Advocacy News | Cascade Bicycle Club

Whidbey Island offers abundant scenic bike routes, bountiful community farms, and a growing bike advocacy movement.
We spent a weekend on Whidbey biking its rural roads and lodging at the Organic Farm School, which is reviving the art of sustainable community farming.
Book a farmstay, support BikeWhidbey’s advocacy, and learn about the effort to create a 50-mile bike trail.

Cascade Ride Leader Steve Hulsman died after being struck by an SUV in West Seattle on Dec. 21.
His widow, Rita Hulsman, urges Seattle residents to vote YES on the Keep Seattle Moving levy to prevent future deaths.

Two hundred people including 52 speakers attended our 2024 Bike, Walk, Roll Summit in Tacoma from Sept. 11-13.
From cycle highways to complete streets to community bike rides, the Summit was a forum for sharing best practices and collaborating for solutions.
Learn more and check out our photos from the event and our evening rides around Tacoma.

Cascade has joined the coalition to Keep Seattle Moving, which seeks to win voter support for Proposition 1 and its $133.5 million in critical bike infrastructure funding.
Keep Seattle Moving is the new name for the Seattle Transportation Levy that will appear as Proposition 1 on November ballots.
Join us as we bike from downtown to the new MLK Jr. Way protected bike lanes to Columbia City to learn how Seattle Transportation Levy dollars create safer bike routes.

I-2117 would put billions of investments in bicycle and pedestrian projects at risk in every corner of our state.
It would cut funding that makes bicycling and active transportation more accessible to kids.
It would also mean more air pollution across our state and rollback programs that help make communities less vulnerable to wildfires.

The mayor and City Council included $133.5 million for bike infrastructure in the Seattle Transportation Levy thanks to Cascade’s advocacy and public support for more safe bike routes.
South Seattle will see major improvements in its bike network if voters approve the Levy.
We urge all Seattleites to vote YES in November so that we can continue progress toward making Seattle’s transportation system safer for everyone.

Bike Everywhere Day (May 17) was a huge success. Smiling people pedaled to our Celebration Stations in Seattle, Redmond, West Seattle and across Washington state in celebration of Bike Everywhere Month presented by Microsoft.
Now we must turn pedal power into political power. Join me at Seattle City Hall on June 4 and tell the City Council that bike infrastructure is fundamental to our transportation future.

Together, our advocacy added bike investments totalling $114 million in the Mayor's Proposed Levy. We need to secure the $114 million and push for more.
The City Council now has 6 weeks to finalize the proposal before voting it onto the November Seattle ballot for voters to get their say. Sign up to join us at upcoming public hearing dates on the Seattle Transportation Levy to make sure Council knows biking investments matter and should not be cut.
Read below for a reminder of where Council members stood on biking when they were on the campaign trail last year. (hint: they all said they support biking)

Cascade Bicycle Club is urging the mayor to boost the Seattle Transportation Levy by $20 million to fund the South Seattle bike network.
Voice your support by April 26 for a Transportation Levy that connects Seattle by bike.