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...
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...
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...
Sep 10, 2018 | Bike/Ped Advocacy, Bike/Ped Safety, Cycling, Cycling Resources, Featured
(The following article is compiled from meeting notes and posts by Cascade Bicycle Club and Washington Bikes.) People who wouldn’t have considered riding a traditional bike are becoming electric bike (e-bike) riders. The electric pedal assist boost gives people the...
Apr 26, 2016 | Bike/Ped Advocacy, Bike/Ped Safety, Cycling, Cycling Event, Cycling Resources, Featured, Health & Well-Being
The Burien Library will be hosting Madi Carlson, author of Urban Cycling, advocate, and urban-cycler extraordinaire, on Saturday, April 30 at 2:00 pm. This event is part of this year’s Everyone Is Talking About It KCLS adult programming series, and is FREE and open to...
Feb 13, 2016 | Bike/Ped Advocacy, Bike/Ped Safety, Cycling, Cycling Event, Cycling Resources, Featured
Are you a small business owner interested in learning about how bikes mean better business? A planner or engineer working within your local jurisdiction to design safer streets? A trail supporter looking for funding? Do you want to learn more about bike education in...
Sep 20, 2015 | Bike/Ped Advocacy, Bike/Ped Count, Cycling, Walking
2015 Call for Volunteers It’s time again for the Annual Bicycle and Pedestrian Documentation Project. WSDOT and Cascade Bicycle Club are partnering to collect information about bicycle and pedestrian usage at specific locations around the state. A new website...
May 10, 2015 | Cycling, Cycling Event, Featured
Mark your calendar for Friday, May 15th and stop by the Burien Bike Day Commuter Support Station, from 6 am to 9 am. We’ll have coffee and goodies to keep your commute going! We’ll be at Burien Town Square Park, 400 SW 152nd St., just a couple of...
Apr 7, 2015 | Bike/Ped Advocacy, Cycling Event, Cycling Resources, Featured
Save the date! WABI Burien is pleased to participate in Recology Cleanscapes’ Waste-Free Earth Day. When: Saturday, April 18 from 11:00am – 3:00pm Where: The Recology Store Highline 15858 1st Ave S, #A100, Burien, Washington 98148 (Located at the Five...
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...
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...
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 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...
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...
May 9, 2013 | Cycling, Cycling Event, Cycling Resources, Featured
Friday, May 17th is “National Bike to Work Day”, but WABI has declared it “Burien Bike Day”. We want to encourage local folks to choose pedal-power not just for their commuting when possible, but also for fun and exercise. In support of the...
