Bicycle Infrastructure
There Is Now Scientific Evidence That Parking Makes People Crazy
Michael Andersen blogs for The Green Lane Project, a PeopleForBikes program that helps U.S. cities build better bike lanes to create low-stress streets. Fifth in a series.
June 6, 2014
Protected Bike Lanes Make the “Interested But Concerned” Feel Safer Biking
If you like painted bike lanes, you'll probably love protected bike lanes.
June 5, 2014
Protected Bike Lanes Attract Riders Wherever They Appear
Michael Andersen blogs for The Green Lane Project, a PeopleForBikes program that helps U.S. cities build better bike lanes to create low-stress streets. Second in a series.
June 3, 2014
Get Ready for a Landmark Study of America’s Protected Bike Lanes
Michael Andersen blogs for The Green Lane Project, a PeopleForBikes program that helps U.S. cities build better bike lanes to create low-stress streets.
June 2, 2014
Cincinnati Streetcar Foes Have New Target: Bike Lanes
Another big transportation showdown is brewing in Cincinnati. This time the fight isn't over a streetcar -- it's about a protected bike lane.
April 17, 2014
Caltrans Endorses the NACTO Urban Street Design Guide
It wasn't a total surprise, but exciting nevertheless for bicycle advocates gathered at the NACTO "Cities for Cycling" Road Show in Oakland last night. Caltrans Director Malcolm Dougherty announced that the agency will endorse the use of the National Association of City Transportation Officials Urban Street Design Guide, giving California cities the state DOT's blessing to install modern infrastructure like protected bike lanes.
April 11, 2014
Big Win in Charleston: Car Lane Converted to Bike/Ped Path on Key Bridge
Charleston, South Carolina's Legare Bridge carries about 56,000 cars over the Ashley River daily, but it's never had a safe path for people on bikes. Connecting central Charleston with population centers to the west and south, it is such a critical corridor that bicycle advocates call it Charleston's "missing link."
February 27, 2014
Four Reasons Cities Can’t Afford Not to Invest in Bike Infrastructure
It isn't window dressing. Or a "hip cities" thing. Bike infrastructure -- not the watered-down stuff, but high-quality bikeways that get more people on bikes -- is becoming a must-have for cities around the U.S.
January 16, 2014
In Austin, a Protected Bike Lane Built to Help Kids Get to School
What does it look like when a city gets serious about giving kids the freedom to get to school on their own? Austin, Texas, is showing people what's possible with a protected bike lane that serves an elementary school.
January 13, 2014
Bike Signals Get the Green Light From Engineering Establishment
Think of it as a Christmas gift: On December 24, the gatekeepers who determine which street treatments should become standard tools for American engineers decided to add bike signals to the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices, sometimes called "the bible of traffic engineering."
January 6, 2014