Bicycling

Inspired by our article about Wallingford's Little Free Libraries, Spokespeople has put together a tour for biking bibliophiles this Saturday. Cathy writes: Saturday, January 5 is going to be a great day for a bike ride. We're going to go on a fun ride this Saturday to discover the Little Free Libraries of Wallingford. We’ll likely explore some poetry corners too as we bike about six miles around this literary neighborhood. You can bring a book or take a book (in a…

There was a great turnout on Saturday afternoon for the Wallingford Greenway ribbon cutting ceremony and celebration. Here are a few photos post by the greenway organizers. You can find the group (and more photos) on Facebook by clicking here. If you can't view the slideshow below, you can also view the photos here.

The Wallingford Greenway celebration is this Saturday (June 16), from 4:00PM - 7:00PM, and everyone in the neighborhood is invited. Bring the dogs, kids, and, of course, your bikes to walk, roll, or ride the route along N. 44th Street which will be cordoned off between Bagley and Sunnyside during the event. There will be a ribbon cutting ceremony with SDOT at 5:00PM. Here's the full schedule of events: 3:00pm – close N 44th St between Sunnyside & Bagley (parking/local access…

Just in time for a weekend of perfect bike riding weather, SDOT rolled out its new online bike map which you can find here. The online map features citywide routes that you can view via street map or aerial view; and this is the best feature: you can narrow your search by what kind of rider you are. Here's an explanation from the SDOT Blog: The first thing you’ll want to do is choose whether you are a frequent, average or…

SDOT crews were out on Monday at N. 43rd and Burke Avenue N. painting sharrows for the new Wallingford Greenway. This segment of the greenway connects with the existing crosswalk on Wallingford Avenue N. (which will remain, with some modifications) and continues west on N. 43rd to Stone Way N. A reminder about sharrows from SDOT: Shared lane pavement markings (or “sharrows”) are bicycle symbols carefully placed to guide bicyclists to the best place to ride on the road, avoid car doors and…