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GAIT: Getting Around Issaquah Together Be sure and get your ORCA cards. They work on the bus, the light rail, the ferry... The card is still free this month, but next month it will be a $5 fee. Here's more info on the changes started January 1st.
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Creative re-use of car showrooms: "Built to sustain thousands of pounds of moving weight, the
showrooms are especially sturdy, naturally lit and often ideally
located in high-traffic areas." (Thanks to Sightline Institute for the link.)
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With hard times in the auto industry and car dealerships closing around the country, the gleaming showrooms that once featured next year's models are becoming this year's new store, restaurant, school, day care center or yoga studio.
GAIT: Getting Around Issaquah Together Here's Willie Weir's take on the light rail from Beacon Hill to the airport and then back to Westlake Center.
www.yellowtentadventures.com
Life on Beacon Hill just got a little bit better yesterday. We can now ride light rail to the airport. Kat and I boarded the train around noon and ran into neighbor Andy Sodt and his son Lee. Twenty-two minutes from the Beacon Hill Station to the airport station. ...
GAIT: Getting Around Issaquah Together ART AND TRANSPORTATION: 4Culture is seeking ideas from artists and artist teams, architects, landscape architects, designers of all types, engineers, tinkerers and community members residing in WA, OR, CA and BC that will inspire and engage the broader community in a conversation about transportation. Currently, our tr...ansportation system is designed around 40 ton trucks, but what if we were to design around the human body instead? A bicycle is a low-impact vehicle. What else can be imagined? More info below. (Thanks to Sue D. for the link.)
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Just in time for the holidays! On Saturday, LINK light rail service is extended to the airport. So from here:
28 minutes on the Sound Transit 554 from Issaquah Transit Center to the stop at 5th & Jackson.
10 minute wait if you just miss the train.
30 minutes on the train.
$2.50 a head.
No driving, no parking, no parking fees. And it helps you keep your load light. ; )
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GAIT: Getting Around Issaquah Together Great video about girls from Darlington, UK who went to the bicycle-friendly town of Bremen and found out how much they loved the freedom of getting around by bicycle. Thanks to GAIT member Lori D. for the link.
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GAIT: Getting Around Issaquah Together Jeff will soon be bringing our tree home on his Xtracycle (see a couple posts ago). Last year we walked it home on the bike through the snow. Here's an article about a Portland business that delivers trees by bicycle. Thanks to Sightline for the link.
New business delivers Christmas trees by bike in Portland area | Oregon Business News - OregonLive.c
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GAIT: Getting Around Issaquah Together Recent editorial by Jake Lynch about the shortsightedness of Sammamish Planning Commission regarding public transit. "Already, on the Plateau, we have a flawed system where commuters have to get in their cars and drive to get to a bus stop in the first place...Thinking we should worry about transit only when it becomes... a problem is an idea not worthy of a more optimistic future."
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For someone whose estimations of the future of humankind fluctuate wildly from forlorn and despairing to proud and hopeful, there is a lot that I like about the direction the science and business of development is taking.
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Another option of cargo bike (see previous post) is the Xtracycle (http://www.xtracycle.com/). Jeff says: "It looks like my kit currently comes out to about $500 without the kickstand,
which is another $150. That's assuming you have a bike lying around
that can accept the conversion." Here are pics of some of the things he's hauled.
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GAIT: Getting Around Issaquah Together Cool ways to get your stuff around from the smart people of Portland.
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More Americans are riding bikes to commute. But the need to carry a child, or groceries, can make things complicated. Enter the cargo bike, a long, sturdy cycle that is gaining new popularity in bike-friendly cities like Portland, Ore.
GAIT: Getting Around Issaquah Together For your viewing pleasure today...
Lily Allen LDN - Early Video Bike Trip Through London | Momentum - The Magazine For Self Propelled P
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Finally read Stephen Irving's Twitter posts and discovered this nice video - sure it's from a while ago, but that makes no difference to me.
GAIT: Getting Around Issaquah Together From the essays sprung from the radio series "This I Believe" is one young woman's personal statement about why she rides a bicycle. Thanks to Kent P. for this link.
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GAIT: Getting Around Issaquah Together Article traces the advent of traffic calming measures to direct action by a Dutch neighborhood.
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Traffic calming began in the Netherlands with people putting furniture in the streets and has spread from there. An excerpt from "The Great Neighborhood Book: A Do-It-Yourself Guide to Placemaking"
GAIT: Getting Around Issaquah Together Cowichan Bay, a small Canadian town, has become the first Slow City, Cittaslow, in North America. Cittaslow is an international network of 120 towns in 16 countries, founded a decade ago by mayors of some small historic towns in Italy, looking for a way to preserve their culture. (Thanks to Sightline for the link.)
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Cowichan Bay, a small Canadian town, has become the first Slow City in North America. Towns or cities have to meet certain criteria to gain slow city certification - pedestrian walkways, no big box or chain stores, a population of less than 50 thousand. ...
