Another bike commuter at work has warned me about these thugs who mug people either in the Mount Baker bike tunnel, or as bikers are leaving it. The Seattle Times reports a blurb about a cyclist who was mugged last Thursday just after exiting the tunnel in the westbound direction (which is exactly the place where I ride my bike when I come home from work). Admittedly, I haven't biked to work in a few weeks (wintery days, after all; and I'm a cold-weather wimp). Still, it's going to make me think twice, or three times, as I ride my bike through that tunnel. I can just imagine thugs blocking either entrance to the tunnel as I'm in the middle of it. The blurb mentions carrying a baton weapon. Hmmm, not a bad idea.
Oh well, it doesn't all matter _too_ much, since my office is moving up to Bothell, WA in mid-April. If/when I bike to that office (which is 20 miles away from where I live), I'd be riding the very well traveled Burke-Gilman trail - where it should be safer.
Maybe I should join Critical Mass?
