Study: Recreation cycling in Washington generates $3.1 billion for state’s...
WSDOT Director Lynn Peterson talks bike tourism at the 2014 WA Bikes Gala and Auction Biking is good for the state’s economy. It’s one of those ideas that seems fairly obvious, but we haven’t really...
View ArticleBike Jobs: Development Director at Bike Works + 2 at Cascade
Did you know that the bicycle industry in Europe has created 650,000 jobs? That’s more than the continent’s mining and quarrying industry, and more than the number of people employed by the Big 3 US...
View Article3rd Annual Spoke & Food coming to a restaurant in your neighborhood Tuesday
Spoke & Food is a brilliant event that brings bikes, local dining and local non-profit fundraising together. All you have to do is bike to the participating restaurant near you for dinner Tuesday...
View ArticleYou have to ride to work this week to get counted
This week is not the week to take a break from bike commuting. SDOT is conducting their bicycle and pedestrian counts May 10-12, according to the SDOT Blog. So if you want to get counted, you gotta...
View ArticleBikenomics: I spend more money on the military than on my bicycle
I have a terrible, dirty little secret. Even though I depend on my bicycle as my primary means of transportation and spend my days writing about bicycles on this blog, I spend more money on war than on...
View ArticleBikenomics: Biking is as fast as driving
Many people have tried to calculate the “true” cost of driving, and the resulting numbers can vary dramatically. Before even attempting to add the costs up, one needs to figure what should even be...
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