Jun 30, 2013 | Bike/Ped Advocacy, City of Burien, Cycling, Featured, Health & Well-Being
In the fall of 2012, WABI Burien and the City of Burien applied for and were awarded a grant of $10,000 from the Washington State Community Economic Revitalization Board for the Downtown Burien Bike Rack Project. One of the goals was to engage sponsors for the racks,...
Jun 30, 2013 | Bike Racks, Bike/Ped Advocacy, City of Burien, Cycling, Cycling Event, Featured, Health & Well-Being
What a great day for 100 people to cut some ribbon and celebrate. With the new bike racks in Burien and all the community support, (in addition to the warm, sunny day),there was much to applaud . The group of 100 spilled out in 4 vacated parking spots, as well as...
Jun 26, 2013 | Bike Racks, Cycling, Cycling Event, Cycling Resources, Featured
Just by showing up you get one FREE raffle ticket. By showing up ON A BIKE, you get TWO. (Wear your helmet so we know you’re on your bike… and so you’re safer.) In a couple of days, on Saturday, June 29, WABI will ask you to put your hands together for all the new...
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 collaborative...
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 Bike To Work Day event that...
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...
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 bike...
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 toward...
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 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 racks. We...
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 walkers,...
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 cycling as a form...
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 kids and...
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...
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 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 Ride....
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 fest tournament. You face off against a...
