Resources

Third Party Publications
Road Diets
1.18 mb	Iowa's Experience with "Road Diet" Measures: Impacts on Crash Frequencies and Crash Rates Assessed Following a Bayesian Approach "Results indicate a 25.2% reduction in crash frequency per mile and an 18.8% reduction in crash rate." [read...]
	Livability Impacts of Geometric Design Cross-Section Changes from Road Diets "In cities throughout the world, roadways have been put on "road diets," and these improvements have generated benefits to all modes of transportation including transit, bicyclists, pedestrians and motorists." [read...]
	The Safety and Operational Effects of "Road Diet" Conversions in Minnesota "The research findings suggest that conversion of four-lane undivided to three-lane TWLTL roadways is a recommended option within a given range of average daily traffic (ADT) values..." [read...]
.77 mb	Road Diets: Losing width and gaining respect "Nationwide, engineers are putting roads on "diets," helping them lose lanes and width. In the process formerly "fat" streets often become leaner, safer, and more efficient." [read...]

Cascade Bicycle Club Publications
.085 mb	2007 Candidate Questionnaire [download...]
3.3 mb	Left by the Side of the Road The Puget Sound Regional Bicycle Network Study: Assessment and Recommendations
.37 mb	Benefits of Bicycling: Climate Change and Beyond

Local radio broadcasts related to bicycling
Sustainability Segment KEXP, 90.3 4/21/2007	Bicycling as Transportation Guest John Pucher, Professor, Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, Rutgers University, speaks with Diane Horn about what we can do to promote bicycling and walking as modes of transportation. [listen...]
The Conversation KUOW, 94.9 4/9/2007	Seattle Bicycle Master Plan CBC Advocacy Director David Hiller discusses the Seattle Bicycle Master Plan on KUOW's "The Conversation" [listen...]
Weekday KUOW, 94.9 6/22/2006	Biking in Seattle Bikes are a favorite mode of transportation in Seattle. Even the rain doesn't seem stop people and, naturally, during the summer, more people switch to bikes. The reasons are various. Some people ride to work, some people work while biking. Others are exercising or performing in a parade. Higher gas prices are an extra motivation this year. How fun and how safe is riding a bike around the city? [listen...]
Local story KUOW, 94.9 5/18/2005	BNSF Rails to Trails King County Executive Ron Sims calls it ‘the granddaddy of regional trails.’ But critics call a plan to convert 47 miles of rail into a bike trail on Seattle’s Eastside a job-killer. KUOW’s Cathy Duchamp reports. [listen...]
Local story KUOW, 94.9 11/19/2002	The "Missing Link" in the Burke-Gilman Trail Twenty five years ago, Seattle began building the Burke-Gilman trail, a bicycle and pedestrian path that now spans 27 miles, to the suburbs of East King County. But there's one part of the trail that remains unfinished - the so-called "missing link" in the Ballard industrial area. [listen...]

See the links to the left more more information.

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	Friday is Starbucks Bike to Work Day! Roll by the downtown rally and give Mayor Nickels a shout-out. Visit any of our 42 commute stations for some morning cheer. [more...]

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