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Fri Apr 16, 2010 3:49 pm |
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Westlake Center |
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BGT Missing Link - We lost on one count |
snyd3282
Replies: 5
Views: 1726 |
http://www.myballard.com/2010/04/16/environmental-review-required-for-missing-link/
We have longer to wait before the Missing Link is built. |
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Mon Mar 22, 2010 2:29 pm |
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Westlake Center |
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Bicycling survey for women |
snyd3282
Replies: 10
Views: 1907 |
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=261ae%2f5vYW6CL0QNgnk24U4cIFo3C4tYdzYFs8hepq4%3d
Sponsored by the Association of Pedestrian and Bicycle Professionals.
http://www.apbp.org/?page=Home
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Wed Jan 20, 2010 6:40 am |
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Westlake Center |
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Hey, fun-employed people |
snyd3282
Replies: 4
Views: 1543 |
Commute Seattle is hiring a Bike Program Coordinator:
http://www.seattlegreendrinks.org/job-postings/bike-program-coordinator |
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Tue Dec 15, 2009 3:18 pm |
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Westlake Center |
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advocacy: The First Hill Streetcar Route - Tracks and hills |
snyd3282
Replies: 11
Views: 2279 |
is there something in that document i'm not seeing? it looks like the proposal includes at minimum a 5' bike lane to the right of the trolley right of way.
Even with bike paths beside the trolle ... |
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Mon Dec 14, 2009 10:52 pm |
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Westlake Center |
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advocacy: The First Hill Streetcar Route - Tracks and hills |
snyd3282
Replies: 11
Views: 2279 |
How about a right lane aligned streetcar track crossing from Boren Ave S. onto 12th Ave S. at a slight angle at the bottom of a hill. That is what our friends at SDOT have as the primary recommendati ... |
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Wed Nov 04, 2009 11:59 am |
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Westlake Center |
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Found bicycle etiquette.... |
snyd3282
Replies: 5
Views: 1660 |
If you report it to the police as abandoned and turn it over to them, they search their records and reports for a bit and then if they don't find an owner then they let you claim it before they auctio ... |
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Tue Oct 27, 2009 11:46 am |
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Westlake Center |
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Missing Link advocacy - 10/27 5:30-6:30 |
snyd3282
Replies: 31
Views: 7353 |
Missing link work or not, SDOT has time on the schedule and some BMP money in the budget to look at improvement options for that Fred Meyer dead end intersection in 2010.
If the point83 civil engin ... |
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Mon Oct 26, 2009 12:09 pm |
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Westlake Center |
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Missing Link advocacy - 10/27 5:30-6:30 |
snyd3282
Replies: 31
Views: 7353 |
Bump ... this is happening tomorrow. |
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Thu Oct 22, 2009 10:09 pm |
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Westlake Center |
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Missing Link advocacy - 10/27 5:30-6:30 |
snyd3282
Replies: 31
Views: 7353 |
Sylvie already has 20 people who told facebook that they are coming:
http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/event.php?eid=156388528475&index=1 I'll be really pissed if it is just 14 people...I think ... |
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Thu Oct 22, 2009 8:03 am |
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Westlake Center |
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Missing Link advocacy - 10/27 5:30-6:30 |
snyd3282
Replies: 31
Views: 7353 |
Come to this, then go do the normal Tuesday ride.
Join us for a quick “flash” action to declare our collective support for completion of the Burke-Gilman Trail Missing Link - from Fred Meyer ... |
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Tue Oct 13, 2009 7:50 am |
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Westlake Center |
| Subject: |
Plugs: Traffic Justice Summit & Mayoral Race |
snyd3282
Replies: 7
Views: 1919 |
This Wednesday, at City Hall from 5:30-7:30pm there is a Statewide Traffic Justice Summit to bend the ear of the state legislature judicial chair among others to try to get support for a vulnerable us ... |
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Tue Sep 22, 2009 1:41 pm |
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Westlake Center |
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VEER the movie screening 9/25 7pm Wallingford |
snyd3282
Replies: 3
Views: 1129 |
Some of the organizers asked for help flyering CM in hopes that some of CM might come crash the movie (not sure that they know what they're asking for with that request) and maybe some folks from the ... |
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Fri Sep 11, 2009 11:06 am |
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Westlake Center |
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NEVER FORGET. 9/11 Eat off on Thursday 9/10 (a day early!) |
snyd3282
Replies: 76
Views: 22826 |
Photos:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/71527680@N00/sets/72157622215042083/
Youtube video of everyone singing:
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Wed Sep 09, 2009 9:17 pm |
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Westlake Center |
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NEVER FORGET. 9/11 Eat off on Thursday 9/10 (a day early!) |
snyd3282
Replies: 76
Views: 22826 |
I'll agree with this on the basis that I found video footage of the event last year and the fries don't stay down after the competition. And from experience milkshakes/ice cream are one of the few ... |
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Fri Aug 28, 2009 11:56 am |
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Westlake Center |
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I honestly do not mean to anger Lee by asking about CM |
snyd3282
Replies: 21
Views: 4102 |
I need an excuse to use my helmet cameras more.
