Jan 12, 2024 | City of Burien, Health & Well-Being, WABI Weekday Walkers, Walking, Walking Event
You’re invited to join the WABI Weekday Walkers on Wednesday, Jan 17th at 10am [NOTE LATER START TIME] as we make a loop through Gregory Heights in Burien. We’ll assemble at the corner of SW 164th St & 21st Ave SW where there’s plenty of street...
Aug 18, 2023 | City of Burien, Featured, Other Local Walks, Walking Event
Join the Highline Heritage Museum on the second of their Historic Walk Tours, Saturday, August 19, from 2 – 3:00 PM. This walk will be a guided tour of Old Burien locations, listening to stories from the Highline Times. Tours last 45 – 60 minutes. Be...
Aug 11, 2023 | City of Burien, Health & Well-Being, Other Local Walks, WABI Weekday Walkers, Walking, Walking Event
The WABI Weekday Walkers return to our home base this month with a walk from Burien Town Center around Lake Burien. Please join us on this mostly flat, 2.7 mile loop. We expect to walk for about an hour. Highlights include peek-a-boo glimpses of historic Lake Burien...
Aug 2, 2023 | Art Walks, City of Burien, Featured, Walk-n-Talk
Come join us on Sunday, August 6 Rain-or-shine we’ve gathered on the first Sunday of every month* to stroll the 19 neighborhoods of Burien. (We did miss two months of mandatory isolation at the start of the pandemic.) These are FREE events enjoyed by folks of...
Jun 1, 2023 | Bike/Ped Advocacy, City of Burien, Featured, Walk-n-Talk
The City of Burien is excitedto join the Walk-n-Talkers! Burien is developing an update to the Transportation Master Plan and Parks, Recreation, and Open Space Plan and wants to hear from local community voices to understand what to change, keep, and improve....
Nov 16, 2022 | Bike/Ped Advocacy, Bike/Ped Safety, City of Burien, Featured
Transportation Master Plan The Transportation Master Plan helps determine our community’s current and future transportation needs, guiding how the City of Burien will invest in transportation over the next 20 years. The plan was last updated in 2012. The City needs...
Jul 16, 2022 | City of Burien, Featured, Health & Well-Being, Parks & Trails, WABI Weekday Walkers, Walking, Walking Event
Please join us as we return to lovely Seahurst Park this month on Wednesday, July 20th at 9am. We’ll start in the parking lot by the beach and walk up the service road, a gradual climb to the top of the park. To return, we’ll travel through the wooded area...
Jan 15, 2022 | City of Burien, Featured, Health & Well-Being, WABI Weekday Walkers, Walking, Walking Event
The WABI Weekday Walkers are back on home turf this month with a walk from Burien Town Center around Lake Burien and back. Please join us on this mostly flat, 2.7 mile loop. We expect to walk for about an hour. Highlights include peek-a-boo glimpses of historic Lake...
Jul 28, 2021 | Art Walks, City of Burien, Featured, Walk-n-Talk
“I had a pleasant time on this walk and discovered art in Burien that I hadn’t known about since living in the area beginning in 1992. Where are we heading on the next walk?” Rick Frequent Walk-n-Talker Sunday August 1, 2021 In keeping with our summertime tradition,...
Jul 24, 2021 | Bike/Ped Advocacy, City of Burien, Cycling Event, Cycling Resources
FREE Bicycle Rodeo will be at Boulevard Park Library on Saturday, Aug. 7 Date and Time: August 7 @ 12:00 pm – 3:00 pm Location: Boulevard Park Library, 12015 Roseberg Ave S, Seattle, WA 98168 Grab your bike and your helmet (and a parent or guardian) and come...
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,...
Dec 3, 2020 | City of Burien, Featured, Health & Well-Being, Walk-n-Talk
It’s time for a walk! (Isn’t it always time for a walk?) Walking is fun. It gets you out of the house. You get the chance to talk to people you wouldn’t otherwise chat with…from a distance. And it keeps you healthier in the midst of this coronavirus...
Jun 24, 2020 | City of Burien, Cycling Event
All ages and levels of bike riding experience are encouraged to take part! June is the NEW Bike Everywhere Month and the City of Burien—in collaboration with WABI Burien—has planned a “socially distanced” event to help you, your family and friends stay...
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...
May 26, 2020 | Bike/Ped Advocacy, Bike/Ped Safety, City of Burien, Featured
By Maureen Hoffmann President, Walk/Bike (WABI) Burien A big THANK YOU to the City of Burien Public Works department! This time, they not only glued road bumps to the sweeping curve, but they doubled the number of feet covered, and made them reflectors, too. WABI...
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...
Mar 8, 2018 | Bike/Ped Advocacy, Bike/Ped Safety, City of Burien, Featured, Health & Well-Being, Parks & Trails, Walking
On February 13, Walk/Bike Burien (WABI) board members, Maureen Hoffmann and Rob Gala, attended the second meeting of the King County Regional Trails Steering Committee meeting on behalf of the City of Burien. The public engagement process, run by King County’s...
