Jul 10, 2015 | Bike Racks, Cycling, Featured
In March, when writing the Downtown Burien Bike Rack Project Wrap-up, there were still 6 bike racks awaiting installation. Since 2013, we had completed installation of 35 bike racks in the public right-of-way and on the few private properties that had participated....
Mar 5, 2015 | Bike Racks, City of Burien, Cycling, Featured
by Maureen Hoffmann, Walk/Bike Burien (WABI) President It’s been an epic and exhilarating project. The efforts have come from throughout the community to bring the Downtown Burien Bike Rack Project to completion and success. There are now 41 new bike racks in...
Feb 4, 2014 | Bike Racks, City of Burien, Cycling, Cycling Resources, Featured, Health & Well-Being
WABI Burien is pleased that our new bike racks were listed as one of “Ten Great Things Happening in Washington State” by the Washington D.C.-based organization, Rails-to-Trails Conservancy. The following is an excerpt from the article written by Amy...
Jun 30, 2013 | Bike/Ped Advocacy, City of Burien, Cycling, Featured, Health & Well-Being
In the fall of 2012, WABI Burien and the City of Burien applied for and were awarded a grant of $10,000 from the Washington State Community Economic Revitalization Board for the Downtown Burien Bike Rack Project. One of the goals was to engage sponsors for the racks,...
Jun 18, 2013 | Bike Racks, City of Burien, Cycling, Cycling Resources, Featured
Build Bike Culture in Burien: BUY BURIEN BY BIKE. Now it’s easier to hop on your bike, head into town and do your shopping at the local businesses. We’ve just installed a couple dozen, sparkling new, custom-designed bike racks around town, through the...
Jun 12, 2013 | Bike Racks, Bike/Ped Advocacy, City of Burien, Cycling, Cycling Resources, Featured
Let the bikes roll in Burien. This morning, (June 12, 2013) starting at 6:30, the Burien Public Works crew installed 24 bike racks in the public right-of-way. The racks can now be found along SW 152nd, as well as other areas scattered throughout the city. (These...
Apr 19, 2013 | Bike Racks, Cycling, Featured
WABI Burien’s Bike Rack Sponsorship Sprint was launched at 9:00 a.m. this morning. By 2 seconds after 9:00, the first sponsor had e-mailed a pledge to sponsor two racks. By 9 seconds after 9:00, the second sponsor wrote in. And so it went. By 9:15, we had TWENTY...
Apr 17, 2013 | Bike Racks, Cycling, Featured
The other day a bunch of Highline High School Class of ’75 classmates were gathered for chips and salsa. After a few margaritas, conversation rolled around to the Burien Bike Rack Project. Before long, all the Highline Pirates at the long table were pledging...
Apr 17, 2013 | Bike Racks, Featured
There are 41 snazzy, new bike racks coming into town and each one is looking for a good name: YOURS. Sponsor a Bike Rack You can have your business, organization, family or personal name emblazoned on two sides of a bike rack for 5 whole years for the low cost of...
Apr 11, 2013 | Bike Racks, Bike/Ped Advocacy, Cycling, Cycling Resources, Featured
The morning started dry, but the Hot Spot Dot team ended up with wet heads and cold hands. Representatives from Burien Public Works Department, Urban Racks and WABI got together for a walk-through along SW 152nd. They discussed the locations for the bike racks coming...
Apr 5, 2013 | Bike Racks, Cycling, Featured
Very exciting news: WABI Burien has 41 bike racks in production, customized for the City of Burien, and they’ll be installed all over town! We’ve all been waiting a long time for this. WABI-ists have been working hard to see our city populated with bike...
Apr 5, 2013
Places become better when they are bikeable, walkable and full of options for modes of transportation. They become more interesting, more diverse, and more beautiful. They encourage activity and make their residents more healthy. They inspire more ways for people to...
Apr 5, 2013
Through the Downtown Burien Bike Rack Project we’ll be installing bike racks all over town! You won’t want to miss out on the Sponsorship Sprint on April 19. This is a multi-faceted project and there’s a lot of information, so read on. All...
Mar 28, 2013
Where would you like to see bike racks installed? Where have you and friends gone and found no place to lock your bikes up? What places would you frequent by bike if there were a place to lock up once you got there? Please send us an e-mail with your ideas for bike...
