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House counterproposal removes e-bike tax, adds Missing Link exemption to Senate funding bill

#SEAbikes #WA

https://www.seattlebikeblog.com/2025/04/22/house-counterproposal-removes-e-bike-tax-adds-missing-link-exemption-to-senate-funding-bill/

Group is riding e-bikes from Seattle to Olympia to urge House to oppose e-bike tax

#SEAbikes #WA

https://www.seattlebikeblog.com/2025/04/21/group-is-riding-e-bikes-from-seattle-to-olympia-to-urge-house-to-oppose-e-bike-tax/

True story: Last night I had a nightmare that I found my car (which I sold in 2009). It has been sitting in a parking lot this whole time and I had just forgotten about it. I tried my key and it worked, so then I had to drive it home and find a place to park it. It was very stressful. So happy to wake up.

Watch: Touring the remade Eastlake Ave from REI to Lakeview Blvd featuring @bestsidecycling

#SEAbikes #Seattle

https://www.seattlebikeblog.com/2025/04/14/watch-touring-the-remade-eastlake-ave-from-rei-to-lakeview-blvd/

Anyone planning to ride the North Cascades Highway this weekend? KUOW wants to talk to you! Let me know and I’ll put you in touch.

Biking is a great option for getting to the Hands Off protest today at Seattle Center. https://www.mobilize.us/handsoff/event/766350/

There’s a bunch of bike racks near the northeast corner of the arena, but you may need to improvise if the crowd is large enough. Bike lane connections have been greatly improved in recent years (see bike map): https://www.seattlebikeblog.com/bike-map/

Flow chart answers the question: Should I honk my car horn?

#SEAbikes #Seattle

https://www.seattlebikeblog.com/2025/03/28/flow-chart-answers-the-question-should-i-honk-my-car-horn/

Real Seattleites don’t honk

Already facing uncertainty from Trump's tariff threats, an e-bike tax 'would be awful' for Washington's struggling bike shops

#SEAbikes #WA

https://www.seattlebikeblog.com/2025/03/26/already-facing-uncertainty-from-trumps-tariff-threats-an-e-bike-tax-would-be-awful-for-washingtons-struggling-bike-shops/

Ballard Missing Link opponents appear panicked over bill to stop their endless SEPA obstruction + Why a state exemption is appropriate

#SEAbikes #Seattle

https://www.seattlebikeblog.com/2025/03/21/ballard-missing-link-opponents-appear-panicked-over-bill-to-stop-their-endless-sepa-obstruction-why-a-state-exemption-is-appropriate/

30 Car-Free Days Challenge:

Sell your Tesla (or any other car) for cash, not trade-in
Invest a fraction of that cash into an everyday bicycle
Invest in quality rain gear
Get an ORCA card
Get the Transit App
Experiment, explore and have fun

Sell your Tesla (or any other car) and take the 30 Car-Free Days Challenge

#SEAbikes #Seattle #TeslaTakedown

https://www.seattlebikeblog.com/2025/03/20/sell-your-tesla-or-any-other-car-and-take-the-30-car-free-days-challenge/

Bill to exempt the Ballard Missing Link from state environmental laws will get Senate hearing Friday

Example cross-section for the ready-to-build design on Shilshole Ave NW, from SDOT. The state legislature may step in and finally end the Ballard Missing Link's legal rats nest by exempting the city's trail plan from the State Environmental Policy Act ("SEPA"). The House has already passed HB 1814, and now the Senate is scheduled to hold a hearing about it Friday…

https://www.seattlebikeblog.com/2025/03/19/bill-to-exempt-the-ballard-missing-link-from-state-environmental-laws-will-get-senate-hearing-friday/

Me, an idiot: I would like to host a website so I can write about bicycling.
Bots: Saddle up, legion, we got a juicy one! We will hit this bike blog relentlessly until it falls to our web request onslaught. Once we have crushed it, we will collect the spoils of our attack & put them in a database where thousands of video game graphics cards will evaporate dessert lakes in order to spew out chunks of half-true text to people who haven't yet figured out how to disable that annoying new AI feature!

Fighting bots as a mediocre web server admin in 2025 feels like fighting sugar ants that found your kitchen. You clean, you secure all your food items, you find their entry points and block them, but they always find a new way in and discover some crumbs the whole army can feast on.

Car culture breaks people's brains. People are responsible for their cars regardless of intent. There is no other way a person could kill a middle schooler and not even be arrested. This family deserves justice.

“The way (Seattle police) approached them, explained things, was like, ‘Move on. This is an accident. Accidents happen,’” said Ajema.

https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/law-justice/after-crash-kills-washington-middle-school-student-parents-seek-answers/

Balk: Car ownership keeps dropping in Seattle

#SEAbikes #Seattle

https://www.seattlebikeblog.com/2025/03/14/balk-car-ownership-keeps-dropping-in-seattle/

Early data shows Seattle halved pedestrian deaths and had zero bicycling deaths in 2024

https://www.seattlebikeblog.com/2025/03/06/early-data-shows-seattle-halved-pedestrian-deaths-and-had-zero-bicycling-deaths-in-2024/

#Seattle #SEAbikes

Waterfront bikeway will open with a March 8 celebration and bike ride

https://www.seattlebikeblog.com/2025/02/28/waterfront-bikeway-will-open-with-a-march-8-celebration-and-bike-ride/

#Seattle #SEAbikes