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Seattle Bike Blog @seattlebikeblog.com · 06/10/2026

These streets have never worked for area residents. In 1954, a group of Pinehurst dads went out to 5th Ave NE with garden tools and created a path between 125th and 130th so their kids could walk to school safe from traffic.

Newsclip image of a group of men digging in ferns and other plants next to a road. The caption calls them "safety engineers."

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Seattle Bike Blog @seattlebikeblog.com · 06/10/2026

While it makes a lot of sense to talk about why Pinehurst Station is a not a good transit station location today, let's look at why the area is the way it is. It was initially developed in the 1930s, a time with some of our worst traffic engineering crimes. Then WA dug the I-5 trench.

1936 aerial photo with lines showing modern road locations. I-5 and its ramps are in red.

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Seattle Bike Blog @seattlebikeblog.com · 01/10/2026

This guy’s got it all figured out.

A guy with a golf bag strapped to his e-bike.

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Seattle Bike Blog @seattlebikeblog.com · 28/09/2026

When complete in late summer/fall 2027 the trail will help a lot more people access Pinehurst Station, which has a terrible walkshed due to a vicious freeway and golf course combo.

Side-by-side maps of the 5-minute walking and biking distances from Pinehurst Station.

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Seattle Bike Blog @seattlebikeblog.com · 07/09/2026

Hmm, Seattle looks a bit off in this ORCA ad. Our public transit agencies wouldn’t disrespect our artists and our city by using AI for their ads, right?

Some cards with arms and legs standing in front of a bus with a skyline that has a space needle but otherwise is not Seattle in the background.

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Seattle Bike Blog @seattlebikeblog.com · 06/08/2026

I greatly enjoyed the use of “somehow” in this caption. It is doing a lot of work.

Old photo of a man and kid. Captioned Gavin Dalzell and his wife had 14 children. Dalzell ran a shop in Lanarkshire and somehow, aged about 35, found the time to build a revolutionary bicycle.

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Seattle Bike Blog @seattlebikeblog.com · 22/07/2026

The link preview image above does not do it justice. It turned out even better than I had hoped.

Card-sized sticker with illustration of a trolley bus connected to a ski lift cable by its trolley poles. There is a bicycle on the front of the bus. The mountains in the background say Seattle Bike Blog. Text: Seattle Bike Resort. Beacon Hill Run. Lift Pass.

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Seattle Bike Blog @seattlebikeblog.com · 03/07/2026

My dream is that King County Metro adds the planned Lake City-Nothgate-Green Lake-Latona-U District route (numbered 1994 in their expansion plan), and that Seattle redesigns 50th to serve both biking and this new bus route along with safer crosswalks to access the new bus stops.

Map of the 1994 route option from Lake City to the U District via Green Lake, Latona and NE 50th Street.

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Seattle Bike Blog @seattlebikeblog.com · 29/06/2026

Yeah, LLMs are not yet ready to take over Seattle Bike Blog.

Post screenshot with map of the Burke-Gilman Trail with text: Seattle’s Burke-Gilman Trail finally closed its 1.5 km “Missing Link” gap after 20+ years of debate, making commutes safer for cyclists and pedestrians 🚴‍♀️🌿 A major win for Ballard and the city’s...

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Seattle Bike Blog @seattlebikeblog.com · 19/06/2026

Aerial view shows about 48 car parking spots here usually. But multi-floor garages need space for the ramps and pillars and such, so you could maybe cram like 30-something spots per floor in a hypothetical garage on this lot.

Satellite view of the parking lot with cars in it.

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Seattle Bike Blog @seattlebikeblog.com · 16/06/2026

Someone called the cops on kids riding gas minibikes on the sidewalks, and a cop hit a 13-year-old with their police cruiser. An excerpt:

J.F. and his friend reportedly were driving their gas-powered minibikes, both wearing helmets, at speeds of up to 30 mph around the Mill Creek Town Center. Someone called police, and the incident was delivered on police computer-assisted dispatch terminals as a “nuisance” and officers were sent to the scene, according to the complaint.

Over the next several minutes, officers spotted the youths and “shadowed” them. The officers reported the boys were “revving their engines” and going onto sidewalks.

However, a senior supervisor instructed the officers, “Obviously don’t pursue,” because the kids were not suspected of any serious crimes, were not armed and were not endangering the public. The officers were told not to activate their emergency equipment.

