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 3, 2012 | Featured, Parks & Trails, Walk-n-Talk, Walking, Walking Event
The day couldn’t have been more perfect for an afternoon stroll through the neighborhoods: blue sky overhead, sunshine and just-right-cool air. Yesterday, on Sunday the 2nd, 10 of us met on the grassy knoll in Burien Town Square for the September Walk-n-Talk. We...
Aug 29, 2012 | Featured, Other Local Walks, Parks & Trails, Walk-n-Talk, Walking, Walking Event
Let’s walk Chelsea Park again! We walked and talked along this route 6 months ago at the beginning of March when it was chilly and heavy jackets were welcomed. (Read that story and see the huddled walkers here.) Since then, the weather has changed and we likely...
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 | Featured, Health & Well-Being, Other Local Walks, Walking, Walking Event
11th Annual WALK FOR THE WOMEN, September 29, 2012 Have fun, win prizes and do good. The walk is an easy two miles through the heart of Burien to benefit homeless women. Here’s the plan: 1. Pre-registration fee: $20. Day of walk fee: $25… 2. Registration starts at...
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 26, 2012 | Featured, Walk-n-Talk, Walking, Walking Event
Rain or shine, chilly or bright, we will not be kept from our Walk-n-Talk! If we waited for the weather to make up its mind, we could wait a while. So let’s walk on Sunday, July 1 for our TWELFTH monthly Walk-n-Talk! This will complete our first full year of...
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...
Jun 5, 2012 | Featured, Parks & Trails, Walk-n-Talk, Walking, Walking Event
On Sunday, June 3, a perfectly “June-uary” day, 35 people gathered in the southwest corner of Gregory Heights, ready for a Walk-n-Talk along the historic Indian Trail. Local Artist/Author/Historian, Pam Harper led the group from the upper trail head, down...
May 30, 2012 | Featured, Other Local Walks, Parks & Trails, Walk-n-Talk, Walking, Walking Event
One of Burien’s little gems is the “Indian Trail”. This wandering, varied trail winds high above the shoreline strip of SW 172nd St. – the “Sunrise Trail” – and then, from Three Tree Point northward, parallels Maplewild Ave....
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 7, 2012 | Featured, Parks & Trails, Walk-n-Talk, Walking, Walking Event
The sun shone on the shoulders of 26 walkers (and 2 pooches) yesterday as they chatted their way fromBurien Town Square over to Mathison Park. We had English, Spanish and Japanese native speakers mixing and mingling along the way on our 10th monthly Walk-n-Talk....
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 11, 2012 | Bike/Ped Advocacy, City of Burien
IMPORTANT COUNCIL MEETING APRIL 16! Since May, 2011 a transportation consultant and the Transportation Master Plan Advisory Committee (TMPAC) have been working on an analysis of the Burien’s transportation system and conducting a review of existing Comprehensive Plan...
