Sarah Leaf, were struck on their bikes and killed in a period of under 24 hours.
Ritz, 57, a …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2012/10/29/californians-remember-two-bicyclists-killed-in-traffic-fund-drive-open/
Do you often feel like there is something missing from your job or college education — like your bicycle?
For the past several years, the League of American Bicyclists has been naming bicycle friendly employers and universities in the same categories as it lists bicycle friendly communities; namely platinum, gold, silver and bronze.
This fall, the bicycling advocates added 71 new Bicycle Friendly Businesses to its list, as well as nine new Bicycle Friendly Universities. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2012/10/26/best-places-to-work-or-learn-if-you-ride-a-bicycle/
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