Mar 28, 2013 | Bike Racks, Bike/Ped Advocacy, City of Burien, Cycling, Cycling Resources, Featured
It doesn’t encourage people to ride their bikes into town to do their shopping and errands when there are few places to safely lock up their bikes when they get there! (It’s a good thing there are some small trees here and there.) In order to foster...
May 2, 2021 | City of Burien, Cycling, Cycling Event, Cycling Resources, Featured
Bike Everywhere Month is here for the month of May 2021, dedicated to all things pedal-powered. Whether you have a bike, plan to get a bike, or are just interested in learning about all things on two wheels, this is for you. Keep your eye on the Burien Parks,...
Jun 10, 2020 | City of Burien, Cycling, Cycling Event, Cycling Resources, Featured
June is Bike Everywhere Month and Burien Parks, Recreation & Cultural Services Department wants you to take part virtually! Celebrate with us all month long! Whether you have a bike, plan to get a bike, or are just interested in learning about all things on two...
Feb 19, 2018 | Cycling Event, Cycling Resources, Featured
2018 Seattle Bike Show / Outdoor Gear & Adventure Expo Date & Time: Saturday, March 3 from 9am-6pm. Sunday, March 4 from 9am-5pm Place: CenturyLink Field Event Center Tickets: General Admission, Ticket includes $1 facility fee ($12+$1)= $13.00 ($14.80 with...
Apr 17, 2013 | Bike Racks, Featured, Health & Well-Being
Increasing secure parking is a key component of making Burien more bikeable and connecting residents to local business. We’ve got 41 new, custom bike racks coming in May, to be distributed among the city’s commercial areas. These racks will go a long way...
Dec 12, 2012 | Bike/Ped Advocacy, Cycling, Cycling Resources, Featured
Help Improve Bicycling in the Puget Sound Region! The Puget Sound Regional Council, together with researchers from the University of Washington’s Department of Urban Design and Planning, are working to better understand how to plan for the needs of bicyclists. You can...
Aug 23, 2012 | Bike/Ped Advocacy, Cycling, Cycling Resources, Featured, Health & Well-Being, Walking
Pro Walk/Pro Bike® 2012: Pro Place is the leading international conference on walking, bicycling, and creating great communities through Placemaking. Register today to take advantage of the best rate and the conference’s more than 100 program sessions, mobile...
Aug 17, 2012 | Cycling, Cycling Event, Featured
Just in time for the cooler temperatures we’re supposed to see this Sunday, we will be doing what will likely be our last daytime* Bike SaFaRi (Safe Family Ride) of the year. We plan to re-ride last month’s route to North Seatac Park because we were so...
Jul 14, 2012 | Cycling, Cycling Event, Featured
WABI Burien’s Bike SaFaRi series continues this Sunday! Bike SaFaRis – “Safe Family Rides” – are monthly bike rides for young riders and parents, as well as those without children, that simply want to increase their cycling skills. There...
Jun 18, 2012 | Cycling, Cycling Event
Many thanks to the B-Town Blog for reporting on and posting this video of WABI Burien’s Father’s Day Bike SaFaRi. “The ride started at the Wild Strawberry Festival in Town Square Park and looped north through quiet neighborhoods and parks for a...
May 19, 2012 | Cycling, Cycling Event, Featured, Health & Well-Being
Friday, May 18, was the first Burien Bike Day, and it was a rolling success! Presented by WABI Burien, (our local Walk/Bike Organization), Burien Bike Day overlapped National Bike Day and Bike to Work Day, encouraging people to choose a bike for commuting, running...
Apr 11, 2012 | Bike/Ped Advocacy, Cycling, Cycling Resources, Featured
Dear Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee (BPAC) and interested parties: The Puget Sound Regional Council (PSRC) needs your help to get this message to as many bicyclists as possible. Starting May 1st, PSRC is asking bicyclists to record all their bicycle trips...
Jan 24, 2020
Walking Groups Around Burien READ MORE E-Bikes in Burien READ MORE HERE Meet Your WABI-ists READ MORE Bike Rack Project Wrap-up READ MORE Des Moines Creek Trail Walk on Sunday, Nov.19 Nov 16, 2023 | Des Moines Waterland Walkers, Featured, Parks & TrailsIn November...
