Show threadBarbChamberlainOct 2, 2024

#WeekWithoutDriving Day 3: Biked 8.5 mi for an all-day meeting. Delighted to see another bike parked out front when I arrived. Later I'll ride to Olympia Center for a class, then home.

Again had bike lanes for nearly 100% of my route. Thank you City of Olympia! And Tumwater too.

https://weekwithoutdriving.org

#BikeEverywhere #BikeLife #BikeLove #Undriving #MultimodalLife #BikeTooter #transportation #infrastructure #BikeOLY

Week Without Driving

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BarbChamberlainSep 30, 2024

#WeekWithoutDriving Day 1: Biked to downtown Olympia for a meeting, then later I'll ride to HQ for work, to Olympia Center for a class, and home.

https://weekwithoutdriving.org

Edited to add: Had bike lanes for the vast majority of my route. Even "just paint" helps when the network is connected and drivers expect you. Yay for abundant bike racks in downtown Olympia too!

#BikeEverywhere #BikeLife #BikeLove #Undriving #MultimodalLife #BikeTooter #transportation #infrastructure #BikeOLY #BikeParking

Week Without Driving

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Show threadBarbChamberlainApr 20, 2024

Day 20 #30DaysOfBiking: Rode sweep for my neighborhood group participating in the Earth Day Market Ride. Absolutely gorgeous day in the morning for it! http://bikestylespokane.com/2024/04/20/earth-day-market-ride-2024/

#cycling #BikeTooter #WhyWeRide #FarmersMarket #BikeHappy #BuyLocal #BikeEvents #community #BikeOLY #OlympiaWA

Earth Day Market Ride 2024

What a gorgeous day for the annual event! Unlike last year’s somewhat gray day, this year we got blue skies, sunshine, and warming temperatures. I kept up my streak for #30DaysOfBiking, which…

Bike Style Life
Show threadBarbChamberlainApr 20, 2024
Day 19 #30DaysOfBiking: Sunny ride to the farmstand again. Absolutely LOVE our neighborhood location! Parks, water, farms, good bakery, my doctor offices and downtown all an easy walk or bike ride. It's a 15-minute city by bike-- well, 17 to the doc, farther to my hairdresser, but all bikeable or I could take transit 5 minutes from my front door. So lucky!
#BicyclesChangeLives #BikeEverywhere #BikeTooter #neighborhood #OlympiaWA #BikeOLY
Show threadBarbChamberlainApr 14, 2024

Day 14 #30DaysOfBiking: Rode over to a friend's house to share some fresh baked muffins, then down to the Olympia Farmers Market to buy a lot of tomato and pepper plants. I know I still need to keep them covered but I couldn't wait. What a gorgeous day for a ride! Saw plenty of people out there agreeing with me.

#BikeTooter #BikeEverywhere #BikeLove #BikeOLY #FarmersMarket #gardening

Show threadBarbChamberlainApr 14, 2024
Day 12 #30DaysOfBiking: Rode home via Wayside Vegan Cafe in downtown Olympia, where I stopped for some delicious takeout.
Day 13: A quick helmet-free jaunt to the nearest Little Free Library to drop off a couple of books. Love this one; it's called Barbara's Book Barn and it's on my route to Squaxin Park. Breeze in my hair was awesome too.
#BikeTooter #LittleFreeLibraries #books #BikeHappy #BikeOLY #BikeEverywhere
Show threadBarbChamberlainApr 11, 2024

Day 10 #30DaysOfBiking: Had to write about the many friendly moments in today's riding. http://bikestylespokane.com/2024/04/10/go-ahead-make-my-day/

#BikeTooter #cycling #BikeHappy #ModalManners #neighbors #friendly #BikeFriendly #BikeOLY #OlyWA

Go Ahead, Make My Day

This post isn’t about what you think it is. It has nothing to do with Clint Eastwood, Dirty Harry, or hand guns. Or anime, for that matter, if you’re thinking of a different movie/TV re…

Bike Style Life
Show threadBarbChamberlainApr 5, 2024

Day 4 #30DaysOfBiking: To the office today. Midday quick jaunt for takeout sushi took me through the luscious scent of honeysuckle in the gardens I get to ride through. Rode home in cooler temps after an interesting evening talk by Julie Ratner WalkAboutWithJulie.com on how trees communicate and the health benefits of time in the forest. Ever listened to a tree's electrical impulses turned into music? Love Oly Parks/Rec classes.

#BikeTooter #BikeOLY #trees #honeysuckle #OlyWA #BikeSmells

BarbChamberlainJan 28, 2024
I'm currently reading Biking Uphill in the Rain by Tom Fucoloro on Seattle's history through the perspective of bicycling. The book reflects an enormous amount of archival research. That makes me appreciate this snippet by Emmett O'Connell someone just shared from Olympia cycling history. https://olympiahistory.org/site-of-carlyon-racetrack-and-velodromesunset-life/?fbclid=IwAR2ELJ0Klz1IJE90Rr7VcVkd3MSZ5UEYy0YdR-JLIRQx42epDs9ZULY64nw And this by Andy Rosser https://rosserchiro.com/olympia-velodrome/?fbclid=IwAR2hn7U5Nyoj-bGDGaKrBUDE_W0GBKmP3_IDL64imIhN12LlK8CJQSAvwOY, who says their article has an error because the track was hardwood not Douglas fir. #BikeHistory #BikeTooter #OlympiaWA #BikeOLY
Sunset Life building (Capitol Boulevard)/Site of Carlyon Racetrack and Velodrome

Location: 3138 Capitol Blvd SE Wohleb, Mid-Century Modern Velodrome at Carlyon Park, 1890-1900 Photograph courtesy of Washington State Historical  Society Sunset Life building today (2012) Photo from Department of Archaeology and Historic Preservation The boundary between Olympia and Tumwater on Capitol Boulevard was not fully determined until well into the 20th century. Just before the…

Olympia Historical Society and Bigelow House Museum
BarbChamberlainJan 12, 2024

Testified at Senate Transportation Committee today about WSDOT Active Transportation Division programs funded by Climate Commitment Act along with other WSDOT programs. Recording from TVW https://tvw.org/video/senate-transportation-2024011099/

Parking note: Zelda was not the only bike on the capitol campus today.

[Edit to add post about the ride http://bikestylespokane.com/2024/01/11/first-ride-of-2024/]

#BikeParking #parking #BikeParkingIsParking #BikeOly #OlympiaWA

#WSDOTActive #WAleg #transportation #BikeTooter #SafeRoutesNow

Senate Transportation - TVW

Work Session: Move Ahead Washington transportation funding package update.

TVW