By Paul Andrews, BI editor on March 1, 2010
Check it out! The biggest Chilly Hilly turnout ever gets showcased on Vimeo.
Posted in Videos | Tagged cascade bicycle club, chilly hilly 2010
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on February 26, 2010
If you’re headed to the big bike swap, here’s a tip sheet we hope will be of some assistance. First, get there early …
Posted in Bike business | Tagged cascade bicycle club, Chilly Hilly, seattle bike swap
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on February 25, 2010
You have to wonder what it takes to get anything done legislatively any more, anywhere…in Congress, at the state level, in the city. The widely supported, much publicized “Vulnerable Users” bill has died a lonesome death in the Washington State senate, despite the efforts of Cascade Bicycle Club. Bright side: The bill made it out [...]
Posted in Legislation | Tagged cascade bicycle club, vulnerable user bill
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on January 28, 2010
Seattle Times: ” ‘There are cases where a driver is not filled with criminal intent but truly does cause death or serious injury to a biker, to a walker,’ state Sen. Joe McDermott, D-West Seattle, a sponsor of the bill, said at Tuesday’s Judiciary Committee hearing.” You can still make a difference. Interesting discussion of [...]
Posted in Advocacy, Obama Bikes | Tagged cascade bicycle club, SB5838, washington state vulnerable user legislation
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on January 22, 2010
Reminder: Facebook anti-cycling hate page protest is tomorrow at FB headquarters near the foot of California Street (and Bowdoin) in Palo Alto. Gets rolling at noon. Protests are good. Action is even better. What you can do today to actually combat anti-cycling mentality is to click on over to Cascade Bicycle Club’s advocacy page and [...]
Posted in Advocacy, News Cycle, Obama Bikes | Tagged cascade bicycle club, facebook anti-cycling hate protest, florida honk at cyclist, portland cycling community, vulnerable user law
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on January 1, 2010
Here are our Top 10 things to watch for in the world of cycling for the coming year. Yes we thought about a Top 2,010 list for numerical compliance, but hey, that’d be way too much work. 1. In the Washington State legislature, a “Vulnerable User” bill. Similar legislation failed last year but the Cascade [...]
Posted in Advocacy, Lance's Chances, Mountain Biking, Obama Bikes, Racing | Tagged cascade bicycle club, duthie hill, jill kintner, lance armstrong, mayor mike mcginn, stevens pass mountain bike park, top 10 cycling issues 2010, tyler farrar, vulnerable user bill
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on December 27, 2009
Pinkbike comes to Aptos and discovers a whole new world out there… Welcome Jordan! Speaking of Aptos, we were riding there the day before Christmas Eve, coming down the road in Forest of Nisene Marks, when who should pass us driving up but Cam McCaul & the boyz, pickup full of bikes ‘n lads. It’s [...]
Posted in Advocacy, News Cycle, Obama Bikes, Videos | Tagged aptos mountain biking, bike sharing, cascade bicycle club, Chris Kovarik, folders, Mobiky
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on December 6, 2009
One pressing motivation behind Seattle-based Cascade Bicycle Club’s campaign to pass “vulnerable user” legislation seeking justice for cyclists injured or killed in car accidents is to force law-enforcement agencies to take bicycles seriously. No one who has been involved in a police-reported accident doubts the entrenched bias against cyclists. The attitude can generally be summed [...]
Posted in Advocacy, Culture, Obama Bikes, Transportation | Tagged cascade bicycle club, cycling justice, San Francisco anti-cyclist bias, vulnerable user law
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on November 20, 2009
Seattle Times: “A 32-year-old bicyclist accused of running over a 6-year-old boy near Pike Place Market on Friday, leaving the child hospitalized with serious facial injuries, was charged today with vehicular assault and hit and run.” Re this incident, where a man on a bike apparently hit a 6-year-old boy in a crosswalk, we are [...]
Posted in Advocacy, Obama Bikes | Tagged cascade bicycle club, cyclist arrest, David Hiller, king county prosecutor dan satterberg
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on November 11, 2009
With the election of Mike McGinn as mayor of Seattle and re-election of Council president Richard Conlin, it now looks as though the two most powerful office-holders in the city are, of all things, bike commuters. The third most powerful, newly elected County Executive Dow Constantine, is a bike lover, as is another newcomer, Council [...]
Posted in Advocacy, Obama Bikes, Transportation | Tagged cascade bicycle club, David Hiller, Dow Constantine, mayor of seattle, mike mcginn, mike o'brien, richard conlin
