West Seattle Bike Connections

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West Seattle Bike Connections An all-volunteer community organization for safe streets for walking and biking in West Seattle. Nick Halden, Secretary and webmaster.

Goals
Make cycling a safer, efficient and attractive option for travel to downtown and for destinations in and beyond West Seattle neighborhoods, for riders of all ages and abilities. Help connect West Seattleites to school, work, transit, shopping areas, friends/family and recreation by bicycle. Give West Seattle a strong voice in the Seattle Bike Master Plan implementation. Engage the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT), the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT), King County Metro, the Port of Seattle and other groups (governmental, private and non-profit) interested in providing alternatives to driving; emphasize positive impact of cycling on freight mobility

Executive Committee and some of our active core members 2021:
Kate Wells, President. Kathy Dunn, Rep to Seattle Neighborhood Greenways
Bob Winship, Rep to to D1CN
Don Brubeck, President emeritus
Krystal Miller, pedestrian and transit advocate
Al Jackson, Coach
Brice Nichols
Mike Hendrix, Traffic Engineer
Jodi Connolly, NSF Grant and Ambassador to Luna Park
Paul Dieter, Electic Bike Evangelist
Bill Gobie, Randonneur and bike infrastructure expert
Marge Evans, Ride Leader and route finder
Brenda Mix, Ride Leader and White Center advocate
Joe Laubach, Family biker, Move Seattle Levy Oversight Committee
Marlowe Laubach, Family biker and commuter. Doug Ollerenshaw, Family biker and Delridge advocate
David Geoffrion, Rep to Delridge District Council
Aili LePard, Envoy to Vashon Island

08/29/2026

Seattle's Office of Planning & Community Development has a survey on the station area development for the future light rail locations. Here's your chance to weigh in on all kinds of options including better sidewalks and crossings as well as bike infrastructure. There's a lot of details in here. If you have twenty minutes, check it out.

West Seattle/Delridge Phase 2 Survey.

The word from folks on the ground is that the Delridge trail under the bridge remains OPEN and is not currently being de...
08/25/2026

The word from folks on the ground is that the Delridge trail under the bridge remains OPEN and is not currently being detoured. All but one of the detour sandwich boards are gone as well. No word from SDOT or Sound Transit on this but we’ll keep you posted.

08/25/2026

WSBC Seattle to Canada ride through the Alki People Street

Thanks to all who came out for the inaugural WSBC Seattle to Canada ride (the mini-RSVP). Sadly, the Canada sign was mis...
08/25/2026

Thanks to all who came out for the inaugural WSBC Seattle to Canada ride (the mini-RSVP). Sadly, the Canada sign was missing and will not appear in our pics here.

Have you found the WSBC artwork on the E Marginal Way bike path?
08/21/2026

Have you found the WSBC artwork on the E Marginal Way bike path?

Bike counts at the Spokane Street Bridge are up significantly. Check out the rundown on numbers at our website. But what...
08/15/2026

Bike counts at the Spokane Street Bridge are up significantly. Check out the rundown on numbers at our website. But what's driving them? Comment here to tell us if you've been riding through the counter more in 2026 than previous years. We'd love to hear from you.

Based on data from the bike counter on the east side of the Spokane Street Bridge, ridership is at an all-time, post-pandemic high exceeding 40,000 bikes in July alone. As of today, over 215,000 ri…

In case you missed it, the Fauntleroy Community Association held a forum to discuss safety improvements for the area aro...
08/13/2026

In case you missed it, the Fauntleroy Community Association held a forum to discuss safety improvements for the area around the ferry dock and the section of Wildwood Way where Maridee Bonadea was recently killed attended by SDOT, Washington State Ferries, King County Transit, and D1 CM Rob Saka. There was a lot of support for establishing a short but critical bike lane by removing a limited amount of parking. The meeting was covered in full by the West Seattle Blog here:

(This morning, SW Wildwood site where Maridee Bonadea died. WSB photos by Torin Record-Sand) By Tracy Record West Seattle Blog editor Two months after bicyclist Maridee Bonadea died on SW Wildwood Place a short distance uphill from the Fauntleroy ferry dock, SDOT reps promised last night that they'd...

Nice to see our fellow cyclists out on the 14th Annual Little STP this past Sunday!
07/13/2026

Nice to see our fellow cyclists out on the 14th Annual Little STP this past Sunday!

If you’re biking to the Summer Fest in West Seattle, be advised that all racks inside the event area have been tagged as...
07/11/2026

If you’re biking to the Summer Fest in West Seattle, be advised that all racks inside the event area have been tagged as unavailable and you are directed to the bike parking area at 44th and Oregon. At this location, you find barricade-style bike racks.

Join Cascade in compelling the city to connect our fractured bike network. There's a form to send an email to city leade...
06/13/2026

Join Cascade in compelling the city to connect our fractured bike network. There's a form to send an email to city leaders at the bottom of this letter.

Cascade Executive Director Lee Lambert has written an open letter to Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson urging the city to "move forward faster" to build crucial bike infrastructure projects funded in the voter-approved Levy to Keep Seattle Moving.A ghost bike erected at the intersection of 12th Avenue and....

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7000 35th Ave SW
Seattle, WA
98126

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