Bike-to-Work Day on Friday, and free bus rides all week

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Also coming up Friday – it’s Bike-to-Work Day, and in addition to the commute station on the west end of the “low bridge” here in West Seattle, two White Center spots participating this year – both marked on the map above with aqua markers – Caffe Delia (9622 16th SW) is inviting bike commuters to stop by for coffee, waffles, and Full Tilt Ice Cream (Caffe Delia and FT are both members of the Rat City Business Association, a WSB sponsor); and Dubsea Coffee (9910 8th SW), with free bike tune-ups as well as free coffee.

And all week – tomorrow through Friday – Metro and Sound Transit are offering free rides to any bicyclist who loads a bike on one of their buses. Each bus, Metro notes, has three spaces, available first-come first-served. And if you’ve never used the bus bike rack before, remember that you can give the same equipment a try at Alki Bike and Board at 2606 California SW in the Admiral District (ABB is also participating in the Friday morning bike-to-work station by the low bridge, mentioned above).

carlton May 13, 2012 (10:10 pm)

Free rides to only bike riders? What about people with disabilities? That’s bull crap McShwinn!

WSB May 13, 2012 (10:28 pm)

Carlton, he had nothing to do with it. The county runs Metro, not the city. So your points of complaint would be KC Executive Constantine and/or the County Council (Joe McDermott represents this area). – TR

cj May 13, 2012 (10:40 pm)

Now what would be cool is for a lot of those bikers to take notebooks and write a journal of their experiences. It might help solve a lot of the problems bikers face getting around the city.

Jason May 14, 2012 (8:45 am)

If “we” as a city/county are as commuter friendly as we say we are, then anyone who puts a bike on the rack should ALWAYS ride for free – there’s only space for two bikes, how much could that really cost? “Lost revenue” you say? But… haven’t “we” already agreed that it’s not about the costs, it’s about the good it does the environment, right? Look at how much more it costs the city to use green/recycled products, vs non-green etc…
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(a lot of this comment said tongue-in-cheek!)

Doris May 14, 2012 (3:05 pm)

How tongue in cheek are you about the thousands of people who drive cars alone to work every day, Jason? As much of a joke it is to some people, the car culture of laziness that the majority of people subscribe to is disgusting and pathetic.