Mar 11, 2013 | Bike/Ped Advocacy, Cycling, Walking
Get ready. There’s something exciting coming to town. We WABI-ists have been fussing behind the scenes for months now, planning something so big that it will extend from one end of the city to the other. (Pretty fabulous! Just sayin’…) This will make both...
Jan 2, 2013 | Art Walks, Bike/Ped Advocacy, Bike/Ped Count, City of Burien, Cycling, Cycling Event, Cycling Resources, Featured, Health & Well-Being, Other Local Walks, Parks & Trails, Walk-n-Talk, Walking, Walking Event
Our new year is starting out with some beautiful days to get out on two feet and two wheels! Blue skies, sunshine and brisk, fresh air. Time for a nice walk or a ride. Happy New Year to all the WABI-ists… all of you that are involved or interested in WABI Burien,...
Dec 12, 2012 | Bike/Ped Advocacy, Cycling, Cycling Resources, Featured
Help Improve Bicycling in the Puget Sound Region! The Puget Sound Regional Council, together with researchers from the University of Washington’s Department of Urban Design and Planning, are working to better understand how to plan for the needs of bicyclists. You can...
Nov 28, 2012 | Bike/Ped Advocacy, Cycling, Cycling Resources, Walking
Later this month, the Washington State Transportation Commission will conduct a new statewide survey on transportation taxation options, priorities and other topics utilizing over 17,000 Washington State residents who are part of the Voice Of Washington State (VOWS)...
Sep 25, 2012 | Bike/Ped Advocacy, Bike/Ped Count, City of Burien, Cycling, Cycling Event, Featured, Walking, Walking Event
Bike/Ped count day number one got started today with overcast skies, but ended with sunshine and bright blue overhead. “WABI-ist” counting volunteers showed up at their designated intersections around Burien for their two-hour shifts. A total of...
Sep 17, 2012 | Bike/Ped Advocacy, Bike/Ped Count, City of Burien, Cycling, Cycling Resources, Featured, Walking
The Annual Bicycle and Pedestrian Count will be taken at locations throughout Washington State in nearly 40 jurisdictions, including Burien. Data collected from these counts will be used to monitor success in increasing bicycle and pedestrian travel as identified in...
Sep 17, 2012 | Bike/Ped Advocacy, Cycling, Cycling Resources, Health & Well-Being
“An intriguing new trend is emerging in some communities: bicycle-friendly business districts (BFBDs). A handful of cities have created or are exploring the creation of BFBDs,” states the web site, Transportation Issues Daily. Read the article by April...
Sep 6, 2012 | Cycling, Cycling Event, Featured, Health & Well-Being
The American Lung Association celebrates 30 years of cycling in Washington with its inaugural Ride Around the Sound bicycle ride on September 15 – a fantastic century ride around the scenic Puget Sound. There are 100, 88, 75 and 45 mile routes, plus a Family...
Aug 23, 2012 | Bike/Ped Advocacy, Cycling, Cycling Resources, Featured, Health & Well-Being, Walking
Pro Walk/Pro Bike® 2012: Pro Place is the leading international conference on walking, bicycling, and creating great communities through Placemaking. Register today to take advantage of the best rate and the conference’s more than 100 program sessions, mobile...
Aug 17, 2012 | Cycling, Cycling Event, Featured
Just in time for the cooler temperatures we’re supposed to see this Sunday, we will be doing what will likely be our last daytime* Bike SaFaRi (Safe Family Ride) of the year. We plan to re-ride last month’s route to North Seatac Park because we were so...
Aug 12, 2012 | Cycling, Cycling Event, Featured
Come get “creamed” for good causes! You haven’t laughed this hard or had this much fun in ages…really! It’s “good clean fun”, (except for the creamy mess left behind). The Pie Joust is basically a whipped cream splatter...
