The non-profit bicycle organization Squeaky Wheels is donating $30,000 in a matching partnership with the City of Bainbridge Island to help complete a safe trail for students and their families to bike and walk to school. The Campus Connector Trail, known as Dana's Trail for long-time bicycle advocate Dana Berg, is expected to be complete
Introduction Squeaky Wheels asked the candidates in this fall’s election to the Bainbridge City Council about their positions on road shoulder improvements. We shared our position with them. Seven candidates replied. Our position statement and the candidates’ replies are below. Squeaky Wheels’ position on paved road shoulders Squeaky Wheels is a nonprofit on Bainbridge Island that supports bicycling. We
We have a very exciting event planned for July 24— our 4th Weds this month (pushing the Open House to August). We invited four of the candidates for the BI City council to come talk us about their views on non-motorized transportation and road safety for bikes. And all of them accepted the invitation. We are also inviting interested
A note from the President of Squeaky Wheels Since formation in 1994, we at Squeaky Wheels, your Bainbridge Island bicycling advocacy group, have worked hard to improve the safety and efficiency of bicycling on Bainbridge Island. One of our more important efforts has been to raise local government awareness about specific dangers on island roadways
Watch out for the new configuration, we would like to remind riders to stop at the intersections and wait for lights looking both ways. The roadway upon exiting the ferry will now be heavy and fast traffic in both directions right next to the dock. See WSDOT site for more information This weekend Alaskan Way
Vehicle holding locations move for first time in decades Starting Wednesday, Sept. 26, the Bainbridge Island vehicle holding lanes and loading slip will move to the south side of the terminal building where Bremerton vehicles currently wait. The Bremerton lanes and slip will shift to the north side where Bainbridge vehicles currently wait. This swap has not
Bring the whole family for this fun ride on Sunday, September 16th 2018. Start and Finish at the Farmers Market in Winlsow. Revel in the your accomplishment, eat pie, and listen to music. Choose a ride of 9 scenic miles, or challenge yourself with 32 miles and get another stop for pie on the way
Come join Squeaky Wheels in celebrating the birth of our great Country! We are the one wearing the Core 40 T-Shirts in the Parade on bicycles and we have a booth this year so, stop by and learn more about shoulders on existing roads, and what we can do about making it easier, safer and
West Sound Cycling Club will be hosting Dan Burden, a nationally renowned walkable cities transportation consultant, on January 11 at the United Way Bldg. in Bremerton, 7 pm – 8:30 pm. Dan will be speaking about Active Transportation, Place-making & Community Development. For 80-years city planners and engineers have built cities for cars, forgetting the