Despite these instructions, the complaint alleges Officer Joseph Odom “drove his marked patrol SUV in pursuit of J.F.”

A witness walking his dog said J.F was driving about 30 mph and that Odom’s SUV overtook him from behind “then steered his Patrol SUV sharply left across the crosswalk and into J.F.’s path of travel, leaving J.F no room to maneuver.”

The boy’s minibike collided with the driver’s side front fender, throwing him from the cycle and into the street.

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Seattle Bike Blog @seattlebikeblog.com · 12/06/2026

Ha! My AI blocking efforts are starting to pay off.

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Seattle Bike Blog @seattlebikeblog.com · 11/06/2026

King County Council thinks Seattle should send Hunts Point $24 per mansion resident. That would barely buy 5 minutes of yacht fuel!

Aerial view of Hunts Point with home sale prices all in the millions, including one at $38 million.

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Seattle Bike Blog @seattlebikeblog.com · 23/05/2026

I do, however, give a fuck about Bicycle Sundays Co-Founder Mia Mann's 1967 intentions for Lake Washington Boulevard (her proposed Council resolution text, which I don't believe ever got passed):

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A RESOLUTION:

CONGERNING THE IMPLEMENTATION AND OPERATION BY THE PARK DEPARTMENT OF A PROGRAM TO BE CALLED "BICYCLE SUNDAY" • Whereas: The wholesome activity of bicycle riding appeals to both young and old. providing inexpensive outdoor exercise, and at virtually no cost to the City, and, Whereas: The tyranny of the automobile must be offset in present and future urban amenities, and, Whereas: The topography, climate, and quality of life in the City of Seattle lend themselves well to bicycle activities in many areas, and, Whereas: Few bicycle paths, as such, now exist, BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED THAT:

1. One Sunday each month be designated "Bicycle Sunday" 2. That on this designated day certain streets be closed to motor traffic for the benefit of those on bicycles, as well as those on foot. 3. That these streets connect and/or abut Parks and Lakes wherever possible. 4. That this program be mapped and planned by the Park Department to insure a sustained, consistent and legal pattern of street use on the designated day. 5. That the Park Department be aided by the Police Department in establishing and maintaining such a program in its early phases.

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Seattle Bike Blog @seattlebikeblog.com · 12/05/2026

Reply from the ST Opinions Editor after I asked if “Nat Lehmans” is a real name or a pen name:

Hi Tom,

I can’t give out people’s personal information, but I do vet all writers we decide to publish. I have spoken to Nat as well as verified the information I require all writers to provide as part of the op-ed process.

Melissa Davis | Deputy opinion editor

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Seattle Bike Blog @seattlebikeblog.com · 11/05/2026

UPDATE: I hunted down the new LimeBike. It's the best shared micromobility device I've ever tried, and it's not even close. Lime nailed the details. It's a joy to ride. This isn't sponsored. The bike genuinely exceeded my expectations. www.seattlebikeblog.com/2026/05/08/l...

Selfie of the author riding a new LimeBike.

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Seattle Bike Blog @seattlebikeblog.com · 11/05/2026

For decades the Broad Street trench cut a diagonal across the street grid between South Lake Union and Lower Queen Anne/Seattle Center, rendering the entire area nearly uncrossable on foot or bike while also making it nearly impossible to build in the lots that remained. Truly deranged urban design.

Concept drawings for the Broad Street car trench under Mercer and Aurora with caption: In 1956, leaders thought this atrocity was a good idea, in part to get ready for the never-built Bay Freeway on Mercer. Photo: Seattle Municipal Archives.

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Seattle Bike Blog @seattlebikeblog.com · 28/04/2026

But the detail that really got me what when they try to say this happened “without public engagement" even though they know there were years of public engagement about this b/c they were part of it. Below is a chart from a report they were part of detailing a public survey of more than 3K people.

Bar chart showing most respondents (63%) wanting an expanded schedule for Bicycle Weekends.

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Seattle Bike Blog @seattlebikeblog.com · 24/04/2026

In 2015 the city spent $237M rebuilding Mercer to be a 7-lane monster of a street with no transit and only a bike path to go under Aurora (b/c there was no other option). It's all for cars, and traffic on it sucks. This is exactly the point! www.seattlebikeblog.com/2015/05/05/m...