Aug 12, 2012 | Cycling, Cycling Event
Just a reminder that the Cycle the WAVE ride is coming up on Sunday, September 16, 2012. Have you registered? Have you picked your route and ride partner? Have you been training? Cycle the WAVE (Women Against Violence Everywhere), is a sponsored, non-competitive,...
Jul 14, 2012 | Cycling, Cycling Event, Featured
WABI Burien’s Bike SaFaRi series continues this Sunday! Bike SaFaRis – “Safe Family Rides” – are monthly bike rides for young riders and parents, as well as those without children, that simply want to increase their cycling skills. There...
Jul 1, 2012 | Cycling, Cycling Event, Featured
Cyclists will race through downtown Burien on the morning of the Fourth of July. The 37th Annual Joe Matava Memorial Classic Criterium & WA State Juniors Criterium Championship will be held before the 88th Annual Independence Day Parade in Burien on Wednesday, the...
Jun 18, 2012 | Cycling, Cycling Event
Many thanks to the B-Town Blog for reporting on and posting this video of WABI Burien’s Father’s Day Bike SaFaRi. “The ride started at the Wild Strawberry Festival in Town Square Park and looped north through quiet neighborhoods and parks for a...
Jun 14, 2012 | Cycling, Cycling Event, Walking Event
The Burien Babes & Toddlers Meetup Group has let WABI know about a “wheeled meetup” on July 12. Here’s the information from their notice: Join us for some fun bike riding. Bring your helmets and transportation and meet us at Marvista Elementary...
Jun 13, 2012 | Cycling, Cycling Event, Featured
Cycle the WAVE (Women Against Violence Everywhere), is a sponsored, non-competitive, all-women’s cycling event, Sunday September 16th, 2012. It is a venue created for women of all ages and fitness levels to experience camaraderie, increase awareness of domestic...
Jun 13, 2012 | Cycling, Cycling Event, Featured
Take the family on a Father’s Day bike ride on the second Burien Bike SaFaRi of 2012, Sunday, June 17. The ride will follow a quiet, flat, 3.5 mile loop that connects Burien’s Town Square with several parks, community spaces, and schools to the north. A...
May 21, 2012 | Bike/Ped Advocacy, Cycling, Cycling Resources, Health & Well-Being
The Dutch Cycling Embassy facilitates cycling worldwide as the most modern, efficient and sustainable means of transportation by sharing their expertise and technology as the world’s number one cycling country. Watch their inspiring and informative video. It will...
May 20, 2012 | Cycling, Cycling Event, Featured
Photographer Michael Brunk, (nwlens.com), master image-maker for the B-Town Blog, took delivery of the new, two-wheeled blogmobile just in time for Burien Bike Day. He toted cameras around Town Square and on the WABI Bike SaFaRi, giving his new wheels a spin. All...
May 19, 2012 | Cycling, Cycling Event, Featured, Health & Well-Being
Friday, May 18, was the first Burien Bike Day, and it was a rolling success! Presented by WABI Burien, (our local Walk/Bike Organization), Burien Bike Day overlapped National Bike Day and Bike to Work Day, encouraging people to choose a bike for commuting, running...
May 13, 2012 | Cycling, Cycling Event, Featured
Friday May 18th is National Bike Day. Last year, over 20,000 people in the Seattle metro area took to the streets on bicycles, pedaling their way to work, school, and the store on Bike Day. For Bike Day this year, newly formed Walk/Bike Burien (WABI) is challenging...
May 7, 2012 | Cycling, Featured
How could a cool, rusty, old bike like this NOT catch the eye!? This old bike was just leaning against the fence near the street in one of Burien’s neighborhoods. Was it put there for “quaint decoration”? It reminds me of its now 72-year-old twin...
May 5, 2012 | Cycling, Featured, Walking Event
In order to help you get ready for Burien Bike Day on Friday, May 18th and the warmer weather that we know is around the corner, WABI has teamed up with Bicycles West to offer a FREE Bicycling 101 Class for those who want to learn or review what they need to...
