Squeaky Wheels - Bainbridge Bicycle Advocates

10/20/2026

🚲 Sustainable Transportation: Major investments in Connecting Centers, the Sound to Olympic Trail/SR 305 Bridge, and electric vehicle charging infrastructure.

🛣️ Road Maintenance: An additional $2 million for road maintenance and pavement management, bringing total General Fund support for Streets to $4.2 million over the biennium.

💧 Water, Sewer & Stormwater

🌱 Water Conservation & Groundwater

📍 Attend in person: City Hall, 6 p.m.

💻 Join virtually: Zoom participation information is available on the City's website.

▶️ Watch later: Can't make it? A recording will be available to stream on the City's website beginning the following day.

Stay informed about the projects, priorities, and investments shaping our island's future!

🔗 www.bainbridgewa.gov

UPDATE: The EPA presentation has been postponed. Their presenter is out sick. We will keep you posted when it's rescheduled.

What's on the agenda for Tuesday's, October 20, City Council Study Session?
🌊 Wyckoff/Eagle Harbor Superfund Site: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will provide an update on the project.

🚧 2027–2028 Proposed Public Works Budget: Learn about planned investments in the infrastructure and services our community relies on every day, including:

🛣️ Road Maintenance: An additional $2 million for road maintenance and pavement management, bringing total General Fund support for Streets to $4.2 million over the biennium.

💧 Water, Sewer & Stormwater: Investments in wastewater treatment, stormwater improvements, and long-term water and sewer system planning.

🌱 Water Conservation & Groundwater: Continued rebates and incentives for rain gardens, cisterns, and greywater systems, plus implementation of the Groundwater Management Plan.

🚲 Sustainable Transportation: Major investments in Connecting Centers, the Sound to Olympic Trail/SR 305 Bridge, and electric vehicle charging infrastructure.

📍 Attend in person: City Hall, 6 p.m.

💻 Join virtually: Zoom participation information is available on the City's website.

▶️ Watch later: Can't make it? A recording will be available to stream on the City's website beginning the following day.

Stay informed about the projects, priorities, and investments shaping our island's future!

🔗 www.bainbridgewa.gov

10/13/2026

Squeaky Wheels strongly supports Bainbridge Island moving forward with a school-zone speed camera program.

Children walking and biking to school deserve streets where the posted speed limit is more than a suggestion. A driver traveling too fast through a school zone has less time to react and increases both the likelihood and severity of a crash. We should use every practical tool available to make these locations safer.

Automated speed enforcement is one of those tools—and it is not new, experimental, or unusual.

We discuss our support in our October newsletter, which you can also find on our website.

Are speed safety cameras effective? Yes ✅

Similar speed safety camera programs regionally and nationwide are shown to be extremely effective at both reducing collisions and the number of speeding violations. Data from Seattle's Traffic Safety Camera Program show a 64% reduction in daily traffic violations per camera location and that 95% of people who receive a speeding ticket never receive another citation at the same location.

Want to learn more?
Join us October 14 at the Blakely Elementary Commons for a community open house about speed safety cameras. Bring your questions and learn more about what the City is considering.

More information here
https://www.bainbridgewa.gov/1733/Automated-Traffic-Safety-Enforcement

10/09/2026

Our Connecting Centers: Bainbridge Island Leaders Bike Commute was a cool foggy morning, perfect for reflecting on different road projects and how they connect in the journey from point A to B.

We talked about how we’re seeing more people out using the new infrastructure- both people walking and biking.

We noticed how it’s more comfortable when you have a space to be - and better for both people biking and driving.

Squeaky Wheels is working to make cycling on Bainbridge Island efficient, safe, and fun.

We love to bike and want to inspire more people to ride through: Events, Education, and Advocacy.

We're currently looking for committee members to help in any of the above categories. Just leave a comment or send us a message. 🥳

10/06/2026

For our Week Without Driving challenge, Squeaky Wheels and WA Bikes invited City staff, City council, and relevant advisory committee members for a bike commute on Bainbridge Island. If connecting centers is important to you, encourage your council member to participate.

Connecting Centers: A Bainbridge Island Leaders’ Bike Commute will take place Thursday morning, traveling from Lynwood Center to Bainbridge Island City Hall.

The purpose: Experience an everyday Bainbridge trip from the perspective of someone getting around without a car.

This ride will be an opportunity to experience the route together, notice what works, identify places where the trip requires extra attention or effort, and discuss how individual projects function—or fail to function—as part of a larger transportation network.

The route has been designed around the City’s “Connecting Centers” transportation concept. Participants will travel from the Lynwood Center neighborhood center toward the civic center in Winslow, passing through a mix of existing conditions, projects currently in design, recently completed improvements, and connections still to be made.

Along the way, we’ll pause briefly to consider four questions:
• What is it like today?
• What are we planning?
• What have we built?
• How well do these pieces connect?

If connecting centers is important to you, encourage your council member to participate.

Want to learn more about Week Without Driving? Check out their site: https://weekwithoutdriving.org

10/01/2026

Tomorrow is the start of ! About a third of people in the U.S. are nondrivers, including people with disabilities, youth, and low-income families. Week Without Driving gives drivers a chance to put themselves in the shoes of nondrivers, even for just a day.

This week, we're encouraging everyone to try to get where you need to go without driving yourself. That might mean biking, walking, asking for a ride, or taking public transit.

Learn more and sign up at weekwithoutdriving.org.

09/14/2026

Thank You Everyone for Celebrating Bike For Pie with us at Squeaky Wheels. 179 of rode, laughed, danced, and filled yourself with pie.

We look forward to seeing you all again next year. If you rode and want to provide some feedback, please check your email for a survey that went out. Also keep an eye out for your chance to volunteer.

08/30/2026

The pies were delicious! Thank you for letting us use your kitchen!!!

08/28/2026

Let the pie baking commence! 8 participants joined us this morning to handmake our Bike For Pie pies!!! 🥧

If you haven't signed up yet for Bike For Pie, don't miss your chance to preregister. Head to our website: squeakywheels

08/27/2026

I saw the sign, it opened up my eyes 🎶 Have you seen the signs to register for Bike For Pie, happening this Sunday?

Register here: https://share.google/JKMFVP6PFBtYmSFKw