The Laurelhurst Blog received this information from a neighbor:
On the night of October 13, my black Wallerang Tapper electric bike, which was locked, was stolen out of our garage located on 50th Avenue NE and NE 39th Street.
They got the battery but no charger or key to get the battery off, without which its just a 50 pound bike.
I have reported this information to the police.
Please contact laurelhurstblogger@gmail.com if you have information.
My old mountain bike was stolen out of our yard on the 3800 block of 43rd Avenue NE this past weekend.
It is a navy blue and white Trek 6000 and has red shocks. It has a nice wide seat.
If someone left it in a park, your yard, or the side of the road, and you find it please call Janine at 425.922.3970.
On the night of May 27th, our brand new blue Marin Hybrid bike was stolen out of our garage, on the 4500 block of 47th Avenue NE.
Presumably, the thief was on foot as no other bikes were taken. The car inside the garage was also rifled through.
Please publish this and hopefully someone will have some information.
A blue Huffy mountain bike with no kick stand and loose seat appeared in our front yard on the 4500 block of 48th Avenue NE. We would like to return it to the owner.
A few weeks ago, I found a bike leaning against my garage door in the back alley of on the 3800 block of 43rd Ave NE – Boulevard Street.
It’s a mountain bike, appears to be a teenagers, but not sure. It’s a bike for a male and have a bicycle lock attached to the bike (combination lock).
If someone can property identify the bike, I would love to return it to its proper owner and can be contacted at 206.849.4939.
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An interested group of neighbors is starting to work on improving the bicycling environment in Laurelhurst and would like your input and ideas.
We are hosting a “Bike Party" where you can learn more about our neighborhood bike routes included in the new Bicycle Master Plan. The bike meeting is to involve interested neighbors in sharing their concerns and ideas with completing the BMP and cycling in and around Laurelhurst.
The New Bicycle Master Plan outlines routes through Laurelhurst neighborhood and the park that connect to Laurelhurst Elementary School, the new ramp at the intersection of 40th Avenue NE and Sand Point Way with a separated bike line in front of Children's' Hospital (a great connection), as well as the new signal crossing at Sand Point Way and NE 52nd Avenue NE.
The routes include shared use routes, off road paths, through Laurelhurst Park, and possible greenway connections.
Some of the routes were suggested in the Livable Streets Initiative, a collaborative study completed in 2009-2010 involving Children's Hospital, Laurelhurst Community Club (LCC) and other NE Seattle neighborhoods.
Come and share your biggest concerns about biking in Laurelhurst. Refreshments will be served!
Please let Blog readers know that a red bike with a combination bike lock has been chained to the light post in front of our home on 48th Place NE, for the past several weeks.
None of our neighbors knows who it belongs to. If someone forgot where and that they locked their red bike up a while ago, it is there to be picked up.
The University of Washington will become the global capital of bicycling for four days in June, when scores of scholars, policymakers, analysts and activists come to campus for the Bicycle Urbanism Symposium.
The event, to be held June 19-22, is being hosted at Gould Hall by the Department of Urban Design and Planning in the UW College of Built Environments, with help from local cycling agencies, enthusiasts and clubs — all to encourage widespread bicycle use in 21st century cities.
The international symposium will feature speakers and discussions on creating bicycle-friendly cities as well as group discussions on issues of health and safety, rider education, biking with babies, environmental awareness and working with elected officials and many other topics.
There will also be guided bicycle field trips and a four-hour disaster relief simulation demonstrating how cargo bikes can be used to respond in the event of disaster.
UW research to be featured in the symposium includes:
The symposium's main faculty organizers are Don Miller, UW professor of urban design and planning; and Alon Bassok, affiliate assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering, collaborating with several other students and faculty.
Miller said the UW seems a perfect place for such a meeting, with the City of Seattle planning initiatives to encourage bike use and the UW striving to have 20 percent of its daily commuter trips to campus by bike by the year 2020. Plus, he notes that the League of American Bicyclists named Washington as the most bike-friendly state in the nation.
"A major purpose of this international symposium is to look ahead 20 to 30 years," Miller said, "to explore innovations in urban spatial structure and design and new policies and programs that hold promise for greatly increasing the use of bicycles as a part of daily life."
The symposium kicks off with a reception from 6 to 9 p.m. June 19, in Gould Hall that is open to the public for $20, and to which people are invited to bring well-loved family or cargo bikes to show off.
Find a complete agenda online and more information in an ongoing blog about the event, or on Twitter @BicycleUrbanism.
Have fun with your family, or on your own, and get exercise at the same time! This seminar will show you how to get started biking in Seattle.
Riding is fun. It’s practical, fast and easy. Biking gives you a chance to disconnect while riding alone or reconnect when riding with friends. Plus, there's no need to wrestle kids into car seats for a drive to the park -- everyday biking means you still go to the park, but your family has fun and gets some exercise on your way. The Everyday Biking seminar will: - Help you tap into practical, fun transportation - Introduce you to the idea of everyday biking and what it means to your community - Walk you through the equipment you need to get started - Help you find (and expand) your traffic comfort zone and riding skills - Provide an overview of ways to carry or ride with children of all ages, as well as tips for turning passengers into confident, able riders - Get you off on the right pedal so you and your family can reach your own goals Anne and Tim King are long-time Seattle bike bloggers and have recently launched a new project to help train more people in everyday cycling: RideSavvy! Anne is a League of American Cyclist certified instructor. She’s been an avid rider for more than 20 years and has bike toured in New Zealand, France, Ireland and in the Western United States. Tim has been riding, fixing and otherwise messing with bikes for 30+ years. He’s a certified bicycle technician and holds a master’s degree in library and information science -- think of him as your personal bike librarian. Last summer their family completed a 900+ mile, self-supported tour to San Francisco on two tandems. They expect to "complete" the coast by riding from San Francisco to Mexico early this summer. | |
Two unlocked red mountain bikes were taken from our front porch between 10am and 3pm yestserday. One was a young mens "iron horse" and the other was a women's "Trek."
The bikes were not visible from the street and required the thief to come through our front gate and walk up to the front door in order to visualize and take them.
We want neighbors to be alert to prowlers even in the daylight hours. It is unsettling to think someone is coming into gated yards and sneaking around with criminal intentions.
We live in the 4600 block of NE 54th Street, bordering Sand Point Way on the back, a fairly high traffic area very close to Katterman's pharmacy.
If anyone has information or the bikes were dumped somewhere in the neighborhood we would appreciate any leads.
Many thanks to the blog and our neighbors for having a place to communicate and look out for one another and care for our community.Please email laurelhurstblogger@gmail.com if you have any information.
My daughter had her blue Trek bike stolen from the Laurelhurst Elementary School South Playground indoor play court this past Thursday between 2-3:25pm yesterday.
The serial number is C60B8474.
She may have seen an older kid ride off on a blue bike, but not at all sure if it was hers.
I would appreciate if people could be on the look out for a bike that turns ups.If you have any information about this bike, please contact us at laurelhurstblogger@gmail.com.
SDOT is proposing a project to create a more family-friendly connection between the Burke-Gilman Trail and Magnuson Park on NE 65th Street—a bike lane on NE 65th. To make this connection today, people on bicycles must either ride in the street, which is not comfortable for all types of riders, or on the sidewalk, which affects pedestrians.
The proposed cycle track would be on the south side of NE 65th Street between the trail and Sand Point Way. SDOT is also proposing a number of pedestrian improvements at the intersection of NE 65th Street and Sand Point Way to provide more waiting area, such as new pedestrian curb ramps, and shorter crossing distances of NE 65th Street.