I'll be at westlake and then riding mass. I won't be racing or camping. |
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Thu Aug 06, 2009 9:57 am |
| Forum: |
Westlake Center |
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Elections |
snyd3282
Replies: 2
Views: 1246 |
Heads-up, if Mike McGinn can get a bit of a boost right now, we could have a general election where the two mayoral candidates are fighting to show who is the most bicycle friendly. |
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Tue Jul 21, 2009 11:08 am |
| Forum: |
Westlake Center |
| Subject: |
Cyclist hit with 4" blowdart on Ballard Bridge |
snyd3282
Replies: 9
Views: 2922 |
Keep an eye out:
I was riding home on the Ballard Bridge in Seattle just a little while ago and I felt a sting in my left cheek. I thought that I must have been hit by a rock that had been run over ... |
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Thu Jul 02, 2009 7:57 am |
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Westlake Center |
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dammit - another fatality |
snyd3282
Replies: 9
Views: 2804 |
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_070209WAB_bike-rider-struck-killed-JM.2a1ba167.html
The king 5 story has more details. |
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Thu Jul 02, 2009 6:59 am |
| Forum: |
Westlake Center |
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dammit - another fatality |
snyd3282
Replies: 9
Views: 2804 |
http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattle911/archives/172801.asp
Dexter & Aurora ramp. |
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Wed Jun 03, 2009 9:38 pm |
| Forum: |
Westlake Center |
| Subject: |
The CM debate |
snyd3282
Replies: 44
Views: 9430 |
If anyone is interested in doing some video editing, I have about 1hr 30 min of helmetcam footage of this last mass including the viaduct and tunnel. I don't really want to throw the full raw footage ... |
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Fri May 22, 2009 6:46 am |
| Forum: |
Westlake Center |
| Subject: |
Stolen Bike |
snyd3282
Replies: 5
Views: 2185 |
Start reporting these things here too:
http://www.bikewise.org/pub/theft |
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Thu May 21, 2009 1:14 pm |
| Forum: |
Westlake Center |
| Subject: |
Report Crashes, Hazards, Thefts |
snyd3282
Replies: 2
Views: 1609 |
http://www.bikewise.org/
Yeah, this is a Cascade thing. There isn't a ton of data in there yet. It is being soft-launched to try and fill it with data for a while before using it to hit the city ... |
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Fri Apr 17, 2009 1:01 pm |
| Forum: |
Westlake Center |
| Subject: |
If Joby owned a car... |
snyd3282
Replies: 32
Views: 7047 |
For less hardcore programming and more software testing, we have an opening too:
http://nmwco.hrmdirect.com/employment/view.php?req=33577&
PM me and I'll get your resume past the filters. |
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Thu Apr 16, 2009 2:44 pm |
| Forum: |
Westlake Center |
| Subject: |
More streetcar tracks - Capitol Hill |
snyd3282
Replies: 9
Views: 2200 |
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2015/2671620303_05c59a451d_o.jpg
This could remove the "I can't ride up the hill" excuse. |
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Thu Apr 16, 2009 1:38 pm |
| Forum: |
Westlake Center |
| Subject: |
More streetcar tracks - Capitol Hill |
snyd3282
Replies: 9
Views: 2200 |
http://capitolhillseattle.com/2009/04/16/streetcar-alternative-route-maps-released
Map:
http://www.capitolhillseattle.com/media/news/2009/4/16/12thAveTRIFOLD.pdf
These tracks are probably happe ... |
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Thu Apr 09, 2009 1:24 pm |
| Forum: |
Westlake Center |
| Subject: |
NY Times on Cycling, Drinking and Fatalities |
snyd3282
Replies: 10
Views: 2324 |
Overall I am disgusted at the lack of solid information on bike crashes. Too many of the available statistics, like the ones in this story, are crap but we repeat them because we don't have anything ... |
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Thu Apr 09, 2009 7:50 am |
| Forum: |
Westlake Center |
| Subject: |
NY Times on Cycling, Drinking and Fatalities |
snyd3282
Replies: 10
Views: 2324 |
Since I seem to be good at sucking the fun out of everything, I might as well share this story and keep up the trend.
http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/04/09/study-links-alcohol-and-bike-death ... |
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Sun Mar 22, 2009 11:20 pm |
| Forum: |
Westlake Center |
| Subject: |
bike v. car accident in tangletown (ne 56th & 1st ne) |
snyd3282
Replies: 42
Views: 12964 |
Shit. The ghostbike is already gone.
