Commuter Info
Cycling clubs and organizations
Cascade Bicycle Club has a
bulletin board where you can ask about routes and are likely to receive a
number of replies (http://www.cascade.org/community/index.cfm).
Bicycle Alliance of Washington has a bike buddy program at
(http://www.bicyclealliance.org/commute/bikebuddy.html)
or phone 206-224-9252.
The BIKES Club in Everett has a website at http://www.bikesclub.org.
The Tacoma Wheelmen Club in Tacoma has a website at www.twbc.org.
The West Sound Cycling Club in Kitsap County has a website
at www.westsoundcycling.com.
The Boeing Employees Bicycle ClubÕs commuter contact is
Larry Stougard at MS 1J-82.
Maps
King and Snohomish counties publish bike route maps, as do
the cities of Seattle, Bellevue, and Redmond; we can obtain most of these if
you let us know that you need them (you can also get them from the applicable
agencies or from the Bicycle Alliance of Washington (206-224-9252).
Kitsap County has a map available through Kitsap Transit;
try calling 1-800-501-RIDE.
Pierce County has published a map in the past but it is no longer in
print. They expect to have an
updated map in early 2007.
Transit alternatives
Another option, if there is a bad section of the route you
can't get around, or the length of your commute is too long, is to use the
bike racks of the Metro (King County, 206-553-5000), Community Transit (Snohomish
County, 425-353-RIDE), Kitsap Transit (Kitsap County, 1-800-501-RIDE), Pierce
County (253-581-8000), or Sound Transit (1-888-889-6368) buses for part of
the trip (the buses each hold two bikes), or to join a vanpool with a bike
rack. Depending on your route
and schedule, the Sounder trains may be useful; each car holds two
bikes. There are various
pamphlets put out by these agencies.
Boeing Commuter Program
The Boeing Commuter Program also has a Guaranteed Ride
Home program for emergencies.
Its website is located at commuting.web.boeing/ps/index.asp. Their phone number is 425-266-2865.
A map tool
Bikely is an online route mapping utility geared toward
bicyclists. Anyone can map out a route but the great thing is the routes are
stored, shared and searchable. So it's not only a handy tool for mapping your
own routes, but as more people use it, the library will become more and more
useful. So point your web browser to Bikely at http://www.bikely.com/
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