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Seattle Times: Cyclists need “more than paint” for safety

Michael van Baker — Fri, 03 May 2013 18:53:18 +0000

Writes Martin: "The Downtown Seattle Association has joined with SDOT and King County Metro on Commute Seattle, which promotes better commute options into downtown, including a cycle track. Business support will be critical, because a cycle track will likely come at the cost of on-street parking."

Op-Ed: In-City Bicycling is Not a Road Race (cc: SDOT)

Michael van Baker — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 19:30:20 +0000

In 1992, 20 percent of cyclists downtown were women. By 2011, total cyclists had increased 200 percent, but only 22 percent of the 3,330 bicyclists spotted in a one-day count were women. In a city with as many outdoorsy women as Seattle boasts--trust me, REI membership is not 22 percent female--that's not an accident. It's a discriminatory by-product.

Uff Da! Ballard Defies Trend Toward Cycling on Safer Streets

Michael van Baker — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 17:51:38 +0000

They may well be popular in Ballard, too, but at a recent greenways open house, "several" of the 100 audience members were upset about the plan, reported MyBallard. Sample comment: "Neither SDOT, McGinn, nor the bicycle mafia could care less what the community thinks. They are hell bent on ruining the city for drivers, and will stop at nothing to do it."

Are Seattle Cyclists Colliding with City Policy?

Michael van Baker — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 19:02:21 +0000

Using data from Seattle's department of transportation, the Times' Justin Mayo has created a Tableau map of more than 1, 800 collisions involving a bicycle from 2007 to 2011. My own infographic skills are not up to dropping an overlay of Seattle's bike lanes on this map, but glance back and forth and tell me if you see what I think I see.