...I have another frame that I'll donate. |
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Wed Mar 18, 2009 1:07 pm |
| Forum: |
Westlake Center |
| Subject: |
bike v. car accident in tangletown (ne 56th & 1st ne) |
snyd3282
Replies: 42
Views: 12964 |
As far as I know, yes, 6:30.
I'll be at 1st and 56th with paint, chain, locks, and lag bolts. |
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Wed Mar 18, 2009 10:26 am |
| Forum: |
Westlake Center |
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bike v. car accident in tangletown (ne 56th & 1st ne) |
snyd3282
Replies: 42
Views: 12964 |
I have my hands on a bike that has been sitting outside and rusting for years...the chain is rusted into a single solid piece. I can have it pre-painted and ready to go for tonight if we want to use ... |
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Tue Mar 17, 2009 3:47 pm |
| Forum: |
Westlake Center |
| Subject: |
bike v. car accident in tangletown (ne 56th & 1st ne) |
snyd3282
Replies: 42
Views: 12964 |
No worries, I think I have another bike. I'll give an update once I have it in my hands. |
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Tue Mar 17, 2009 1:55 pm |
| Forum: |
Westlake Center |
| Subject: |
bike v. car accident in tangletown (ne 56th & 1st ne) |
snyd3282
Replies: 42
Views: 12964 |
I haven't heard anything from vaticdart yet.
If I can get a bike tonight, I can have it pre-painted, transported, and ready to install at 6ish.
Would 6:30 give everyone who wants to be involved ... |
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Mon Mar 16, 2009 7:13 pm |
| Forum: |
Westlake Center |
| Subject: |
bike v. car accident in tangletown (ne 56th & 1st ne) |
snyd3282
Replies: 42
Views: 12964 |
It sounds like the ghost bike is taken care of, but if need be there are two more junkers sitting in my garage.
Sounds like we need one of those junkers after all. If you PM me with a phone # or ... |
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Sat Mar 14, 2009 9:43 pm |
| Forum: |
Westlake Center |
| Subject: |
bike v. car accident in tangletown (ne 56th & 1st ne) |
snyd3282
Replies: 42
Views: 12964 |
I have some paint, chain, and padlocks that I can donate to the cause.
The telephone poles near there don't seem to have much to easily hang on so I'll bring those lag bolts and a socket wrench too ... |
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Sat Mar 14, 2009 6:53 am |
| Forum: |
Westlake Center |
| Subject: |
bike v. car accident in tangletown (ne 56th & 1st ne) |
snyd3282
Replies: 42
Views: 12964 |
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008856763_webcyclist.html |
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Fri Mar 06, 2009 5:30 pm |
| Forum: |
Westlake Center |
| Subject: |
Riding to The Gorge. |
snyd3282
Replies: 4
Views: 1429 |
A few years ago I did Ballard to Ellensburg (around 120 miles along I-90 and a drop into Snoqualmie), then the next day took the old highwy from Ellensburg to Vantage...which is a sweet steady downhil ... |
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Wed Mar 04, 2009 4:10 pm |
| Forum: |
Westlake Center |
| Subject: |
West Nickerson Street Open House Tonight w/SDOT |
snyd3282
Replies: 3
Views: 1603 |
Not even that, it is about SDOT's rediculous decision to remove all crosswalks on 4 lane roads.
Nickerson gets a fair amount of pedestrian crossing traffic and with the speeds and blind corner, the ... |
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Fri Feb 27, 2009 11:09 am |
| Forum: |
Westlake Center |
| Subject: |
Commute Mugging fun! |
snyd3282
Replies: 54
Views: 14596 |
I know it is a ride night, but it might be worth getting a group of cyclists to go to the East Precinct Crime Prevention Coalition meeting(s):
http://www.sngi.org/epcpc/epcpc2.html
The EPCPC meets ... |
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Wed Feb 25, 2009 10:12 am |
| Forum: |
Westlake Center |
| Subject: |
Fucking Hills Race 2009 - 4th annual |
snyd3282
Replies: 356
Views: 111034 |
More FHR photos
http://www.flickr.com/photos/seattlegirlwithstyle/sets/72157614330746671/ |
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Tue Feb 24, 2009 2:10 pm |
| Forum: |
Westlake Center |
| Subject: |
Fucking Hills Race 2009 - 4th annual |
snyd3282
Replies: 356
Views: 111034 |
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/feb/23/bainbridge-teens-accused-of-shooting-at-bike/
Bainbridge Island
Two Bainbridge Island teenagers were arrested Sunday for allegedly shooting a pellet gun ... |
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