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
- Driving Tips – printable brochure with tips for drivers on interacting with people biking and walking
- Share the Trail – printable card, front and back
- NACTO Urban Bikeway Design Guide – National Association of City Transportation Officials offer design guidance for facilities that haven’t yet been included in AASHTO or WSDOT design guidance. WSDOT adopted this guide in 2014 (first state to adopt the NACTO bikeway design guide).
Bicycle & Pedestrian Groups
Washington
- Bicycle Advocates of the Valley – Facebook group for Wenatchee Valley
- Bicycle Grays Harbor - Facebook group for Grays Harbor bike advocates
- Bike Clark County - Bicycle advocates for Clark County, WA
- BikeVanWA – Bicycle advocates for Vancouver, WA
- Cascade Bicycle Club – Seattle/King County bike advocacy
- Edmonds Bicycle Advisory Group – Bicycle advocates in Edmonds, WA
- Feet First - Puget Sound pedestrian advocacy
- Kirkland Greenways - Advocates for safe streets in Kirkland, WA
- Lewis Clark Bicycling Alliance – Lewiston/Clarkston
- Occupy Your Bike – Whidbey Island
- Safe Routes to School WA - Promotes walking and biking to school; Washington Bikes served as a founding partner along with Feet First
- Seattle Neighborhood Greenways – Advocates for safe streets
- Squeaky Wheels – Bainbridge Island
- 3 Rivers Bicycle Coalition – Bicycle advocates for the Tri-Cities area
- Yakima Bikes and Walks – Advocates for the Yakima Valley
Trail Groups
- Centennial Trail Coalition of Snohomish County
- Eastside Trail Advocates (King County)
- Ferry County Rail Trail Partners
- Foothills Rails-to-Trails Coalition (Pierce County area)
- Forever Green Council (Pierce County)
- Friends of the Burke-Gilman Trail (Seattle area)
- Friends of the Centennial Trail (Spokane area)
- Inland Northwest Trails Coalition (Spokane area)
- Klickitat Trail Conservancy
- Mountains to Sound Greenway Trust
- Peninsula Trails Coalition (Olympic Discovery Trail, @OlyDiscoTrail)
- Washington Trails Association
- WA State Trails Coalition
- Willapa Hills Trail Fans
- Woodland Trail Greenway Association (Olympia-area)
- Yakima Greenway Foundation
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
- International Mountain Bicycling Association
- Rails to Trails Conservancy – creating a nationwide network of trails
- The Surface Transportation Policy Project (STPP)
- Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center
Governmental sites
Local Bicycle Advisory Boards and Committees
- 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
- US Bike/Ped Program
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/community 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)
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]
- Spokane Bike Parking [crowdsourced Google map of bike rack/parking locations]
- 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]
