WA may be getting new highways — for bicyclists

While Washington State has been struggling to fund most of its major transportation projects, the chair of the state Senate Transportation Committee says financing a statewide bikeway system is cheap enough to pull off. The project would connect our existing major bike paths across the state—the Burke-Gilman, Palouse to Cascades, Eastrail, and Spokane’s Centennial—for less than $50 million over two years. It’s orders of magnitude cheaper than car infrastructure AND better for our environment.

Unpaywalled link to Seattle Times article
https://archive.ph/1i8I5

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We need this here - investment in bicycling infrastructure.

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https://momentummag.com/paris-cycling-numbers-double/

Where I'll be Feb. 15 with Seattle Bike Blog founder Tom Fucoloro, talking about his book Biking Uphill in the Rain: The Story of Seattle from behind the Handlebars: https://www.squeakywheels.org/2024/01/09/an-evening-with-biking-uphill-in-the-rain-author-and-publisher-of-seattle-bike-blog-tom-fucoloro/.

Please boost if you or any of your connections here are anywhere in the vicinity of Bainbridge Island and Seattle area.

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Talk about recycling! A story about local governments and nonprofit/tribal partners working together in a very smart and creative way to advance a bold trail network.

https://www.seattlebikeblog.com/2023/11/06/parts-of-the-temporary-marion-street-walkway-will-be-repurposed-as-sound-to-pacific-trail-bridges/

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My book release party is August 28 at Elliott Bay Book Company

https://www.seattlebikeblog.com/2023/08/02/my-book-release-party-is-august-28-at-elliott-bay-book-company/

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