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...
Oct 27, 2017 | Bike/Ped Advocacy, Bike/Ped Safety, City of Burien, Health & Well-Being
The City of Burien will be hosting a public meeting to inform updates to the City’s Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Transition Plan. When: November 2, 2017, 5:30-7:30 pm Where: Burien Community Center, Seahurst Banquet Hall, 14700 6th Ave SW What: The meeting...
Jun 13, 2016 | Bike/Ped Advocacy, Bike/Ped Safety, City of Burien, Featured, Walking
“We want more sidewalks!” I hear that all the time when out on the street talking to folks. Understandably! I, too, walk a lot, often in areas where there are blind curves, no shoulders on the road and no place to get out of the traffic lane… I’d...
Feb 7, 2016 | Bike/Ped Advocacy, City of Burien, Cycling, Featured, Health & Well-Being, Walking
News from the City of Burien regarding the Downtown Burien Mobility Study With Downtown Burien recognized by the Puget Sound Regional Council as one of 25 regional growth centers, the City has prioritized the need to plan for increased density and transportation...
Apr 7, 2015 | City of Burien, Featured, Health & Well-Being, Parks & Trails, Walking
Posted on the City of Burien Web Site: March 25, 2015 Burien adopts Resolution to become a ‘Let’s Move!’ City Burien has officially become a “Let’s Move City” by committing to the obesity prevention initiative launched by First Lady Michelle Obama. The Burien City...
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...
Aug 22, 2014 | City of Burien, Cycling, Featured, Health & Well-Being, Walking
The new Fall 2014 Burien Recreation Guide is out and chuck-full of events and classes for all ages: music, dance and visual arts… after school programs and sports… yoga, pilates, martial arts… computers, gardening, dog obedience, travel… If you’re looking for...
Jul 23, 2014 | City of Burien, Cycling, Featured
Burien Police Department’s Bicycle Patrol took to the streets of Burien Tuesday in its first official day of operation. You’ll see them mostly in the downtown core, particularly around Town Square Park and the Library/City Hall on SW 152nd St....
Jul 23, 2014 | City of Burien, Cycling, Featured, Health & Well-Being, Parks & Trails, Walking
by Jack Mayne Reposted from the B-Town Blog The Burien City Council approved (July 21, 2014) an interagency agreement between the city and King County to build a portion within the city of a public trail. Brian Roberts, assistant public works director, said the Lake...
Jun 26, 2014 | City of Burien, Cycling, Cycling Event, Featured, Other Local Walks, Walking, Walking Event
Admit it…you’ve always wanted to be in a parade. Now’s your big chance! Join other WABI-ists in Burien’s Independence Day Parade. Raid your closet or the local thrift shop and wear your WABI colors proudly (orange and green). Pump up...
May 2, 2014 | Bike/Ped Advocacy, City of Burien, Cycling, Cycling Event, Featured
Be part of the great stream of bikes glinting in the sunlight as Burien bikers pedal to work or school on Burien Bike Day, Friday, May 16. WABI Burien will be hosting a Bike Commuter Station that day from 6 am to 9 am, at Town Square Park, about a block from the...
Mar 12, 2014 | City of Burien, Featured, Health & Well-Being, Walking
Like to RUN? Burien Parks, Recreation and Cultural Services is SEEKING VOLUNTEERS for a new running group. It will meet every Saturday at the Burien Library during July and August. Our goal is to find volunteer(s) that would like to lead this group so that it can be a...
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 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 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...
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...
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,...
Sep 25, 2012 | Bike/Ped Advocacy, Bike/Ped Count, City of Burien, Cycling, Cycling Event, Featured, Walking, Walking Event
Bike/Ped count day number one got started today with overcast skies, but ended with sunshine and bright blue overhead. “WABI-ist” counting volunteers showed up at their designated intersections around Burien for their two-hour shifts. A total of...
Sep 17, 2012 | Bike/Ped Advocacy, Bike/Ped Count, City of Burien, Cycling, Cycling Resources, Featured, Walking
The Annual Bicycle and Pedestrian Count will be taken at locations throughout Washington State in nearly 40 jurisdictions, including Burien. Data collected from these counts will be used to monitor success in increasing bicycle and pedestrian travel as identified in...
Apr 11, 2012 | Bike/Ped Advocacy, City of Burien
IMPORTANT COUNCIL MEETING APRIL 16! Since May, 2011 a transportation consultant and the Transportation Master Plan Advisory Committee (TMPAC) have been working on an analysis of the Burien’s transportation system and conducting a review of existing Comprehensive Plan...
Mar 29, 2012 | Bike/Ped Advocacy, City of Burien, Cycling, Walking
The City of Burien on Wednesday (March 28) released a draft Transportation Master Plan, which they’ve made available for downloading here (PDF file). “Since May, 2011 a transportation consultant and the Transportation Master Plan Advisory Committee (TMPAC) have been...
