Apr 19, 2024 | Cycling
Our first ride of the season will take place on a section of the beautiful Green River Trail on Wednesday, April 24, beginning at 10AM. The trail links industrial lands to pastoral landscapes, parks, and river views throughout the route. We will meet at the Briscoe...
Jan 3, 2024 | Bike/Ped Advocacy, Bike/Ped Safety, Cycling, Cycling Resources, Featured
Burien is actually quite a hilly place, and e-bikes sure “flatten out” our hills! In the last 3 or 4 years (especially during the pandemic) the number of e-bikes around town have dramatically increased. And for good reason. On an E-Bike Tackle the hills...
Sep 30, 2023 | Bike/Ped Safety, Cycling, Cycling Event, Parks & Trails
WABI Burien Weekday Bikers will cycle along the eastern portion of the Cedar River Trail on Wednesday, October 4, 2023. We plan to meet a little before 10 AM at the Cedar River Trail parking area immediately across the street from Foley’s Produce stand 21419...
Aug 31, 2023 | Cycling, Cycling Event, Featured, Health & Well-Being, Parks & Trails
WABI Burien Weekday Bikers will cycle the Green River Trail on Wednesday, September 6, 2023. We plan to meet a little before 10 AM at the Three Friends Fishing Hole in Kent. We will cycle south, passing through the newly completed Van Doren’s Landing Park, and...
Jun 24, 2023 | Cycling, Cycling Event, Health & Well-Being, Parks & Trails
WABI Burien Weekday Bikers will cycle the Alki Trail on Wednesday, June 28, 2023. We will plan to meet a little before 10 AM at the Delridge Community Center parking lot (address below) and cycle north, picking up the Alki trail along Harbor Avenue SW. We will take a...
May 20, 2023 | Cycling, Featured, Parks & Trails
WABI Burien Bikers will cycle along three of Seattle’s waterways on Wednesday, May 24, 2023 beginning at 10 AM. The route begins at the Green River Trail in Tukwila, cycling north as the Green River becomes the Duwamish River waterway and continues to Cecil...
Apr 21, 2023 | Cycling, Featured, Health & Well-Being, Parks & Trails
WABI Burien Bikers will cycle the lovely Soos Creek Trail on Wednesday, April 26, 2023 beginning at 10 AM. The paved trail meanders through marshlands, meadows, and forests over a gently rolling course that crosses and re-crosses Soos Creek and other small streams...
Mar 24, 2023 | Cycling, Cycling Event, Featured
After a several year hiatus, WABI Burien will restart organized community bike rides, beginning on Wednesday, March 29, 2023. Our first ride will take place on a section of the beautiful Green River Trail on Wednesday, March 29 beginning at 10AM. The trail links...
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...
Aug 17, 2022 | Bike/Ped Advocacy, Bike/Ped Safety, Cycling Event, Cycling Resources, Parks & Trails
New Bike Rodeo Grand Opening this Sunday, Aug. 21, 2022. This FREE event for a series of bike skill sessions. Noon – 2 p.m. at the park, located at 14549 4th Ave SW. “Come and join us there will be music, food and a bike skill show,” organizers said. El Toro Cycling...
Aug 5, 2022 | Bike/Ped Advocacy, Featured
Kids can improve riding skills at Bicycle Rodeo at Boulevard Park Library on Aug. 13 It’s time for a Bicycle Rodeo – and kids will be able to improve their riding skills and even learn a trick or two from bicycle-trained Burien Police Officers on Saturday, Aug. 13,...
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 2, 2020 | Bike/Ped Advocacy, Bike/Ped Safety, Health & Well-Being
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...
Sep 24, 2020 | Bike/Ped Advocacy, Bike/Ped Count, Featured
Seeking Volunteers for the October Statewide Pedestrian and Bicyclist Count We need your help! The annual volunteer-based count of people walking and biking in communities all across Washington led by WSDOT, is essential for funding and planning for safer places to...
Sep 24, 2020 | Bike/Ped Advocacy, Bike/Ped Safety, Cycling, Featured
Exciting news from our Cycling Allies at Washington Bikes By Alex Alston | Published March 18, 2020 “Safety Stop”: to treat stop signs as yield signs* On October 1, Washington becomes the 5th U.S. state to allow people riding bikes to treat stop signs as...
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...
Jan 16, 2019 | Featured, Other Local Walks, Walking, Walking Event
The Viaduct is closed! The Tunnel is opening. The City of Seattle has planned an event-filled weekend of Step Forward fun. PLEASE NOTE: Remaining tickets are extremely limited, generally from 3:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. on Saturday. (They are FREE for the Viaduct and...
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...
