By Paul Andrews, BI editor on July 15, 2009
I’ve been traveling from the San Francisco Bay Area to Seattle the past few days — got in some great rides in Ashland OR — so need to do some catching up. Fortunately the blogosphere never sleeps! Biking Bis gives a great recap of the Seattle-to-Portland double century. Jacquie Phelan is riding and writing her [...]
Posted in Advocacy, Culture, News Cycle | Tagged ballard, BikeSport, Bruce Rosar, Jacquie Phelan, Seattle-to-Portland Bicycle Classic
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on June 10, 2009
The Cascade Bicycle Club’s victory in the Burke-Gilman “missing link” case today represents something big for the cycling community. Cyclists are used to losing in cases like this. Used to losing in court when it comes to a motorist’s or cop’s word against theirs. Used to losing bike lanes, as on Stone Way North, in [...]
Posted in Advocacy, Culture, Obama Bikes, Transportation | Tagged ballard, Burke-GIlman Trail, Cascade Bicycle Club Seattle
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on March 2, 2009
By early afternoon today the sun was shining and temps approaching 60, which this winter in Seattle is like Palm Beach, so I headed out for a longer than usual in–city ride. My first stop was a return trip to the memorial to Kevin Black, the cyclist who died after colliding with a van in [...]
Posted in Advocacy, Culture, Rider Down, Today's Ride | Tagged ballard, bike route signs, Bridging the Gap levy, city of seattle department of transportation, Culture, Fremont, ghost bike
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on February 13, 2009
Ballard News-Tribune tribute to a road racer and commuter, Kevin Black, who was killed riding on 24th Avenue Northwest in Ballard the morning of Feb. 5. It’s still unclear what exactly happened, and we’ll update you as the police conclude their investigation. Riding in any metro area is perilous, but my observation from years of [...]
Posted in Rider Down, Transportation | Tagged ballard, bicycle death, biker down, Rider Down, seattle, Transportation
