{"id":460,"date":"2013-09-26T12:35:26","date_gmt":"2013-09-26T19:35:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/washingtonbikelaw.com\/blog\/?p=460"},"modified":"2021-05-23T01:57:49","modified_gmt":"2021-05-23T08:57:49","slug":"seattle-just-aint-what-it-used-to-be-bikewise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.washingtonbikelaw.com\/blog\/seattle-just-aint-what-it-used-to-be-bikewise.html","title":{"rendered":"Seattle Just Ain&#8217;t What it Used to Be, Bikewise&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-ft=\"{&quot;type&quot;:1,&quot;tn&quot;:&quot;K&quot;}\">In 1902 the Seattle Times said, &#8220;Probably [in] no city in the United States is there a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonbikelaw.com\/blog\/lets-connectseattle.html\">system of bicycle paths<\/a> so excellently conceived, so well constructed and kept constantly in as good repair as are those in and around the city of Seattle&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p data-ft=\"{&quot;type&quot;:1,&quot;tn&quot;:&quot;K&quot;}\">For a sad overview of how we got here, read Knute Berger&#8217;s Crosscut series.\u00a0 This quote was from <a href=\"http:\/\/crosscut.com\/2013\/09\/26\/roots-of-tomorrow\/116398\/bike-paths-seattle-history\/?page=single\">today&#8217;s installment<\/a>.<small><\/small><\/p>\n<p data-ft=\"{&quot;type&quot;:1,&quot;tn&quot;:&quot;K&quot;}\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/washingtonbikelaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/BikesPortTownsendLadies98.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-461 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/washingtonbikelaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/BikesPortTownsendLadies98-300x219.jpg?resize=424%2C309\" alt=\"BikesPortTownsendLadies98\" width=\"424\" height=\"309\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.washingtonbikelaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/BikesPortTownsendLadies98.jpg?resize=300%2C219&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.washingtonbikelaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/BikesPortTownsendLadies98.jpg?resize=500%2C365&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.washingtonbikelaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/BikesPortTownsendLadies98.jpg?w=700&amp;ssl=1 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 424px) 100vw, 424px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p data-ft=\"{&quot;type&quot;:1,&quot;tn&quot;:&quot;K&quot;}\">We can not say the same today.\u00a0 We&#8217;ve got a long way to go.. .\u00a0\u00a0 So far, in fact, when I look at this photo from the article, I can&#8217;t help thinking, &#8220;is that woman texting?!&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 1902 the Seattle Times said, &#8220;Probably [in] no city in the United States is there a system of bicycle paths so excellently conceived, so well constructed and kept constantly in as good repair as are those in and around the city of Seattle&#8221;. 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