Mar 27, 2012 | Bike/Ped Advocacy, Cycling
Advocates for Bike and Pedestrian Programs Go to Washington D.C. The annual National Bike Summit convened in Washington, DC last week. Summit participants met with members of Congress and were addressed by Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood and leaders of the...
Mar 19, 2012 | Cycling, Featured
“Bike to Work Day” is Friday, May 18. WABI Burien will be participating with local organizations in sponsoring “Bike to Work Day”, providing incentives and both tangible and rah-rah support of those that take off on two wheels to get themselves...
Mar 17, 2012 | Walk-n-Talk, Walking
(From the notice for the December 4, 2012 Walk-n-Talk.) Have you toured Burien’s Mathison Park yet? This Sunday, December 4, the monthly Walk-n-Talk will begin at Burien Town Square and walk over to Mathison Park, with a guided tour by Eric Mathison. (The total,...
Mar 16, 2012 | Cycling, Featured
Out for a ride one sunny afternoon, I saw the Future Cyclists of Burien out on a string of two-wheelers.
Mar 16, 2012 | Featured, Walk-n-Talk, Walking
(Originally Posted March 4, 2012) Hey, it may have been a bit chilly, but it was dry! (We had much warmer weather for our walks on January 1 and February 5.) It’s the beginning of March and it was time to go for another Walk-n-Talk. We met up at Burien Town...
Mar 16, 2012 | Featured, Walk-n-Talk, Walking
(Originally Posted February 5, 2012) Today was the seventh, monthly Walk-n-Talk here in Burien; 38 people and 3 dogs came to join the stroll! Of the walkers, 1 person was visiting from Salt Lake City, a family came from Phinney Ridge and others routinely come from...
Mar 16, 2012 | Featured, Walk-n-Talk, Walking
(Originally Posted January 2, 2012) Forty-one people showed up under unusually warm, blue skies for the Walk-n-Talk on New Year’s Day! Wow! Rainier was out. It was like a springtime day as people gathered on Town Square’s grassy knoll, having come from...
Mar 16, 2012 | Featured, Walk-n-Talk, Walking
(Originally Posted October 2, 2011) We’re just a bunch of folks, of various ages and abilities and speeds, out for a nice walk together. We show up once a month, whomever wants to amble on two feet, and we go from here to there in Volksmarch fashion. Today we...
Mar 16, 2012 | Featured, Walk-n-Talk, Walking
(Originally Posted September 5, 2011) How dreamy to stroll under clear blue skies on a warm September afternoon, with neighbors from near and far. We had our second monthly Walk-n-Talk yesterday with a dozen two-footed walkers and three four-footed walkers, Lulu,...
Mar 16, 2012 | Featured, Walk-n-Talk, Walking
(Originally Posted August 8, 2011) People came in ones, twos and threes and gathered on the grassy knoll in the center of Burien’s Town Square. Mothers and daughters. Couples. Clusters of friends. A man and his dog. And people traveled from other towns just to...
Mar 16, 2012 | Featured, Walk-n-Talk, Walking
Put on your comfy shoes and come for a casual Walk-n-Talk with friends and neighbors. On the first Sunday of every month, meet up at Burien Town Square with friends, old and new. Enjoy conversations and a walk through town. Grab a local coffee or snack before or after...