May 24, 2018 | Bike/Ped Advocacy, Featured
Walk/Bike Burien (WABI) recently had a “changing of the guard”, gratefully thanking Board Members that had served since its launch in 2011. These Board Members bowed out of their time with WABI and went on to concentrate on their other life activities:...
Mar 9, 2018 | Bike/Ped Safety, City of Burien, Cycling, Featured, Health & Well-Being, Walking
What a pleasant surprise this morning to receive an email saying that WABI Burien had been nominated for a Citizen of the Year Award! Even though we were not, in the end, selected, it’s very satisfying to know that our bike/ped efforts are appreciated by folks...
Jan 10, 2018 | Art Walks, Bike Racks, Bike/Ped Advocacy, Bike/Ped Count, Bike/Ped Safety, City of Burien, Cycling, Cycling Event, Cycling Resources, Featured, Health & Well-Being, WABI Weekday Walkers, Walk-n-Talk, Walking
Do You Want to Help Make Burien More Walkable/Bikeable? Just imagine… Leading fun walks in local neighborhoods: “I didn’t know this was here!” Meeting your neighbors while having a healthy walk. Working with the City of Burien to improve sidewalks...
Jul 15, 2014 | Cycling, Cycling Event, Featured, Walking, Walking Event
WABI-ists strutted their orange and green in Burien’s Fourth of July parade this year. There was a Bike-Rack-On-Parade, towed in its very own “float”, plus bikes, trikes, helmets and walking shoes. WABI-ists queued up in the staging area waiting for...
Sep 22, 2013 | Featured, Health & Well-Being
Walk, bike and stand up against domestic violence in our community. Domestic violence will impact 1 in 4 women and their children. October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. WABI is supporting Burien citizen, Pete Bjorhdahl’s personal statement against...
Jun 30, 2013 | Bike Racks, Bike/Ped Advocacy, City of Burien, Cycling, Cycling Event, Featured, Health & Well-Being
What a great day for 100 people to cut some ribbon and celebrate. With the new bike racks in Burien and all the community support, (in addition to the warm, sunny day),there was much to applaud . The group of 100 spilled out in 4 vacated parking spots, as well as...
Jun 26, 2013 | Bike Racks, Cycling, Cycling Event, Cycling Resources, Featured
Just by showing up you get one FREE raffle ticket. By showing up ON A BIKE, you get TWO. (Wear your helmet so we know you’re on your bike… and so you’re safer.) In a couple of days, on Saturday, June 29, WABI will ask you to put your hands together for all...
Apr 5, 2013
Your name up in lights! Applause to you for choosing to support cycling in the City of Burien by sponsoring one of our spiffy, new bike racks. Your business name and logo will be out in front of everyone for 5 years. Great for visibility. (Families and individuals can...
Apr 5, 2013
There are two different, formal agreements involved in the bike rack projects: the Hosting Agreement and the Sponsorship Agreement. Hosting Agreement This is an agreement between the City of Burien, WABI and the owner of a privately-owned retail/commercial center to...
Apr 5, 2013
The Sponsorship Sprint: Friday, April 19, 2013, 9:00 a.m. What an opportunity to get your name and logo out in front of the community for 5 whole years! Be visible. Promote your business. Make a statement in support of local bike-riding around town. Just think of...
Apr 4, 2013 | Cycling, Featured, Walking
We are people-powered in how we get things done (and hopefully how we get from A to B!). Behind-the-scenes of WABI efforts are a half dozen people that bring together quite a range of civic skills and experience. The “WABI-ists” are ardent cyclists and...
Jan 2, 2013 | Art Walks, Bike/Ped Advocacy, Bike/Ped Count, City of Burien, Cycling, Cycling Event, Cycling Resources, Featured, Health & Well-Being, Other Local Walks, Parks & Trails, Walk-n-Talk, Walking, Walking Event
Our new year is starting out with some beautiful days to get out on two feet and two wheels! Blue skies, sunshine and brisk, fresh air. Time for a nice walk or a ride. Happy New Year to all the WABI-ists… all of you that are involved or interested in WABI Burien,...
Apr 19, 2012 | Art Walks, Bike/Ped Advocacy, Cycling, Cycling Resources, Health & Well-Being, Parks & Trails, Walk-n-Talk, Walking
We’re on a roll! We’re up and running (or walking, at least). We, at WABI Burien, made our official announcement today letting the local world know that we’re stirring things up to create a rich walk/bike community. We sent out our Press Release and...
