Mar 23, 2023 | Bike/Ped Advocacy, Bike/Ped Safety, Cycling Resources, Featured
As a cyclist, there are guidelines and rules-of-the-road (and the State) that you must follow for safety’s sake, as well as the assurance of a more pleasant ride. (And when riding with children, teach them to be good cyclists by ensuring that they also learn...
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...
May 10, 2022 | Bike/Ped Advocacy, Cycling, Cycling Event, Cycling Resources, Featured
May is Bike Month, and there are all sorts of activities going on for cyclists offered by Cascade Bicycle Club, Washington Bikes, People for Bikes and Leafline Trails Coalition. Below, you’ll find a smattering of introductions and links, encouraging you to...
Nov 26, 2018 | Bike/Ped Advocacy, Bike/Ped Safety, Featured, Walking
by Maureen Hoffmann, WABI President. These long winter days are short on light, so most of us find ourselves going to and from work, running errands and walking the dog at dusk or in the dark. Crossing the street. Walking through the parking lot. Heading up the...
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...
Nov 22, 2017 | Bike/Ped Safety, Cycling, Featured, Other Local Walks, Walking
by Maureen Hoffmann, WABI President. These long winter days are short on light, so most of us find ourselves going to and from work, running errands and walking the dog at dusk or in the dark. Crossing the street. Walking through the parking lot. Heading up the...
Nov 6, 2016 | Bike/Ped Advocacy, Bike/Ped Safety, Cycling, Cycling Resources, Featured, Walking
by Maureen Hoffmann, WABI President. As we all “fall back” and change our clocks this weekend, I think about it now getting dark earlier in the afternoon, and the dark season ahead of us. As a friendly reminder, I’m reposting this article from last...
Dec 31, 2015 | Bike/Ped Safety, Cycling, Featured, Walking
by Maureen Hoffmann, WABI President. These long winter days are short on light, so most of us find ourselves going to and from work, running errands and walking the dog at dusk or in the dark. Crossing the street. Walking through the parking lot. Heading up the...
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...
Apr 9, 2013 | Bike/Ped Advocacy, Featured
Puget Sound Regional Council (PSRC) is soliciting a request for qualifications for the 2013 Transportation Alternatives (TA) Program Citizens Advisory Committee. We are seeking individuals with expertise in the various eligible categories for funding under this...
Mar 11, 2013 | Bike/Ped Advocacy, Cycling, Walking
Get ready. There’s something exciting coming to town. We WABI-ists have been fussing behind the scenes for months now, planning something so big that it will extend from one end of the city to the other. (Pretty fabulous! Just sayin’…) This will make both...
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,...
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...
Nov 28, 2012 | Bike/Ped Advocacy, Health & Well-Being, Other Local Walks, Walking, Walking Event
Our friends at America Walks are planning to kick off a new webinar series on Thursday, Nov. 29 studying ways people can support walking programs at the state, tribal and local levels. The first webinar, “Data and Resources to Propel Local Walking Programs and...
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...
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...
Mar 27, 2012 | Bike/Ped Advocacy, Cycling
Advocates for Bike and Pedestrian Programs Go to Washington D.C. The annual National Bike Summit convened in Washington, DC last week. Summit participants met with members of Congress and were addressed by Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood and leaders of the...
