Wheel Talk: February 2025
Join our February meeting and celebrate funding for a new bike bridge study!
Roll into spring with NSBA! ☔️
After a long winter’s nap, your friends at North Sound Bicycle Advocates are excited to be back in your inbox for the first time in 2025!
It might be wet and windy out, but there’s never been a better time to be on 2(+) wheels. Here’s what’s happening.
In this edition:
this Wednesday, 2/26: our February leadership meeting in Lynnwood (🎥 new: join virtually!) 🗓️
Shoreline City Council approves $40,000 to study a bridge re-connecting the Interurban Trail at Hwy 104 🎉
…and more!
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Upcoming Events
February leadership meeting
Wednesday, Feb. 26 • 6:00-7:30pm
Join NSBA for our February leadership meeting on Wednesday, 2/26 from 6:00-7:30pm at the Lynnwood Library.
We'll share updates from around the area: advocacy opportunities, regional planning projects, upcoming initiatives, and more. Come and help make biking safer and easier in your neighborhood!
🎥 New: join our meeting virtually! Just click the link below to join the meeting from your phone or computer.
Hackamapathon 2: Electric Bike-aloo
Saturday, March 1 • 11:00am-1:30pm
On March 1, we’ll return to the Shoreline Library with our friends at Urbanist Shoreline to play around with some online civic mapping and geospatial tools. This one will have a focus on tools for bike ride planning and bike advocacy. The session will be a very casual exploration of a few digital tools - we'll see what looks interesting and go from there!
Recent News
Shoreline approves funding to study an Interurban Trail bridge over SR104
Thanks to advocacy by North Sound Bicyle Advocates, local residents, and our community partners, the Shoreline City Council approved a $40,000 earmark in November 2024 to go towards a feasibility study of a bridge over State Route 104, reconnecting the Interurban Trail across the Edmonds-Shoreline border.
Via Oliver Moffat, of the Interurban Canopy:
“[Shoreline City Council] unanimously approved a $40,000 contribution towards a feasibility study for a bike bridge to Edmonds over SR104 to close a dangerous gap in the Interurban Trail. The bike bridge was absent from the city’s original budget and capital improvement plan but after community feedback and public comment, the city added an amendment to pitch in small amount for a study of the project when and only if another jurisdiction takes the lead.”
Securing this funding was only possible because of the engagement and advocacy of our community – including you. Thank you for caring about better biking in the North Sound!
Want to help us achieve more wins like this one? 📣
Sign up to volunteer with North Sound Bikes! We’re a community-powered, all-volunteer organization.
Just send us an email, and we’ll find a match for your skills, interests, and availability: leadership@northsoundbikes.org
That’s all for February! Have any questions or comments about this month’s edition, or want us to feature something next month? Just reply to this email.
Thanks for reading, and happy riding! 🚲