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Melrose Promenade’s First Phase to Bring Raised Intersection, Limited Protected Bike Lanes

Last month, the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) released designs for street improvements on Melrose Avenue, on the very western edge of Capitol Hill...
JUMP is the only bikeshare operator in Seattle as of 2020. (Photo by author)

JUMP Is the Last Bikeshare Standing After Lime Pulls Out

JUMP is the only bikeshare operator left standing in Seattle in 2020. Although the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) has permitted more than 10,000...

Arena’s Protected Bike Lane Component Features a Zigzag and a Dead End

The bike infrastructure around the Seattle Center Arena is on track to get an upgrade by the time visitors start arriving at the new...
Cycling was all this rage near the turn of the 20th century, as this photo of a cycling club show. H/t to Paul Dorpat for tracking down the photo. (Credit: Puget Sound Cycle Club)

Wheeling Season: Bike Advocacy Comes Full Circle

Twenty years ago, I learned how to ride a bike in an abandoned South Lake Union parking lot. Today, the lot is home to...
A bikeshare pile up where bikes accumulated outside the Sounder Station in Pioneer Square. (Photo by Doug Trumm)

Lime Trims Staff and Bikeshare Fleet but Says It’s Not Closing Up Shop… Yet

Update: Despite earlier denials, Lime announced December 24th that it was closing down its bikeshare in Seattle and pulling all its bikes by December...
Two teens walk along the edge of Aurora with no sidewalk and streams of cars going by.

Fix Aurora Avenue Now

On Black Friday, a motorist attempting a turn from Aurora Avenue to N 39th St careened over the curb and plowed into a family...

Mayor Durkan Lowers Speed Limits and Announces New Vision Zero Agenda

Within 18 months, the posted maximum speed limit on nearly every single arterial street in the city of Seattle will be 25 miles per...

Washington Developing Bike/Ped Plan, Early Analysis Shows High Stress on State Highways

The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) has been working on a statewide active transportation plan this year that could reshape the state's highway...