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Fremont Bridge bike/scooter count data through July 22. We will cross the 700,000 mark today, way ahead of schedule. July is on pace to beat the all-time record for bike trips in a single month. Big things are happening!
For the first time since the pandemic, Fremont Bridge bike trips topped 1 million in 2025 and are on pace for a new record
August 15: Lake Washington Blvd Bash with music, food and open streets
New in the Shop: Turn your ORCA Card into a bicycle lift pass + 4 other fun card skin designs
King County will install new signs showing banned motos, ATVs and high-speed e-bikes
#SEAbikes #Seattle
https://www.seattlebikeblog.com/2026/07/17/king-county-will-install-new-signs-showing-banned-motos-atvs-and-high-speed-e-bikes/
Big turnout for the Bicycle Weekends opening celebration!
Hundreds of happy people ride with mayor Wilson to open Bicycle Weekends + A smaller group protested, including one with a neo-Nazi sign
Mayor Wilson expands Bicycle Weekends to every non-Seafair weekend Memorial Day to Labor Day
On U.S. match day, Lime carried more trips than any Seattle roadway other than I-5 and I-90 + Link unseated I-5 for top spot
Action Alert: Support Rep. Larsen in fighting Trump's mindless attack on bike lanes
#SEAbikes #Seattle
https://www.seattlebikeblog.com/2026/07/24/action-alert-support-rep-larsen-in-fighting-trumps-mindless-attack-on-bike-lanes/
UW architecture students built models of buildings destroyed by I-5 construction as part of the “City Erased” project, and they look beautiful. At Gould Hall through May 29: https://www.seattletimes.com/pacific-nw-magazine/uw-students-resurrect-seattle-cityscape-that-i-5-erased/
In less than a day, we are almost sold out of the Lift Pass and MetroCard ORCA card skins. Thanks, everyone! Get yours before they are all gone: https://www.seattlebikeblog.com/shop/
https://www.seattlebikeblog.com/sn/526220/
Bike-friendly endorsements for the 2026 Primary
https://www.seattlebikeblog.com/2026/07/20/bike-friendly-endorsements-for-the-2026-primary/
The kid and I are in Las Vegas this week visiting family. Kinda tough to be car-free, but we’re making it work. On our walk found what Google Maps assures me is a bike lane.
I had a great time at the Washington Talking Book and Braille Library recently, featured soon on their Literary Notes podcast. A great space and service. They are turning Biking Uphill in the Rain into a talking book! Such an honor. Did you know you can volunteer to read and help build their talking book collection?
Latest Leary/Market 'Burke-Gilman Trail' concept still mixes biking and walking on busy sidewalks + Comments due July 15
RIP Çınar Doğan. A memorial for the 14-year-old is growing on a landing near the bottom of the Howe St stairs in I-5 Colonnade Park. Updated post: https://www.seattlebikeblog.com/2026/07/08/chs-14-year-old-dies-in-e-moto-crash-on-stairs-in-i-5-colonnade-mountain-bike-park/
Ballard Missing Link loses again, Appeals Court rules fully against city and Cascade
Trying out a new “social notes” feature for social media-sized posts. Social notes are posted on Bluesky, Mastodon, Threads and Facebook while also living on the blog itself. It’s part of my ongoing effort to own more of my own work and not rely too heavily on another platform. I would love to hear your thoughts on it.
No more sidewalk detour, Kirkland opens Slater Ave EasTrail crossing
Streets Alliance: 3 actions Seattle can take now to make streets safer
I’m in Denver this week, and they have these two-seater Veo things. Rode around town with the kid, and it was really fun.
https://www.seattlebikeblog.com/sn/525921/
ORCA Card skins are a hit! Already sold 75% of our stock. https://www.seattlebikeblog.com/shop/ I even exhausted my stamp cache and had to resort to ones I found lying around. I apologize to customers who receive a gauche out-of-season winter stamp. Bruce Lee and baby animals stamps should arrive very soon.
I enjoyed Cascade’s Bike Everywhere Lunch yesterday, but my favorite part may have been when the crowd was clapping for sponsors and nobody clapped for Waymo then everyone laughed.
Watch: Visitor from Chicago has a stinking great time biking around Seattle
May 6: Join me at Town Hall Seattle for a discussion about the state of bicycling in the city
Rainier Valley Safe Streets is planning a bunch of new community rides and a party for Bicycle Weekends, seeks volunteers
Complete Streets Bellevue is doing great work. Join their steering committee! #SEAbikes https://completestreetsbellevue.org/2026/05/14/join-our-steering-committee-and-chart-our-future/
SDOT is hosting a drop-in session 2:30-5:30 p.m. today (May 19) at SW Lander St/California Ave SW to learn more about the new People Streets & Public Spaces program. Lander near Lafayette Elementary is an early candidate. https://www.seattle.gov/transportation/projects-and-programs/programs/urban-design-program/people-streets-public-spaces #SEAbikes #Seattle
Lime's new 'LimeBike' model is shaped like the Glider, but with adjustable seat and pedals
KIRO Radio host tries to revive the 'War on Cars,' makes the opposite case
HeapRide is a group bike ride and dance performance + Reserve a spot now
Seattle is currently writing a new chapter in its bicycle history. We don’t yet know what it all means, but it feels big.
Bicycle Weekends First Roll and Stroll! Meet 10:45am tomorrow (May 23) at Judkins Park Station. https://actionnetwork.org/events/bicycle-weekend-opening-celebration
Seattle Times opinion piece on Vision Zero is dangerously misleading
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@sdwilsh@social.ridetrans.it well, good except for those record rains! But yeah, we had an extended dry spell as well.
Two people on a Lime struck while crossing Aurora, transported to hospital in critical condition
SDOT removes the bike map PDF from website ahead of ADA rule change + It's still on Seattle Bike Blog
CHS: 14-year-old dies in e-moto crash on stairs in I-5 Colonnade mountain bike park
With Seattle on path to miss 2030 goal, CM Saka calls for an audit of the Vision Zero program
Alert: Section of East Lake Sammamish Trail will be closed May through the end of 2026 with no detour
Today's Bike to School Day lesson: Peripheral vision
https://www.seattlebikeblog.com/2026/05/06/todays-bike-to-school-day-lesson-peripheral-vision/
Seattle's new billionaire-funded bikeway on Alaskan Way is very nice, but most people will probably stay on the water side
Vision Zero update shows that Seattle still isn't addressing the biggest causes of traffic deaths and injuries
With a fresh new name, the Seattle Streets Alliance plans street party to celebrate 15 years
Preliminary 2025 data shows steep drop in WA traffic deaths, still above pre-pandemic average
Transportation researchers, I need your thoughts! The more I read this Barcelona study, the more their results seemed highly questionable. Bottom of post: https://www.seattlebikeblog.com/2026/05/22/seattle-times-opinion-piece-on-vision-zero-is-dangerously-misleading/