By Paul Andrews, BI editor on August 14, 2010
From “Dancing in the Streets” to an impromptu birthday party, Seattle Summer Streets was a roaring success.
Posted in Transportation | Tagged bubble man, cecile andrews, feet first, seattle mayor mike mcginn, seattle summer streets program, Shannon Markley, streets for all seattle, sustainable greenwood phinney
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on June 1, 2010
A grass-roots campaign to slow down a major thoroughfare is gaining steam.
Posted in Transportation | Tagged cascade bicycle club, David Hiller, nickerson road diet, publicola, richard conlin, seattle mayor mike mcginn, seattlelikesbikes, stone way road diet, tom rasmussen seattle city council
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on May 21, 2010
Bike to Work Day 2010 is starting off overcast and cold, but any time you ride there’s a little sunshine somewhere.
Posted in Transportation | Tagged bike to work day 2010, cascade bicycle club, seattle mayor mike mcginn
By BikeIntelligencer staff on May 19, 2010
Bike with Mike to Work Day, Washington State No. 1 Bicycle-Friendly, Anthill Films’ Follow Me is out, & more…
Posted in News Cycle | Tagged anthill films follow me, bike to work day 2010, DrunkCyclist, easton haven carbon wheels, gomeansgo, organic bikes, seattle mayor mike mcginn, the stranger questionland, trips for kids, washington state no. 1 bicycle friendly
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on May 16, 2010
Seattle’s Bike to Work Day is shaping up as a record-buster.
Posted in Transportation | Tagged bike to work day, cascade bicycle club, seattle mayor mike mcginn
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on May 13, 2010
Britain’s new PM may be an avid cyclist but his politics bear watching.
Posted in Personalities | Tagged bicycle commuting, prime minister david cameron, seattle mayor mike mcginn
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on February 25, 2010
Great video from Streetfilms of Seattle’s new Mayor Mike McGinn riding around town. It was a long ride politically for McGinn to get elected, and serving in office is always filled with potholes and doorstops. We could continue with the bike analogies ad nauseum, but let’s leave it at this: In all the times we [...]
Posted in News Cycle | Tagged cozy beehive, lou mazzante, outside magazine, seattle mayor mike mcginn
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on January 15, 2010
You have to love this: Newly elected Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn riding his bike to a press conference. Thanks to BikeHugger for the pix. When we wondered last August whether Seattle could get a mayor “who actually rides,” we were expressing more hope than expectation. Now it’s breakthrough reality. Images like this do wonders to [...]
Posted in Advocacy, Mountain Biking, News Cycle, Obama Bikes, Trail Access | Tagged bikehugger, bikingbis, fanatik bikes, galbraith mountain, Momentum magazine, seattle mayor bike commuter, seattle mayor mike mcginn, whimps
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on December 27, 2009
A friend and former colleague at The Seattle Times, Mark Matassa, was recently named new Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn’s director of communications. Numerous articles on his new appointment cited Mark’s many accomplishments and qualifications. However, none noted what we consider to be a salient, if not the crowning, characteristic of his long personal resume. That’s [...]
Posted in Advocacy, Culture, Obama Bikes | Tagged mark matassa, seattle mayor mike mcginn