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Test Ride: New U District Bike Lanes

Paul Andrews, BI editor — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 15:17:59 +0000

Cycling more comfortably on Roosevelt Way and 11th Avenue Northeast.

News Cycle: Writing about riding

BikeIntelligencer staff — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 18:47:05 +0000

Seattle’s Cascade Bicycle Club has rated the region’s 10 biggest suburban cities for bike-friendliness: Kirkland, Redmond, Renton, Everett, Tacoma, Bellevue, Auburn, Kent, Federal Way, and Shoreline. More on Cascade’s blog.

In San Francisco we used to call bike lanes “double-park lanes.” Cars used them almost as much as bikes. That’s pretty much true everywhere. But Brookline MA has decided to try to put an end to it with a $50 fine. As they say in S.F., which has a $100 fine against bike-lane parking, Good luck with that!

In Los Angeles, where they don’t even have bike lanes, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa held a first-ever bike summit after he was knocked off his bike and required 8 screws to patch together his right elbow. Good idea. LA cyclists were all over the mayor.

A New Hampshire guy wants to set the world hour record for a wheelie. Guess how far he plans to ride on that back wheel in an hour, then click here to see if you’re in the ballpark.

The story behind Floyd Landis’ $5 bike.

The story behind Precious, the fundraising cross-country bike with real-time Web connectivity.

Whistler Crankworx’s impact on the B.C. economy: More than 100,000 visitors, $10 million. Most notably, mountain biking at Whistler has eclipsed that other extreme Canadian sport, golf.

Meanwhile, Oakridge OR is banking on mountain biking for its own local stimulus package.

Early heads up: S.F. Bike Expo, one of our favorites, is returning to the Cow Palace Saturday, November 6th.

Congrats to Sheila Moon and her clothing line, moving from Oakland to Emeryville (IKEA-land) with a third more square footage. New address: 5900 Hollis Street, Unit T2. Check it out!

Video: Seattle’s First Buffered Bike Lanes

Paul Andrews, BI editor — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 21:01:49 +0000

In accordance with Seattle’s Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plans as well as the Bridging the Gap levy, the city’s first buffered bike lanes have been installed east and west along N. 130th Street between Linden and Greenwood (the Bitter Lake area). The concept is a “complete street” where walkers and cyclists feel as equally welcome as drivers. The striped buffers provide enough separation, especially on hills where cars go measurably faster than bikes, to enable all parties to focus on the traffic ahead rather than alongside them. And on 130th, as you’ll see, the lanes also allow for dodging car doors potentially being opened by parked drivers on the right.

We took the bike lanes for a video test ride.

Morning Roundup: Seattle Seeks Comments, Racing Up, LA Bike Summit, Rider Down

Paul Andrews, BI editor — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 14:56:38 +0000

City of Seattle: “Comments needed for a safer Nickerson.” They’ll be putting in bike lanes on Nickerson, which can get a bit dicey heading out toward the Ballard Bridge. Open house tonight (Wed. March 4) at Seattle U. You can also add comments to the Web site queue.

Bike Rumor: “Racing up despite economy.” Sea Otter registration (April 9-12) is particularly strong.

BikePortland: Elly Blue is headed for the Los Angeles Bike Summit this weekend. The increase in bike commuting in the city of Angels apparently is outstripping the city surface streets’ capacity. Sound familiar?

Biking Bis: “A lifelong cyclist, advocate and bicycle shop owner is hospitalized with internal and spinal injuries in Winston-Salem. A motorist ran him down while he rode his recumbent bike home from work about a week ago.”