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A tiny handlebar sensor could make cycling safer in Seattle

Seattle Now

KUOW News and Information

Daily News, News

2.4613 Ratings

🗓️ 17 June 2025

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

Seattle can be a dangerous place to ride your bike. On some roads, cars just get too close. And if you’re new to cycling here, how do you know which routes are safest? We talk with University of Washington PhD student Joe Breda, who's developed a handlebar sensor that's helping to map the region’s riskiest bike routes.

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0:00.0

I'm Dyer Oxley and on the latest episode of Meet Me Here, we debate whether it's a good idea to name your baby after a character in pop culture.

0:09.7

I'm a bit partial to Fox from the X-Files or Cooper from Twin Peaks, a little local flavor.

0:15.5

In this very personal episode, two baby name experts join me and my pregnant wife, Nina, to help us make the biggest

0:22.4

decision yet in our unborn child's life. Listen to meet me here on the KUOW app or wherever you get

0:29.1

your podcast. Hey, good morning. I'm Patricia Murphy. It's Tuesday. This is Seattle now.

0:39.2

If you regularly bike in Seattle, you probably know at least a few spots where the squeeze between cars and cycles gets real scary.

0:47.8

Especially streets that don't have protected bike lanes where you have to share the road with vehicles.

0:52.8

In a minute, we'll talk with the University of Washington PhD

0:55.5

student who's developed a handlebar sensor that can measure the most dangerous streets in Seattle.

1:01.4

But first, let's get you caught up.

1:10.6

King County Auditor's Office is looking for public input about what to investigate next.

1:15.8

They've put together a website where the public can suggest which agencies should be audited.

1:21.3

The Auditor's Office does independent oversight of public agencies in King County and also capital projects.

1:26.7

You have until July 1st to suggest ideas.

1:30.6

Seattle Congresswoman Pramilla Giacopal will be at Seattle Central College this evening for a town hall.

1:36.2

She'll give an update on what she's working on in Congress, but most of the event will be a live

1:40.7

Q&A with constituents.

1:42.5

The event starts at 5.30 at the Broadway Performance Hall, and you are required to RSVP.

1:49.0

And another grocery store in Seattle is biting the dust.

1:52.9

The Whole Foods on Capitol Hill is closing this Friday.

1:56.0

The company says it's closing the store due to performance and lack of growth potential,

2:01.9

and that employees will be transferred to other stores. The Capitol Hill location opened October 2018 on the ground floor

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