May 4, 2012 | Bike/Ped Advocacy, Cycling, Cycling Resources, Featured
Bravo to Burien’s Brooks Stanfield, our “WABI Burien” President. He and his family are featured in this GREAT VIDEO by Cascade Bike Club, talking about cycling and raising their kids on two wheels. Fabulous. Video direct...
May 3, 2012 | Bike/Ped Advocacy, Cycling, Cycling Resources
We just heard about the efforts of a local group “Bicycles for Humanity, Seattle”, (B4HS) and want to pass on information about their purpose and activities. Here are excerpts from their web site: Bicycles for Humanity, Seattle (B4HS) Bicycles for...
Apr 30, 2012 | Cycling, Cycling Event, Featured, Health & Well-Being
WABI Burien’s Bike SaFaRis – “Safe Family Rides” – are monthly bike rides for young riders and parents, as well as those without children, that simply want to increase their cycling skills. There have been little ones riding in...
Apr 19, 2012 | Art Walks, Bike/Ped Advocacy, Cycling, Cycling Resources, Health & Well-Being, Parks & Trails, Walk-n-Talk, Walking
We’re on a roll! We’re up and running (or walking, at least). We, at WABI Burien, made our official announcement today letting the local world know that we’re stirring things up to create a rich walk/bike community. We sent out our Press Release and...
Apr 19, 2012 | Bike/Ped Advocacy, Cycling, Cycling Resources, Health & Well-Being
From PeopleForBikes.org here’s a feel-good, celebratory video (below) about how bikes make life better!
Apr 19, 2012 | Bike/Ped Advocacy, Cycling, Cycling Resources, Health & Well-Being
This video, from Cascade Bicycle Club, brings a smile about the joy of being on two wheels:
Apr 19, 2012 | Cycling
This just in from “Kidical Mass”, a fun, safe, easy-going, and law-abiding family bike ride for kids of all ages. It started circa 2008 in Eugene, Oregon, and has since spread to other bikey burgs, like Seattle! “In time for Pedalers’ Fair this...
Apr 19, 2012 | Cycling, Featured
The snazzy Burien Bike Day Poster is complete and ready to post around town. If you’d like to print one of your very own, to hang in your store window, office or home, CLICK HERE (or on the image below) to download the 8.5 x 11″ size PDF.
Apr 12, 2012 | Cycling, Featured, Health & Well-Being
As the days start to warm (and dry) up, don’t you just want to get out on your bike and ride around the neighborhood? Maybe take your two wheels up to get groceries instead of hopping in the car? Grab family and friends and take a rolling stroll? Cycle up to the...
Apr 11, 2012 | Bike/Ped Advocacy, Cycling, Cycling Resources, Featured
Dear Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee (BPAC) and interested parties: The Puget Sound Regional Council (PSRC) needs your help to get this message to as many bicyclists as possible. Starting May 1st, PSRC is asking bicyclists to record all their bicycle trips...
Apr 11, 2012 | Bike/Ped Advocacy, Cycling, Cycling Resources
HEALTHY KING COUNTY: Communities Putting Prevention to Work. Meeting will feature a presentation on Safe Routes to School from Feet First, City of Seattle School Traffic Safety Committee and King County Food & Fitness Initiative. Please review the BPAC April...
Mar 29, 2012 | Bike/Ped Advocacy, City of Burien, Cycling, Walking
The City of Burien on Wednesday (March 28) released a draft Transportation Master Plan, which they’ve made available for downloading here (PDF file). “Since May, 2011 a transportation consultant and the Transportation Master Plan Advisory Committee (TMPAC) have been...
Mar 28, 2012 | Bike/Ped Advocacy, City of Burien, Cycling, Cycling Resources, Parks & Trails, Walking
A new Parks and Trails Map is now available for free to the public at Burien City Hall. The map includes parks and trails in Burien, Des Moines, Normandy Park, Renton, SeaTac and Tukwila. Parks and trails in adjacent communities including parts of Newcastle, Bellevue,...
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 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.