And where do the rest of those 30,000 vehicles go when Denny loses a lane? Mercer? Have you driven Mercer lately? There is no relief valve. You’re just squeezing traffic harder and hoping people give up.

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Seattle Bike Blog @seattlebikeblog.com · 24/04/2026

Won't somebody please think of the car drivers?!? They are always so overlooked, forced to receive nearly all federal and state transportation funding and occupy nearly every inch of road space and use freeways that destroy neighborhoods and store their cars for free on public roadways.

Nobody at that podium spoke for the driver. Not one person represented the commuter sitting on Denny at 5:30 p.m. trying to get home. The entire event was transit advocates talking to transit advocates, celebrating a policy that makes their commute better by making yours worse.

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Seattle Bike Blog @seattlebikeblog.com · 24/04/2026

Oh my god this is too much. Speeding up the county's least reliable bus route is the same as declaring war on cars.

screenshot of a Kiro radio story: Maybe it’s time to stop pretending there’s no war on cars in Seattle

For years, Seattle leaders have assured us there’s no war on cars. The city just doesn’t have the capacity for so many single-occupant vehicles. We need to be realistic about space. We need alternatives. Fair enough. Most of us accepted that.

But at what point do we stop taking that at face value? The mayor has never owned a car. She built her career advocating for Seattle bus lanes. Her first executive order targeted drivers on one of the city’s busiest corridors. Rinck is celebrating that new residents aren’t buying cars. Li told the press conference crowd that the RapidRide G project on Madison Street “convinced drivers to leave their cars at home.” We saw the same philosophy on Eastlake Avenue with the RapidRide J Line. Take road space. Remove options. Squeeze cars into fewer lanes. Then point at the bus.

Is it fair to wonder if maybe, just maybe, the war on cars is real? And the people waging it are now running the city?

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Seattle Bike Blog @seattlebikeblog.com · 18/04/2026

At my parents’ house in St Louis, I found what is probably my last ever purchase from the old Elliott Bay Books in Pioneer Square. I miss that place!

Tree of smoke by denis Johnson with a receipt from March 5, 2010 and a postcard advertising the move to Capitol Hill.

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Seattle Bike Blog @seattlebikeblog.com · 17/04/2026

Visiting family in Missouri, and my kid must be missing home because she just drew an Orca card and reader.

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Seattle Bike Blog @seattlebikeblog.com · 11/04/2026

Page 42: www.seattle.gov/documents/De...

Excerpt of the bicycle facility map of the Seattle transportation plan showing a blue line for proposed bike lanes on Wallingford Ave and a green line in Sunnyside Ave

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Seattle Bike Blog @seattlebikeblog.com · 11/04/2026

The original plan was much better.

Green Lake Boulevard Preliminary Plan shows a complete local roadway loop with no Aurora highway.

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Seattle Bike Blog @seattlebikeblog.com · 06/04/2026

I’ve done it. I took the rain cover off the cargo bike. So if the weather suddenly changes and starts pouring, you can all blame me.

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Seattle Bike Blog @seattlebikeblog.com · 31/03/2026

UPDATE: I rode the new Yesler Way bike lanes with the kid yesterday. For the most part, it was simple and low-stress, just how it should be. Read the story update for more.

A person biking in a two-way bike lane in Pioneer Square.

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Seattle Bike Blog @seattlebikeblog.com · 30/03/2026

We followed the signs to the “Mercer Slough Overlook.” This was it.

A metal ramp on the top level of a parking garage.

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Seattle Bike Blog @seattlebikeblog.com · 30/03/2026

And if you go to the top level of the massive parking garage (paid for with transit dollars), there’s this sad little metal ramp they call a “lookover.” It actually is a nice view. If it’s raining, you can even see exactly how cars ruin waterways:

A drain on a paved area next to a marsh with an oil slick, presumably from runoff that went through the drain

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Seattle Bike Blog @seattlebikeblog.com · 30/03/2026

Hiking through Mercer Slough is also amazing. I’ve biked through on the I-90 Trail of course, but I’ve never hiked near the blueberry farm. So cool. Steps from South Bellevue Station.

A wooden bridge pathway through a wetland.

