Jun 18, 2013 | Bike Racks, City of Burien, Cycling, Cycling Resources, Featured
Build Bike Culture in Burien: BUY BURIEN BY BIKE. Now it’s easier to hop on your bike, head into town and do your shopping at the local businesses. We’ve just installed a couple dozen, sparkling new, custom-designed bike racks around town, through the...
Jun 12, 2013 | Bike Racks, Bike/Ped Advocacy, City of Burien, Cycling, Cycling Resources, Featured
Let the bikes roll in Burien. This morning, (June 12, 2013) starting at 6:30, the Burien Public Works crew installed 24 bike racks in the public right-of-way. The racks can now be found along SW 152nd, as well as other areas scattered throughout the city. (These...
May 31, 2013 | Featured, Health & Well-Being, Walk-n-Talk, Walking, Walking Event
It’s time for a walk! (Isn’t it always time for a walk?) It’s fun. It gets you out of the house. You get the chance to talk to people you normally wouldn’t chat with. And it keeps you healthier. Join the other Walkers and Talkers for the June...
May 9, 2013 | Cycling, Cycling Event, Cycling Resources, Featured
Friday, May 17th is “National Bike to Work Day”, but WABI has declared it “Burien Bike Day”. We want to encourage local folks to choose pedal-power not just for their commuting when possible, but also for fun and exercise. In support of the...
May 8, 2013 | Cycling, Cycling Event, Cycling Resources, Featured
Each year, more and more people choose bicycling for transportation. While you may know how to ride a bike, you may wonder how to share the road with traffic, plan the best route to work, and arrive in style for that first meeting of the day. Join a certified Cascade...
May 5, 2013 | Featured, Health & Well-Being, Parks & Trails, Walk-n-Talk, Walking, Walking Event
Today was the month of May’s first Sunday and, therefore, a Walk-n-Talk day. And, oh, what a walking day it was! Sunny. Blue sky. Warm temp. Dry paths. And a group of faces that are more familiar every month. Twenty-one people showed up to start at an elevation...
Apr 27, 2013 | Featured, Parks & Trails, Walk-n-Talk, Walking, Walking Event
Care to walk through a wooded ravine, bright green with spring? This Sunday, May 5, our Walk-n-Talk will start at the top of the hill and walk down the service road to the Marine Science Center at the north end of Seahurst Beach. The road winds down toward the water...
Apr 24, 2013 | Art Walks, Featured, Other Local Walks, Walking, Walking Event
All are invited to the 2nd annual Highline School District Student Art Walk Thursday, May 9th, 5:00-8:00 p.m. • A Free Event Celebrate Art Education Month and wander Downtown Burien from 4th to 10th on SW 152nd to find art from talented middle and high school...
Apr 19, 2013 | Bike Racks, Cycling, Featured
WABI Burien’s Bike Rack Sponsorship Sprint was launched at 9:00 a.m. this morning. By 2 seconds after 9:00, the first sponsor had e-mailed a pledge to sponsor two racks. By 9 seconds after 9:00, the second sponsor wrote in. And so it went. By 9:15, we had TWENTY...
Apr 17, 2013 | Bike Racks, Cycling, Featured
The other day a bunch of Highline High School Class of ’75 classmates were gathered for chips and salsa. After a few margaritas, conversation rolled around to the Burien Bike Rack Project. Before long, all the Highline Pirates at the long table were pledging...
Apr 17, 2013 | Bike Racks, Featured
There are 41 snazzy, new bike racks coming into town and each one is looking for a good name: YOURS. Sponsor a Bike Rack You can have your business, organization, family or personal name emblazoned on two sides of a bike rack for 5 whole years for the low cost of...
Apr 17, 2013 | Bike Racks, Featured, Health & Well-Being
Increasing secure parking is a key component of making Burien more bikeable and connecting residents to local business. We’ve got 41 new, custom bike racks coming in May, to be distributed among the city’s commercial areas. These racks will go a long way...
