Seattle Bicycle Facilities Collaborative

On Sept 14, thirty-five bicycle transportation champions convened at city hall as part of a Seattle Bicycle Facilities Collaborative. The group (as six subgroups) will go on bikeability tours, combine findings, then re-convene on Oct 12 to develop a prioritized list of bike facilities needs, including on-street striped bike lanes. Councilmember Conlin's office and the Bicycle Alliance of Washington convened the collaborative (quite likely inspired by the Seattle Bicycle Advisory Board's tours, which were in turn inspired by national efforts). The product of the process will include a Bicycle Legislative Agenda for Seattle. I and others hope it will also help kick-start a Seattle Bicycle Master Planning effort, similar to Bicycle Master Plans that have brought such excellent on-the-ground success to other US cities within a relatively few short years, much aided by the federal ISTEA/TEA-21 legislation.