Obama Bikes
The post-Obama revolution in cycling
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on August 27, 2009
The Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance, in the midst of member turmoil and a leadership shakeup, has reached out to followers to submit questions and raise concerns before next Tuesday’s Town Hall summit at 6 p.m. at Duthie Hill Lodge. Contact information is on the Evergreen Web site. “We’ve received a great deal of input already, [...]
Posted in Advocacy, Mountain Biking, Obama Bikes, Trail Access | Tagged BBTC, duthie hill, Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance, John Lang
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on August 20, 2009
Are car drivers anti-cycling “terrorists”? SeattleLikesBikes says yes, sometimes: “Personally, my car was killing me before I started bicycling. The lack of exercise had me on track for a heart attack. I’ve made great strides, from being unable to climb 3 flights of stairs without being out of breath over 5 years ago to bicycling [...]
Posted in Advocacy, Culture, Obama Bikes, Transportation | Tagged 3 feet please, cascade bicycle club, cycling terrorism, vehicular assault
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on August 18, 2009
With nearly half the ballots counted, “Mike Bikes” McGinn is the front-runner in the race for Seattle mayor, leading another challenger, Joe Mallahan, and incumbent Greg Nickels in a squeaky three-way dogfight separated by about 2 percentage points (and only around 1,000 votes) near the 25-percent mark. Of the three, Mallhan is the most bike-unaware, [...]
Posted in Advocacy, Obama Bikes, Transportation
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on August 15, 2009
The Puget Sound region’s leading mountain bike club, the Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance, is undergoing some Obama-like “change you can believe in” as a result of membership turmoil we reported on last month. The latest shocker: Executive director John Lang is resigning as of Sept. 1. Lang’s arrival in the spring of 2008 marked a [...]
Posted in Advocacy, Mountain Biking, Obama Bikes, Trail Access | Tagged Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance, Jennifer Lesher, John Lang, Jon Kennedy
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on August 8, 2009
A 26-year-old male cyclist hit a car which was turning left into a driveway on the south side of Northeast 45th Street in Wallingford (Google street view here). The cyclist was taken to Harborview with life-threatening injuries. The Seattle Police Department is investigating. As someone who rides this route nearly every day, some thoughts: The [...]
Posted in Advocacy, Obama Bikes, Transportation | Tagged bicycle fatalities, David Hiller, Erica C. Barnett, publicola
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on August 7, 2009
It could happen, if we elect Mike McGinn. As noted here earlier, McGinn is a dedicated cyclist who understands bike issues and culture. For much of the campaign he’s been considered a long shot, but a new KING TV poll puts him third, with 15 percent of voters and growing. More than ever, Mike needs [...]
Posted in Advocacy, Obama Bikes | Tagged mayor of seattle, mike mcginn, seattlelikesbikes
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on August 6, 2009
Mike McGinn, the bicycling candidate for mayor of Seattle, must wonder what you have to do to get a bike club’s endorsement. McGinn rides his bike everywhere, including commuting daily downtown from his Greenwood home, he shows up at bike rallies like Bike to Work Day with his “Mike Bikes” stickers, he is squarely in [...]
Posted in Advocacy, Culture, Obama Bikes | Tagged cascade bicycle club, Greg Nickels, mike mcginn, publicola
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on August 3, 2009
Calendar time: At City Hall this Friday a transportation summit will look at Puget Sound’s future transportation matrix, and how bike and other alternative forms will figure in. Here’s Cascade Bicycle Club’s take. Please come and share your views! Town Hall:
Visioning the Puget Sound Region’s Transportation Future.
Part III – State and Federal Perspectives [...]
Posted in Advocacy, Obama Bikes, Transportation | Tagged cascade bicycle club, Culture
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on July 29, 2009
Can a professionally run mountain bike organization also be a socially vibrant club? Or, as one Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance member put it at a sometimes painfully frank board meeting Monday evening, “Are we turning ourselves into a fund-raising group for mountain biking or are we a mountain biking organization that needs to raise funds?” [...]
Posted in Advocacy, Mountain Biking, Obama Bikes | Tagged Backcountry Bicycle Trails Club, Bob Bournique, Bob Hollander, Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance, Jen Lesher, John Lang, Len Francies, Tim Banning
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on July 9, 2009
I spent yesterday exploring Marin trails with a couple of locals. The Marin that gets depicted on the maps and in the guide books is a mere appetizer to the feast of Marin mountain biking that actually exists. The “public” mountain-biking Marin naturally shunts riders onto the well-trammeled routes, mostly on Mount Tamalpais, in the [...]
Posted in Advocacy, Mountain Biking, Obama Bikes, Trail Access | Tagged Camp Tamarancho, China Camp State Park, Marin County mountain biking, Mount Tamalpais
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