Apr 11, 2013 | Bike Racks, Bike/Ped Advocacy, Cycling, Cycling Resources, Featured
The morning started dry, but the Hot Spot Dot team ended up with wet heads and cold hands. Representatives from Burien Public Works Department, Urban Racks and WABI got together for a walk-through along SW 152nd. They discussed the locations for the bike racks coming...
Apr 11, 2013 | Featured, Health & Well-Being, Parks & Trails, Walking
Jaymi Heimbuch, Treehugger.com • Living / Health • April 2, 2013 Urban living gives you brain fatigue. It flat out makes your brain tired of constantly being alert and aware. And a walk in the park can go a long way to clear up the resulting fuzziness. I like how Fast...
Apr 9, 2013 | Bike/Ped Advocacy, Featured
Puget Sound Regional Council (PSRC) is soliciting a request for qualifications for the 2013 Transportation Alternatives (TA) Program Citizens Advisory Committee. We are seeking individuals with expertise in the various eligible categories for funding under this...
Apr 8, 2013 | Featured, Walk-n-Talk, Walking, Walking Event
If ever there were a day to wear rain slickers and carry bumbershoots, today was it! It POURED on us… and we laughed the whole way. We had so much fun that when we finished our walk, back at Town Square Park, we continued to stand there in the rain, talking. We had a...
Apr 5, 2013 | Bike Racks, Cycling, Featured
Very exciting news: WABI Burien has 41 bike racks in production, customized for the City of Burien, and they’ll be installed all over town! We’ve all been waiting a long time for this. WABI-ists have been working hard to see our city populated with bike...
Apr 4, 2013 | Cycling, Featured, Walking
We are people-powered in how we get things done (and hopefully how we get from A to B!). Behind-the-scenes of WABI efforts are a half dozen people that bring together quite a range of civic skills and experience. The “WABI-ists” are ardent cyclists and...
Apr 3, 2013 | Featured, Health & Well-Being, Walk-n-Talk, Walking, Walking Event
It’s walking time again. Let’s head north from Burien Town Square to see how Spring is springing in Chelsea Park. The last time we visited the neighborhood, we found these scenic gems: Dottie Harper Park, Burien Community Garden, white-painted tree trunks,...
Mar 28, 2013 | Bike Racks, Bike/Ped Advocacy, City of Burien, Cycling, Cycling Resources, Featured
It doesn’t encourage people to ride their bikes into town to do their shopping and errands when there are few places to safely lock up their bikes when they get there! (It’s a good thing there are some small trees here and there.) In order to foster...
Mar 11, 2013 | Featured, Other Local Walks, Parks & Trails, Walking, Walking Event
Welcome to B-Town D.O.G. aka Burien Dog Owners Group For more B-Town D.O.G. information, click here. Events Coming up: Burien wants to talk DOGS! Wed. Mar 13, 2013 7pm St. Bernadettes Parish Hall Join the Burien Parks and Recreation Advisory Board and staff for a dog...
Mar 5, 2013 | Featured, Health & Well-Being, Parks & Trails, Walk-n-Talk, Walking, Walking Event
Sunday’s Walk-n-Talkers could not have dreamed of a more charmed day to stroll the neighborhood streets. The skies were blue. The air was fresh and cool. Throughout the neighborhood and all over town people were out riding bikes, walking, mowing lawns and...
Mar 1, 2013 | Featured, Health & Well-Being, Parks & Trails, Walk-n-Talk, Walking, Walking Event
This Sunday, March 3, the 20th monthly Walk-n-Talk will tackle some of the westward-facing hills of the Seahurst neighborhood of Burien. Every month since August 2011, neighbors and Burien city visitors have gathered, walked and talked for fun, conversation and...
Feb 11, 2013 | Featured, Other Local Walks, Parks & Trails, Walking, Walking Event
Walkers arrived at Burien’s Eagle Landing Park on Saturday, enthusiastic about walking down the 289 stairs… and then back up again. This was just one of the 15 Seattle Stairway Walks featured all over Seattle and nearby cities. The walk was a Feet First event...
