It’s (well past) time for the Bike News Roundup! Here’s a look at some of the stuff floating around the interwebs recently.
First up, it’s a good thing Pronto Cycle Share Executive Director Holly Houser is in a rock band, because I would hate for our bike share system’s theme song to be this bad:
OK, fine, after listening to it again, it’s stuck in my head. You win this one, overly-literal bike-loving K-pop song! ♫ More beautiful town or city with bicycles! ♫
Pacific Northwest News:
This Weekend’s Nightmare Traffic: Why Won’t Our Leaders Build Light Rail Faster? | Slog
2-year-old boy struck, killed by mom’s van in Kennewick | KOMO News
Redmond man hit by car says intersection is unsafe | KOMO News
Bikes Are Blooming in Wenatchee | Washington Bikes
Let’s Bury I-5: Redux | The Northwest Urbanist – OMG YES
The closing of sidewalks: Will Seattle construction cause casualties? – Strange Bedfellows
Seattle’s $28 Million Hole | Sightline Daily – This missing building is a big reason why this part of downtown feels like a rare dead zone in an otherwise bustling area (especially after business hours). Interesting how in a dense downtown a single vacant block can sap so much energy.
Happy 100th to the Snoqualmie Tunnel » Biking Bis
Witnesses: Child on Bike Struck in Crosswalk at Busy Snoqualmie Ridge Intersection – Living Snoqualmie
PROS: Perimeter Ride of Seattle | Washington Bikes
Bike Commuter Confessions | Brian’s Brain – If everyone thought this introspectively about their traffic mistakes, the world would be a much better and safer place.
SDOT Blog » More Cyclists Using the Broadway Protected Bike Lane Each Day
Dicking Around | Strava Route – In case you wanted to bike to every Dick’s Drive-In in Seattle, someone mapped the route for you.
Better Eastside Rail | Seattle Transit Blog
#I90to1 keeps on truckin’ – The WSDOT blog
Let’s Build Rail to West Seattle (Option A6) | Seattle Transit Blog – Yes! This option would also work very well for planned bike connections. I’m already imagining options to meet the huge demand for secure bike parking at Delridge Station…
City drops 84 bike parking spaces into East Portland parking lots – BikePortland.org – Here’s an interesting way to deal with those out-dated and car-centric parking-surrounded shopping centers: Portland will give property owners free bike racks if they provide space for them.
The C Is for Crank: Carpocalypse Never | Seattle Met – “It’s impossible for words to describe what is necessary to those who do not know what horror means. Horror… Horror has a face… and you must make a friend of horror.“
A Downtown School Just Dropped in Seattle’s Lap | Sightline Daily
SDOT Blog » City launches program to address impacts from construction surge
Wildfires close cross-state bicycle routes in Washington state » Biking Bis
Friday Jolt: Seattle Developers Building Less Parking | Seattle Met
PubliPola: Regressive Taxes for Buses? | Seattle Met
Slow Ride Speed Date: Meet your match on two wheels | Hub and Bespoke Blog
The “No Drop” Rule | Washington Bikes – If you say it, you gotta actually do it.
New Blind Staircase in Front of Husky Stadium | Cascade Bicycle Club – Anyone else had this issue?
A New Safe Route to School! » Seattle Neighborhood Greenways
Bikes Are Blooming in Wenatchee | Washington Bikes
Photo by airjacksonnoise – from the annual Point 83 Running of the Bulls
Don’t do this on the First Hill Streetcar tracks | CHS Capitol Hill Seattle
Seeing business upsides, Old Town retailers propose protected bike lanes on 2nd, 3rd – BikePortland.org
Menstrual Monday · Girls of Summer Round 4 – Wrap-up and Results
RapidRide use is way up | The Today File | Seattle Times
Mayor Proposes Funding Night Owls, Deferring Ship Canal Study | Seattle Transit Blog
Women Bike: Riding while having your period | Cascade Bicycle Club
Create Adventure: Lopez Island Bike Camping | Washington Bikes
Improving Bicycling for Everyone | The Northwest Urbanist
Deadly pursuit led to 1-day suspension for Bothell officer | HeraldNet.com
Capitol Hill pollinator pathway would create 11th Ave route for neighborhood bees, butterflies | CHS Capitol Hill Seattle
‘Green Light District’ turns 22nd/Roxbury crosswalk into keyboard | West Seattle Blog
Chow Bio by Sarah Galvin – The Stranger – Bikes and coffee!
Hitting and killing a cyclist? That’ll be $175 | Crosscut.com
Let’s Build The Ballard Spur! | Seattle Transit Blog
Spokespeople - Colorful photos from West Seattle Bike Connections STP ride - Bike from Seattle to Portland? Sounds hard. It’s way easier to bike from SW Seattle St to SW Portland St…
Halftime show! Some happy images from a Bike Works bike rodeo at NewHolly:
National & Global News:
Bikers protest conditions for bicycles in wake of deadly St. Louis hit-and-run : STL Today
Oklahoma City to add 62 miles of bicycle lanes | KOCO.com
How Low-Income Commuters View Cycling – CityLab
Other Cities Look to Tear Down Their Old Highways, But Not Denver | Streetsblog USA
How Ciclovias Can Unfreeze Streets | League of American Bicyclists
Want to breathe as little pollution as possible? Pedal at exactly 11 mph – BikePortland.org
Citi Bike Poised for a Big Infusion of Cash – WSJ – An Alta buyout in the works?
NY Court Just Made It Easier For Drivers To Get Away With Murder: Gothamist
Contraflow Bike Lanes Finally Get Nod From U.S. Engineering Establishment | Streetsblog USA
St. Louis to Pedestrians: Drop Dead | Streetsblog.net
Hit-and-run victim investigates, solves own crime | KING5.com Seattle
What’s the Best Way to Make Biking Mainstream in a Car-Centric City? | Streetsblog USA
Why cars remain so appealing even in cities with decent public transit – The Washington Post
San Francisco to Study Lowering Speed Limit to 20 mph | KQED News Fix
Study: bike lanes save money and lives | Al Jazeera America
3 Ways LeBron Can Help Get Cleveland Biking | Streetsblog USA
‘Rolling coal’, deemed illegal by the EPA, enjoys 15 minutes of fame – BikePortland.org – Good thing my bike is rigged to emit questionably legal amounts of joy.
Why Bikes Make Smart People Say Dumb Things — Medium
Skyrocketing airline fees for bicycles » Biking Bis
Bicycling: Relatively Safe | streets.mn
FHWA: Bike-Ped Investments Pay Off By Cutting Traffic and Improving Health | Streetsblog USA
Bike Share’s Gender Gap | League of American Bicyclists
CU study finds more bicycles on the road lead to fewer accidents – 7NEWS Denver
371 City Leaders Ask Boxer For More Local Control Over Bike/Ped Money | Streetsblog USA
7 Photos Show How Detroit Hollowed Out During the Highway Age | Streetsblog USA
8 Monster Interchanges That Blight American Cities | Streetsblog USA – We made it on the list! (oh wait, that’s a bad thing…)
This is an open thread.