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Cascade Bicycle Club is excited to announce that Shannon Koller, Serena Lehman and Anne-Marije Rook...
Bike News
As Mayor Mike McGinn’s term comes to an end, so will the tenure of Peter Hahn as Director of the Seattle Department of Transportation. Hahn was not asked to join the administration of Mayor-elect Ed Murray.
Bike News
Filipino flag
This Sunday, Nov. 24, there is a benefit ride for the victims of the typhoon that struck the...
Spotlights
major taylor
Last Sunday, with enough rain and wind to consider building an ark, 18 members of the Major Taylor Project suited up, piled into our van and made their way down to Sprinker to compete in a Seattle Cyclocross event. All of the students did great, with smiling faces and mud flecked bodies they rode hard and brought pride to the Major Taylor name. One student, Mauricio Pestana, a senior at Global Connections High School, even managed to complete as many laps as the race winner--no small feat in such an exhausting competition.
Bike News
After a succession of cycling fatalities in the city of London – six deaths in two weeks--, bicyclists are demanding safer roads while other blame cyclists for “dicing with death” by riding without helmet, without lights and/or with headphones. The discussion across the pond is getting heated, but London Mayor Boris Johnson, meanwhile, insists that cycling safety has improved in the last few years. The mayor stated that highways are under “constant review” and freight transportation may be banned during rush hour.
Bike News
Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) is hosting a Project Open House TONIGHT about a potential greenway along 12th Avenue NE. SDOT is seeking community input about the proposed neighborhood greenway in the U District and creating a connection for people who walk or ride bikes between Ravenna Boulevard and the Burke-Gilman Trail.
Bike News
Cascade is partnering with Children’s Hospital on an exciting Bicycle Train research project to assess the health benefits of bicycling to school. This study has the potential to help Cascade and other organizations doing Safe Routes to School work by providing some solid data on the health benefits of bicycling to school. Bicycle Trains are organized groups of youth with adult volunteers who ride to school as a group, similar to a Walking School Bus in which kids walk to school together.
Advocacy News
Anonymous
If you're like me, you want to spend less time in traffic and more with your family and friends. Here in Washington, we need a transportation system that provides more choices, while preserving our existing system of streets, bridges, ferries, and buses.
Bike News
school safety
Should the driveway to a school parking lot cross the main sidewalk where pedestrians and bicyclists are entering the school? Is a separated bicycle lane or greenway possible leading up to a school? What elements make for a safe and welcoming school entrance?
Spotlights
Dirk at Cascade
In mid-November, on a typical Seattle rainy day, Dutchman Dirk Spits rolled into town on his custom German-made touring bike, glad to discover that his bike bags were indeed waterproof. Already 23 weeks into his journey, Seattle is one of the many cities Dirk will stop to raise awareness and funds on his way to Latin America where he will personally deliver these donations to a variety of charities.

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