Transportation

Celebrating Everyday Bicycling

Bike to Work Month is great! Bike to Work Day is great! These encouragement events […]

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Ten lessons for a vibrant city

Even though I’ve been back in Seattle for a week, my head and heart are […]

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Seattle to Copenhagen

pedbikeimages.org/Ryan Snyder Every bicycle advocate and transportation planner dreams of going to Copenhagen and seeing […]

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Get out of my bike lane!

Does this look familiar?  I regularly encounter parked vehicles that take a portion of the […]

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Legislative Update: Traffic School Bill Signed into Law

It’s official—Traffic Schools will soon be teaching drivers how to safely interact with bicyclists and […]

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Biking Investments Yield Health Care Savings

ped-bikeimages.org/LSandt Many of us are drawn to bicycling because it’s fun and healthy.  Now there’s […]

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Recap: 11th annual National Bike Summit

It’s a Simple Solution Eight hundred bicycling and walking advocates gathered in the nation’s capital […]

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Let’s Lawyer Up!

Opponents of bicycle facilities have turned to the courts. The litigation isn’t likely to stop until […]

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Legislative Update: Where are we now?

Here’s a quick rundown on the bills that Washington Bikes is working on: Our Traffic […]

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Alert: Vancouver’s MacArthur Blvd bike lanes in jeopardy

A year ago, the City of Vancouver conducted a visioning study to make safety improvements […]

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