City of Seattle Conducts Bicycle Survey
Grand Street: Texting by moriza (Flickr)
The City of Seattle is working on a Bike Master Plan to help complete Seattle’s
piecemeal bicycle network. To help target their efforts, the city is taking a survey of bicyclists (link is on the right side of the page, launches a popup window)
to find out where the best and worst intersections, railroad crossings, and bike
routes in Seattle are.
If you’re a Seattle bicyclist, please take this survey! Me, I’m not (yet) cause I’m afraid of getting run over…my usual transportation tactics are walk, sk8, bus or mooch rides from friends.
Other resources on the City’s site include Bicycle Maps and information on the Bike Program, Urban Trails System, Bike Racks, Bicycle Spot Improvement Program, Trail Etiquette, Traffic Codes and more! If you’re really gung-ho you could try to get on the Seattle Bicycle Advisory Board. Or, if you’re of a more dissenting nature, there’s always Seattle’s chapter of Critical Mass, the group that rides together during peak commuting time to take back the roads from vehicular traffic, or to quote their “what & why” section:
on the last friday of every month in over 100 cities around the world cyclists congregate together to ride in demonstration and in celebration. critical mass has no leaders and no set agenda and people come together to ride for many different reasons.
just a few of those reasons are…
to assert cyclists right to the road, to promote bikes as a fun, healthy, viable alternative to cars, to build a greater sense of community, to get more folks on bikes, or simply to celebrate bike love and ride in solidarity with other like minded individuals and have some fun!
overall the ride is what you make it! - SeattleCriticalMass.org
