Here are a few. We will add more as the Viaduct Closure looms and Bike Everywhere Month approaches.
West shoreline route, flat and scenic, from Alki Point.
White Center, as flat as it can be, with a hill between Puget Ridge and Pigeon Point down to the Spokane St Bridge.
Alki to Downtown
Downtown to Alki
Pioneer Square to Arbor Heights Direct [this is shortest route, but hilly, with a tough hill southbound from SW Alaska St up to Mt St Vincent]
If you have a fave, feel free to offer it up!
Avoid the Viaduct closure traffic jams! Test ride a bike commute route this Sunday, April 24 at 9:00 am.
If you or people you know are interested, but uncertain, come join us and try it out! If you ride a bike while Bertha has the viaduct shut down, you can save a seat on a bus or a car space on the road for someone who really needs it, while you get some exercise and save some time. Any bike in working order can do the job for your 30 to 45 minute ride. It does not take special clothes or anything much else besides a lock and a place to secure your bike while you are at work.
Meet Al Jackson at Lowman Beach Park on Beach Drive, or Bob Winship at Thriftway in Morgan Junction or ~9:20 at California and Alaska at the bike corral in front of Starbucks at the WS Junction.
Ride at a stay-together social pace into Pioneer Square and the 2nd Avenue protected bike lanes. And back!
Details in our Events Calendar.
We can also give you custom bike route advice, and have a few volunteers willing to be your bike buddy for a weekday morning or evening commute. Ask here or on our Facebook page, or email us at westseattlebikeconnections@gmail.com
“It was almost exactly 3 years ago that we first reported a Viaduct closure was possible when the tunneling machine went beneath it”
Three years went by so fast! Bertha went so slow. But this is just in time for Bike Month (May). So, if some more people are able to take bikes to downtown it will free up bus seats and help a bit with car traffic. West Seattle Bike Connections and West Seattle Cyclery will lead some guided rides. 30 to 40 minutes to downtown from most places in West Seattle, and the viaduct closure will not change that. We’ll announce ride times and places on our website and Facebook pages, and so will West Seattle Cyclery. Usually in May there are 1,000 to 1,200 daily bike crossings counted on the Spokane St Bridge. Maybe we can double that this year and make a difference.
If you are interested in leading or in taking a guided ride: where from? Best time for you?
http://westseattleblog.com/…/breaking-alaskan-way-viaducts…/
Good news tonight: WSBC member Joe Laubach has been selected to serve on the Move Seattle levy Oversight Committee!
Here is what we said in recommending him:
Joe will bring a balanced perspective on movement of people and goods in Seattle, with financial abilities the committee can use for oversight of Move Seattle’s progress.
We know Joe from involvement in creation of safer streets for people of all ages and abilities to walk and ride bikes in West Seattle and the Duwamish manufacturing and industrial area. Joe rides a bike to his job as an accountant at a Port of Seattle shipping company tenant, often with a stop to drop his daughter off at daycare. He understands first hand the the safety and connectivity challenges and importance of moving freight and people on bikes through the same corridors.
Joe’s family has made a personal commitment to sustainable transportation, and they are working to make it safe and attractive for others, generously sharing their time and expertise.
Joe lives in and is fully engaged in one of Seattle’s most diverse neighborhoods for income, race and ethnicity. He will bring a good perspective of the issues of equity for our transportation spending.
Joe approaches advocacy, and people in general, in a friendly and cooperative manner, working well with others. We think you will find him a great asset to oversight of Move Seattle.
