Top Things to Know & Do

1. Scooters spinning.
2. Bike Everywhere Week, postponed by COVID, returns to keep people riding into the fall.
3. Push made for bike investments to respond West Seattle Bridge closure.
4. Have you noticed the many outdoor dining areas?

Lifestyle, Adventure, + Industry

Events

• Wednesday, Sept. 9
  • 6-9p, Sharing Wheels Basic Bike Maintenance Class
• Sept. 21-27
  • Cascade's Bike Everywhere Week

Articles

• Registration open until Sept. 8 for Columbia Century Challenge. Columbia Co. Spotlight
• Peace Peloton Rides to Bring Economic Justice to Black-Owned Businesses. Bicycling
• Peace Peloton rides from NE Seattle to White Center + Fundraiser. SBB
• The Peace Peloton rides from Madrona to Green Lake, will create a mural on the way. SBB
• Bike volunteers step up to help Seattle-area food banks with home deliveries. KUOW
• Tales From the Trail: Two Local Cyclists Bike Entire Willapa Hills Trail. Daily Chronicle
• Dear Mom, I've Joined a Guerilla Bike Collective. Stranger
• Swift Industries: Black in the Saddle Live Stream Round-Table this Thursday! Radavist
• Black In the Saddle: a virtual roundtable panel about the black cycling experience. Swift
• Do You Want to Buy an E-Cargo Bike? Read This First. Outside
• On the Street: KL Shannon interviews youth advocate and bike rider Dawn Bennett. SNG
• Ted King discovers the Cascade Mountains. Rene Herse
• After 30 years, this sports retailer to close its Seattle doors. PSBJ
• Take a Day Trip to Grays Harbor for Hiking, Biking and Walking Trails. Thurston Talk
• Self-Proclaimed “Fat Bicyclist” Marley Blonsky to Speak at Washington Bike, Walk, and Roll Summit. Cascade
• Cycle your stress away, safely and affordably. Courier Herald

Policy + Infrastructure

Action

• Take SDOT's Beacon Hill Bike Route Planning & Early Design Survey

Events

• Tuesday, Sept. 8
  • 10-11a, America Walks Webinar: Right of Way: Race, Class, and the Silent Epidemic of Pedestrian Deaths in America
  • 7:30-9p, Licton-Haller & Greenwood-Phinney Greenways Meeting
• Thursday, Sept. 10
  • 5:30-7p, SDOT's Rt 44 Transit-Plus Multimodal Corridor Online Presentation

News

SNOHOMISH & ISLAND COUNTIES

• Economic fallout from COVID-19 may delay Everett light rail. Everett Herald
• 5 transportation projects to help get business moving again. Everett Herald
• Everett's Grand Avenue Park Bridge Now Open. MyEverett
• Grand Avenue Park bridge in Everett opens, giving great views. Snohomish Times
• The wait is over: Grand Avenue Park pedestrian bridge opens. Everett Herald
• Planned new I-5 on-ramp could be on hold for lack of $7.2M. Everett Herald
• Mukilteo Boulevard Bridge Replacement Meeting Tuesday. Everett Herald
• Questions and answers about sidewalks in Edmonds. MyEdmonds
• Council extends resolution allowing temporary outdoor seating for MLT businesses, hears update from Snohomish Health District. MLT News

KING COUNTY

Seattle

• Citywide
  • Most Bike-Friendly Cities in America – 2020 Edition — Seattle is 3rd. Yahoo
  • Defund SPD. Real Change
  • Celebrating Women’s Equality Day at SDOT. SDOT
  • Phyllis Porter Talks Black Girls Do Bike, Safe Streets Activism, and Community Organizing. BikeWorks
  • Scooters
    • Seattle’s proposed scooter rules set riders up for failure. SBB
    • Council committee approves e-scooter pilot. STB
    • Seattle moves ahead with scooter-share pilot program that could begin this fall. GeekWire
    • How to Kill Scooter Sharing In Seattle. Crank
    • Seattle rolls out electric scooter regulations amid questions about parking, speed and COVID-19. Seattle Times
    • Despite an Alex Pedersen Protest Vote, Scooter-Share Moves Through Committee. Stranger
• North Seattle
  • We will be continuing utility, sidewalk, and road panel work on Green Lake Way. SDOT
  • New floating pedestrian island with bicycle pathway progressing at Green Lake/Ravenna. @Dongho_Chang
  • The "Ave" Is Dying Again. Here's How to Save It. Stranger
  • The NE 43rd Street Improvement Project: Creating safe access
• Central Seattle
  • SDOT asks for input to keep traffic moving through Uptown near arena. MyNW
  • We have a plan to keep people moving to/from the new Climate Pledge Arena + an exciting update on the Seattle Center to Waterfront Walking & Biking Connection Project. SDOT
  • Waterfront Project: Curb bulb in place. Planting strip ready for trees. Silva cells underneath. @Dongho_Chang
  • SDOT is postponing construction on E Union Street's protected bike lane, originally scheduled for this summer, to Spring of next year. @TypewriterAlley
  • Bicycle signal in place and bagged on 4th Ave. #4thAvePBL progressing. @Dongho_Chang
  • Spot improvements installed on 14th Ave. @Dongho_Chang
  • New pbl revisions on Yesler. @Dongho_Chang
  • Spot improvement installation of bike lane connection on 12th Ave into Yesler intersection. @Dongho_Chang
• South Seattle
  • We're making more bold steps on Rainier Ave S to improve safety and walkability – while keeping buses moving. SDOT
  • Three miles of Lake Washington Blvd will stay open to people walking, rolling, and biking until the week of Oct. 5. SDOT
  • Spin bringing scooters to area south of Seattle to join county's pilot program alongside Lime. GeekWire
• West Seattle
  • City extends Alki Point ‘Keep Moving Street’ status. WSB
  • Here’s when SDOT plans permanent repairs for Admiral Way sinkhole. WSB
  • Bridge Bike Counts 2020. WSBC

Eastside

• Crosswalk safety project construction will soon be underway near Aubrey Davis Park. MI Reporter
• Bellevue Weighing Options for New I-405 Interchange in South Downtown. Urbanist

NATIONAL

• How Angled Parking Endangers Cyclists. Streetsblog
• Despite Months of Protests, NHTSA Still Thinks Cops Can Make Cyclists and Peds Safer. @Streetsblog
• The Broken Algorithm That Poisoned American Transportation. Vice
• Joe Biden Lost His Wife and Daughter to Traffic Violence. Could He Be the First President to Do Anything to End it? Streetsblog
• Safe Streets Are an Equity Issue — And We are Failing the Most Vulnerable. Streetsblog

Sport

Articles

• A grueling bike race makes adjustments, in a grueling year. Vashon Beachcomber
• Letter: Logging and recreation in Reiter Foothills can coexist. Everett Herald
• Gravel Cycling Infects the PNW. NW in Motion
• Statewide News Roundup. Evergreen MTB Alliance
• The Essential Guide for Beginner Mountain Bikers in Washington. Evergreen MTB Alliance

Jobs

Mechanical, Maintenance, Retail, and Bikeshare

Season Bike Shop Mechanic, Bike Works
Mechanics & Retail Staff, Gregg’s Cycles
Bike Doctor, VanMoof

Policy, Planning, and Engineering

Transportation Planner or Engineer, Fehr & Peers
Transportation Engineer, Mercer Island (9/11)
Transportation Engineering Manager, Issaquah
Traffic Engineering Manager, Sammamish