Resources
Statewide bicycling resources on our site:
- Bike Clubs in Washington: Looking for a club/team to ride with? Check our Bike Clubs in Washington State page!
- Bike Maps in Washington: Plan your bike commute, trip to a local park, or your next adventure on two wheels with the resources on our Bike Maps page!
- Washington State Bicycle Laws
- Washington Bike Plans: Local, regional and state plans for bicycling.
- Bike Blogs in Washington: Check out the list and follow @BikeWAblogs for an RSS feed of posts as they come out.
- Bike-Friendly Washington: Communities, businesses, and universities in Washington state that have earned the Bicycle-Friendly designation from the League of American Bicyclists
Materials, Publications, and Reports
- Driver’s Ed Bike-Ped Quiz [pdf] – Department of Licensing
- Learn to bike without training wheels – printable guide for parents
- Go by Bike brochure – printable, two-sided commuter tips
- Share the Road Rules geared for motorists and Bicyclists – printable, one side for motorists, the flip side for bicyclists
- Share the Road Rules for Pedestrians – printable, one side
- Share the Trail – printable card, front and back
- NACTO Urban Bikeway Design Guide – Natl Assoc. of City Transportation Officials offer design guidance for facilities that haven’t yet been included in AASHTO or WSDOT design guidance.
Bicycle & Pedestrian Groups
Washington
- Safe Routes to School WA – Promotes walking and biking to school; Bicycle Alliance of Washington served as a founding partner along with Feet First
- Feet First – Puget Sound Pedestrian Advocacy
- Transportation Choices Coalition
- Bikewise – a bike hazard, crash and theft database
- Bicycle Watchdog – Hounding authorities to make your ride safer!
- My Bike Lane – Database of Bike Lane Violations
- Bike Clark County
- Occupy Your Bike – Whidbey Island
- Squeaky Wheels – Bainbridge Island
- 3 Rivers Bicycle Coalition – Bicycle Advocates for the Tri-Cities area
- Advocacy Meeting Calendar – A variety of advisory boards, planning committees, trail coalitions, and other bicycle advocacy organizations meet regularly around the state.
Nationwide and other
- Adventure Cycling Association – promotes and advocates for bicycle touring and travel
- Alliance for Biking and Walking – National coalition of bicycle and pedestrian advocacy organizations [was Thunderhead Alliance]
- America Bikes
- League of American Bicyclists – Promoting bicycling through advocacy and education
- International Bicycle Fund- Promoting sustainable transport and international understanding
- Rails to Trails Conservancy – creating a nationwide network of trails
- The Surface Transportation Policy Project (STPP)
- Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center
Trail Groups
- Centennial Trail Coalition of Snohomish County
- Ferry County Rail Trail Partners
- Friends of the Burke-Gilman Trail (Seattle-area)
- Friends of the Centennial Trail (Spokane-area)
- Inland Northwest Trails Coalition (Spokane-area)
- Foothills Rails-to-Trails Coalition (Pierce County-area)
- Forever Green Council (Pierce County)
- Woodland Trail Greenway Association (Olympia-area)
- Klickitat Trail Conservancy
- Peninsula Trails Coalition (Olympic Discovery Trail)
- Yakima Greenway Foundation
- WA State Trails Coalition
Governmental sites
State and Local
- Clark Communities Bicycle Pedestrian Advisory Committee
- Kent Bicycle Advisory Board
- Moses Lake Trails Planning Team
- Olympia Bicycle & Pedestrian Advisory Committee
- Redmond Pedestrian Bicycle Advisory Committee
- Seattle Bicycle Advisory Board
- Spokane Bicycle Advisory Board
- Washington State DOT Bicycle Resources
- Hood Canal Bridge Maintenance Requests: to report debris on the Hood Canal Bridge, contact the Washington Department of Transportation Maintenance Office at 360.874.3050 and ask for Duke. The bridge is swept at least once every 3-4 weeks but also on an ‘as needed’ basis.
Nationwide and other
International Organizations
- Sanctuary Foundation Bikeways Project – Info on BC’s bicycling advocacy
- British Columbia Cycling Coalition – Transportational Cycling in BC
- Victoria Transport Policy Institute -Innovative and practical solutions to transportation problems
Bike Shops
Want to learn how to maintain and repair your bike? We have a collection of Bicycle Maintenance How-To videos here.
Nonprofit bike shops that offer free or low cost services, have an educational focus, and recycle bikes and bike parts.
- The Hub Community Bike Shop (Bellingham)
- Sharing Wheels (Everett)
- Bikes for Kids (Federal Way)
- Evergreen Bike Shop (Olympia)
- Bike and Bike (Olympia)
- The Community Build-a-Bike Project (Olympia)
- Redmond Bike Works (Redmond)
- Bike Works (Seattle)
- The Bikery (Seattle)
- The Bike Shack (Seattle)
- Pedals2People (Spokane)
- Cool Water Bikes (Spokane)
- The Recyclery (Port Townsend)
- 2nd Cycle (Tacoma)
Helmets
- Helmet Laws by Jurisdiction in Washington State
- Safe Kids USA (a list of organizations around the state that can help with low-cost helmets)
- Helmet info for King County
- prorider.com (bulk-order low-cost helmets)
Commercial Shops (Bicycle Alliance supporters)
- RECycled Cycles – Seattle’s used bike shop
- Free Range Cycles – Fremont Neighborhood, Seattle
- Bike Works – Community bike shop, Seattle
- North Division Bicycle Shop – Spokane
- REI – Bellingham, Kennewick, Spokane, Seattle, Tacoma, etc.
News/Magazines (print and online)
- The Bicycle Paper
- Bicycling Magazine
- Momentum
- Velo News
- Adventures Northwest
- Wenatchee Outdoors
- Outdoors Northwest
- OutThere Monthly
Bike Parking
It’s not enough to just ride your bike–you still need a secure and convenient place to lock it up once you get to where you are going. Racks are fine for short-term parking, but for commuters, more permanent shelters are in order. The following links provide information on installing lockers at your place of work, renting publicly available lockers, and using a variety of short-term and long-term bike parking facilities:
- King County Metro Park & Ride Bike Lockers
- Bellevue Commuter Connection [24/7 bike parking]
- Pierce Transit [bike lockers]
- Sound Transit [bike lockers]
- Intercity (Thurston County) Transit [bike lockers at Lacey & Olympia Transit Centers]
- C-Tran (Clark County / Vancouver) [bike lockers]
- Kitsap Transit [bike lockers]
- Spokane Transit [bike lockers]
- Community Transit (Snohomish County) [bike lockers]
- Jefferson Transit
- Seattle Indoor Bike Parking Guide [map showing where there is or isn't bike parking in garages]
- Workplace Lockers [info on how to get them installed]
