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I saw a guy break his leg and smash his teeth in a stand-up scooter crash, and I have some thoughts
My daughter and I were walking home from Ezell’s the other day along NE 45th Street in Wallingford when we saw a guy take a tumble riding a personal stand-up electric scooter. It didn’t look like much at first (content warning: Skip ahead to the paragraph “It’s been a few…
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Let’s break all the records for biking during Seattle’s rainy and dark months
I love biking in the dark and the rain, as I wrote last year. Given that we are on a Fremont Bridge bike counter record-breaking streak five months long (and counting), Seattle is on track to have more people biking through the dark and rainy months ahead than ever before. As of…
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Cascade: I-001 and I-638 would harm youth bike education and be ‘profoundly inequitable’ for youth athletes
Cascade Bicycle Club is urging people to vote NO on I-001 and I-638 “because they are in direct opposition to the core values we represent” and “will have direct negative impacts on our work,” according to a statement from the organization. Seattle Bike Blog has also endorsed a…
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Council unanimously approves bill outlining safety role of Traffic Engineer, tasks departments with drafting rules to require truck side guards for city contractors
The Seattle City Council unanimously approved two of the three bills in Councilmember Rob Saka’s SAFER Streets Act, officially adding the job description of a Chief Safety Officer to the section of city code defining the role of City Traffic Engineer and tasking city departments…
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Estate of Christian Salyer files lawsuit against Recology alleging the truck driver did not signal or slow before turning
The person driving the garbage truck did not signal or slow down before turning across the 12th Ave bike lane where Christian Salyer was riding June 1, a lawsuit (PDF) filed this week in King County Superior Court alleges. The truck “ran over” Salyer and killed him, the suit…
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Following death, I-90 Trail reopens in Bellevue with construction zone flaggers rather than a detour: RIP James Rupert William Phillips
The I-90 Trail has reopened in Bellevue, and sewer construction crews will staff the trail with flaggers to help trail users through the area safely without the need for a detour. Users are advised to anticipate delays up to ten minutes long if crews are using the trail to move…
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Man dies 18 days after a hit-and-run driver struck him while he was biking on Aurora: RIP Luis Maykoll Medero Sagarra
The driver of a silver Toyota Camry who hit a man bicycling southbound on Aurora Ave N near N 97th Street shortly after midnight September 29 is now a killer. Luis Maykoll Medero Sagarra died from his injuries October 17, 18 days after the collision, according to the King County…
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Vote NO on I-638: No state-mandated bullying and genital exams for girls youth sports!
You absolute monsters, these are children we’re talking about. Washington’s statewide Initiative 638, if approved, could require all girls (but not boys) to have their genitals examined before they are are allowed to play youth sports. Children! All so some twisted MAGA adults…
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Roundup of bike-friendly 2026 general election endorsements: Stand up for transit and trans kids!
“The Nov. 3 general election is pivotal for the future of bicycling due to current hostility toward bike infrastructure funding at the federal level and gloomy budget forecasts at the state level,” writes Washington Bikes on their election endorsements page. So we need to make…
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SUV driver strikes and kills person biking on Bellevue Way near I-90 Trail detour route
A person driving an SUV on Bellevue Way SE struck and killed a person on a bike at the intersection with SE 30th Street/113th Ave SE at 6:35 a.m. Thursday (October 15), according to Bellevue Police. First responders attempted life saving measures, but the person died at the…
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Alert 10/15: 2nd Ave bike lane closed from Pike to Yesler
The 2nd Ave bike lane will be closed through downtown today (October 15) for “maintenance work,” according to SDOT. Riders passing through downtown can take 4th Ave or the waterfront instead. Pike/Pine and Yesler have quality protected bike lane connections to 4th Ave. Be aware…
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Decrying ‘premeditated road violence,’ Toronto bike riders successfully blocked crews from removing Bloor Street bike lanes for at least one night
Hundreds of people stood with their bikes to prevent work crews from dismantling the protected bike lanes on Bloor Street Tuesday evening. Work crews showed up, but after speaking with protestors who were lining both sides of the work zone decided to leave. “To destroy Toronto’s…