Feb 3, 2013 | Featured, Health & Well-Being, Walk-n-Talk, Walking, Walking Event
So what if it’s Super Bowl Sunday! Thirty-five people and four dogs still showed up to go for a walk with neighbors and strangers, chatting all the way. The afternoon was dry and in the low 40s and just fine for the almost 2-and-a-half-mile loop from Burien Town...
Feb 1, 2013 | Featured, Other Local Walks, Parks & Trails, Walking, Walking Event
Twenty “Walking Ambassadors” got in a huddle last night to plan for the Seattle Stairways Walks coming up on Saturday, February 9. (Read full coverage HERE.) Walkers met at the Pioneer Square offices of the Feet First organization. Representing WABI...
Jan 30, 2013 | Featured, Other Local Walks, Parks & Trails, Walking, Walking Event
On Saturday, February 9, WABI Burien is walking with the Feet First event, Seattle Stairway Walks. With a mix of urban history and lore, Seattle Stairway Walks uncover the blooms and birds of Seattle’s greenspaces, the legacy of the city’s neighborhood...
Jan 30, 2013 | Featured, Walk-n-Talk, Walking, Walking Event
Feeling cooped up during winter’s dark, gray days of rainfall? Get out for a walk! Have a nice chat with other local folks. Get some fresh air and chase the doldrums away. (And if you have your pedometer, come see how many steps you can log toward your daily...
Jan 6, 2013 | Featured, Health & Well-Being, Walk-n-Talk, Walking, Walking Event
Walkers poured in today to the first floor meeting room at the Burien Library/City Hall, for a brief talk followed by a 2.5 mile walk, January’s special “Walk-n-Talk-with-a-Doc.” In spite of an almost-assured downpour, 61 eager people gathered to...
Jan 4, 2013 | Featured, Health & Well-Being, Walking
by Maureen Hoffmann, WABI Burien President Small steps. That’s all it takes to start a walking program toward greater health and a sense of well-being. For just the cost of comfortable walking shoes and a little time, you can go for a walk, get the kinks out,...
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 26, 2012 | Featured, Health & Well-Being, Walk-n-Talk, Walking, Walking Event
January Special: Walk-n-Talk-with-a-Doc Do your New Year’s resolutions include goals like “lose weight”, “get in shape”, “exercise more”? Do you wonder how to begin? On Sunday, January 6, 2013, WABI Burien will help you start your year off right by offering a special...
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...
Dec 2, 2012 | Featured, Health & Well-Being, Walk-n-Talk, Walking, Walking Event
We got drenched! Five of us rain-slicker-clad walkers headed out from Burien Town Square, hunkered in a doorway, into the downpour, undaunted by the deluge. We took advantage of the awnings and overhangs as we walked along the south side of 152nd, and marveled at the...
Nov 28, 2012 | Featured, Health & Well-Being, Walk-n-Talk, Walking, Walking Event
Will we be walkin’ and talkin’ and singin’ in the rain? (Isn’t that what galoshes and bumbershoots are for?) Incredibly, every Walk-n-Talk for the last 16 months, we’ve had dry weather. (Except that on one walk day it started drizzly and...
Oct 30, 2012 | Featured, Walk-n-Talk, Walking, Walking Event
November’s Walk-n-Talk will be a “special edition” collaboration between WABI and the Burien Library. We’ll meet in the main lobby of the library at 2:00 (NOT Town Square’s grassy knoll) and enjoy perusing the walking resources gathered...
Oct 3, 2012 | Featured, Other Local Walks, Walking, Walking Event
Burien, October 3, 2012 – The morning air was crisp, the skies clear as over 100 folks from all walks of life gathered at Burien Town Square Park on Saturday, September 29 to raise funds – and awareness – for Hospitality House, a shelter for homeless women in our...
Oct 2, 2012 | Featured, Other Local Walks, Parks & Trails, Walk-n-Talk, Walking, Walking Event
ALERT: WE’VE CHANGED THE MEETUP PLACE FOR THE NORTH SEATAC PARK WALK-N-TALK! We will meet on the grassy slope near the restrooms above the large parking lot at the north end of the park. See the revised maps below. DIRECTIONS: Approach the park entrance by...
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...
