UW develops bike-mounted sensor system to track close-passing cars and map safer cycling routes Sharing the road and giving enough space may be the best way for drivers to help keep cyclists safe. But… Read More
Part bike, part scooter, Lime will debut new ‘LimeGlider’ seated electric vehicle in Seattle Lime is bringing another new micromobility device to Seattle, choosing the city as the location for the global debut of… Read More
New bike-share company to bring 1,500 e-bikes to Seattle streets by spring to boost mobility options A new electric-assist bike company is joining the mix of bikes and scooters on the streets of Seattle as the… Read More
Amazon offering new $170 monthly benefit to employees who commute to work by bike When Amazon workers return to office buildings in the Seattle area, doing so by bicycle could pay off as the… Read More
Apple Maps finally adds cycling-specific routing for Seattle bicyclists For years, Apple Maps has lacked the cycling-specific routing that for a decade has made Google Maps the popular choice… Read More
Rider Oasis launches in Seattle with hope that vending machines become ‘Redbox for bike parts’ In increasingly congested Seattle, it’s not a stretch to imagine more young tech workers turning to bicycles as a way… Read More
63 days, 3,523 miles: How a Seattle techie and his teen daughter feel after tandem biking across U.S. Olivia Carpenter turned 15 on Friday, and to celebrate she happily got off the tandem bike that she rode across… Read More
Whale of a ride: Why this techie and his teen daughter are traversing the U.S. on a tandem bike A Seattle girl with a love and concern for endangered orca whales hopped on a tandem bicycle with her tech-savvy… Read More
Why this East Coast electric bike retailer relocated to Seattle for its clicks-to-bricks operation For the past six years, brothers Yevgeniy and Boris Mordkovich have been slowly building out Evelo, an online retailer of… Read More
Bicycle security startup Project 529, led by former Xbox exec J Allard, acquires National Bike Registry Project 529, the Seattle-based startup that aims to curb what it calls an epidemic of bicycle theft in North America, announced Tuesday… Read More
Reinventing the electric bike: GeoOrbital goes ‘Tron’ with new wheel Think of the fabled “Tron” light racers from the movies and games of the same name and you’ll have an… Read More
Coffee Brake Mug, born out of a bike spill, leads to a Kickstarter with one clever video Not all innovation has to push the technological envelope. Sometimes a well-meaning individual with a good idea and an eye for… Read More
Seattle electric bike startup Propella debuts affordable e-bike, taking cues from Tesla and Apple A few years ago, 2011 UW graduate Ben Tarassoli was looking for an electrically-assisted bicycle (e-bike). Although there were plenty… Read More
Meet Project 529: A bike security software startup led by Xbox co-founder J Allard J Allard knows first-hand how miserable it can be to try and recover a stolen bicycle. Now the Xbox co-founder… Read More
UberPedal: Uber now offers cars with bike racks for an extra $5 Uber wants to offer a helping hand to bike riders. The company is launching a new service called UberPedal in… Read More
This battery-powered, auto-shifting bicycle may convince you to sell your car Replacing your car with a bicycle is a difficult, and for some of us, an impossible transition. The safety and… Read More
