Michael Andersen
Michael Andersen writes about housing and transportation for the Sightline Institute. He previously covered bike infrastructure for PeopleForBikes, a national bicycling advocacy organization.
Recent Posts
Providence Is Using Bikes to Build a Future on a Freeway’s Footprint
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Fifty years ago, almost every city in the country discovered the effects a freeway has on the neighborhoods nearby. Now, one of the country's oldest cities is about to learn what happens when you move a freeway out.
Are Women Really More Risk-Averse on Bikes, or Just More Honest?
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A researcher raises some interesting skepticism.
Wichita Upgrades Guerrilla Plungers to Permanent Bike Lane Posts
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Two weeks after two rows of toilet plungers set up to temporarily protect a Wichita bike lane went viral, the city of Wichita has decided that come to think of it, those plungers were making a pretty good point.
The Motherland of Soul Is Getting an All-Ages Biking Network
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Even as South Memphis has left deep marks on U.S. culture, its neighborhoods themselves have suffered. Now the city is working through many channels to reverse that -- one of which is putting the district at the front of the queue to get one of the country's first connected networks of all-ages bikeways.
Austin Is Starting a Three-Year Plan to Fight Congestion With Bikes
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Its proposed biking network will increase road capacity as much as a freeway expansion.
In Baltimore, Combining Bikes and Buses to Reconnect a Car-Lite City
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In the first in a series of profiles of the 10 focus areas in the PeopleForBikes Big Jump Project, we look at Baltimore's plans to beef up frequent bus service and install a low-stress biking network in six neighborhoods.
The Dutch’s Beloved Bikeway Design Manual Just Got an Update
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The guide to Dutch bikeway engineering is a critical darling, at least among the nation's hipper street designers.
Side-Street Bikeways Only Pay Off If You Have Protected Bike Lanes Too
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Building bikeways only on quiet streets might actually be the worst option, one study says.
Protected Intersections in the U.S.: From Zero to 12 in Two Years
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The country's newest major bike-lane innovation is very young. But so far, it's spreading faster than the protected bike lane did.
The ‘Peanutabout’ Concept Could Be a Breakthrough for Diagonal Streets
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Wickedly good biking ideas continue to pop up in Massachusetts.
Bikes Belong on Main Streets Because Bikes Are Not Mainly for Commuting
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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. Trivia question 1: Of all the trips taken by U.S. adults, how many lead to or from somewhere other than work? The answer is 78 percent. Trivia question 2: Of all the […]
Edmonton’s Quick-Build Protected Bike Lane Grid: “A New Model” for Change
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Michael Andersen blogs for The Green Lane Project, a PeopleForBikes program that helps U.S. cities connect high-comfort biking networks. The most interesting thing about this week’s best bike infrastructure news isn’t what’s being built. It’s how it’s being built. Two years ago, the sprawling Canadian prairie metropolis of Calgary decided to buck tradition and test […]