“Really, Dude? Opposition Is So 70s”: Local Officials Talk Bike Policy
Carolyn Szczepanski is the Bike League's communications director. A version of this post was originally published on the Bike League Blog.
March 7, 2014
Do You Have Car-Free Streets? A New Resource for North American Ciclovias
Pop quiz: Where was the first ciclovia?
March 1, 2012
How a Twin Cities Community Fought For Transit Equity — And Won
For many neighborhoods, a shiny new light rail line can be a blessing and a curse. Yes, it provides access to affordable transportation options that can be the avenue to jobs and economic opportunity. But it can also bring higher housing costs and drive up retail rents, exiling area residents and local businesses.
October 26, 2011
How Salt Lake City Became a Leader in Transit-Oriented Development
In 2004, Salt Lake City faced a challenging question: How do you fit 1.4 million additional residents into a region hemmed in by mountains on the east and water on the west? In the course of solving that problem, the city ended up answering several other head-scratchers, like: How do you get buy-in for smart-growth policies from conservatives wary of urbanism? And, how do you make new greenfield development both sustainable and wildly popular?
October 24, 2011
Five Ways Market Research Paints Bright Future for Public Transit
At the Tuesday morning plenary of the Rail~Volution conference, William Millar made a bold pronouncement. The president of the American Public Transportation Association suggested that, beyond the 1,200 attendees of the annual gathering, there are billions of public transit advocates — they just don’t know it yet.
October 19, 2011
DC, Arlington Officials Cite Seven Potential Transit Pitfalls
Fifty years ago, when the rest of the country was building highways, the District of Columbia and Arlington County invested heavily in transit — and it paid huge dividends.
October 18, 2011
The Last Mile: How Bike-Ped Improvements Can Connect People to Transit
Whether it’s just a short walk down the street or a five-mile bike ride, the journey between home and station is a major factor in people's decision to take public transit.
October 18, 2011
LaHood: Communities Should Embrace Next-Gen Bikeway Design Guide
If Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood has anything to say about it, every transportation planner in the country should have a shiny new engineering guide on his or her bookshelf.
October 14, 2011
From Minneapolis: Ten Street Design Solutions to Transform Your City
Only 11 cities in the U.S. have earned the title of Gold-Level Bicycle Friendly Community from the League of American Bicyclists. In May, Minneapolis joined the select ranks and, last week, the city got a chance to show off its bike progress to a national audience of active transportation advocates and officials.
August 22, 2011
SRTS Conference 2011: NYC Student Activist Inspires National Audience
Only two speakers at this week's Safe Routes to School National Conference in Minneapolis earned a standing ovation. For former Minnesota Congressman Jim Oberstar the crowd stood out of honor and gratitude. For Kimberly White, the audience shot out of their seats with sheer awe and inspiration.
August 19, 2011