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Seattle Bike Blog @seattlebikeblog.com · 30/03/2026

My kid’s new favorite spot that is now accessible by light rail: The bike polo court. One minute walk from Judkins Park Station. #SEAbikes #Seattle

A kid in a yellow rain jacket sits on bleachers watching people play bike polo.

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Seattle Bike Blog @seattlebikeblog.com · 12/03/2026

Also, this page says ads are taxed based on where they were served. So does that mean I have to track where all my views are coming from and send relevant portions to each place? Do I have to pay for sales tax on views from other states?

Example 5: Multi-jurisdictional disseminated advertising – location of receipt unknown:

Facts: ADco3, a Washington-based company, sells retail taxable advertising services to Purchaser C for its IT business. Purchaser C contracts to have the advertising disseminated as part of a multistate advertising campaign. Purchaser C pays the contract price of $1 million before any advertising is disseminated. ADco3 does not know where the advertising will be disseminated at the time advertising services are invoiced and billed. ADco3 will not know the locations of use until potential customers enter certain keywords in their browsers and are served related advertising.

Result: Purchaser C receives the advertising services where the advertising is disseminated. ADco3 must report the sale under the retailing B&O tax classification and must collect and remit retail sales tax based on where Purchaser C received the service, if known. ADco3 will source the sale as follows:

If ADco3 is unable to determine where Purchaser C receives the advertising, or if ADco3 and Purchaser C cannot agree on an allocation method, ADco3 should use the address for the purchaser available in its business records, not determined in bad faith.
If ADco3 does not have an address for Purchaser C in its records, ADco may use an address for Purchaser C obtained at the time of sale (e.g., billing address), not determined in bad faith.
Note: ADco3 and Purchaser C may agree to allocate the $1 million selling price for retail sale to multiple locations based on a reasonable and consistent method of determining where the advertising will be disseminated. However, this allocation must be provided by the time of the invoice.

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Seattle Bike Blog @seattlebikeblog.com · 09/03/2026

"On your left." Ha! A+ bikes/politics puns here. While Seattle Bike Blog does not endorse candidates based solely on their use of bike puns in campaign ads, it does give them a significant head start. #SEAbikes

Hannah riding a bike on the Burke-Gilman Trail, passing two people walking. The big text says, "On Your Left."

Hannah clipping her bike helmet while standing next to her bike on a steep uphill in Gas Works Park with text, "But in the 43rd District, we're not intimidated by a hill to climb."

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Seattle Bike Blog @seattlebikeblog.com · 28/02/2026

Hell yeah! Just set a US attendance record for a PWHL game.

Inside a rink. Board says US attendance record 17,335.

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Seattle Bike Blog @seattlebikeblog.com · 28/02/2026

Go Torrent! More bikes locked up outside the arena tonight than I’ve ever seen at a Kraken game.

Inside an arena with hockey players on the ice with the words Sold Out on the big screen.

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Seattle Bike Blog @seattlebikeblog.com · 14/02/2026

Oh hello, 2-Line train to Lynnwood at U District Station.

A sound transit link light rail train labeled 2 line.

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Seattle Bike Blog @seattlebikeblog.com · 10/02/2026

UPDATE: Sound Transit is partnering with @cascade.org Bicycle Club to host a free bike valet outside UW Station from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. So if you want to bike to the station and then take light rail into downtown, Cascade will watch your bike for you.

Street view image of UW Station with an area under the elevated walkway marked as the bike valet area.

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Seattle Bike Blog @seattlebikeblog.com · 06/02/2026

This unsolicited spam email writer typed this while wearing a backwards baseball cap and sitting on a backwards chair. You know, like how us A-players sit in chairs.

Hi there Tom - Your best rep didn't come from a job board.

We let founders find more killer talent by recruiting from private founder networks and top agencies where A-players actually are-pre-vetted.

Worth a chat?

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Seattle Bike Blog @seattlebikeblog.com · 27/01/2026

Critical Mass will dedicate its monthly ride in honor of Alex Pretti. Meets 6:30pm at Westlake the last Friday of every month: www.instagram.com/p/DUAAGMylCom/ Haven't heard anything concrete yet about a Seattle ride Sat to coincide with the Angry Catfish ride in MN: www.instagram.com/p/DT-_YROCe1Q/

Poster with illustration of Alex Pretti's face with biycle helmet. We Ride In Unity. Friday 1/30/2026 6:30pm. Westlake. Ride together. Stand Together.

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