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
Americans Applaud as Cities Build Protected Car Lanes
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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. Driving is a dangerous activity. As a result, many Americans find it stressful and unpleasant. “I’m interested in driving but it doesn’t really seem safe,” said Bekka Wright of Boston. “I mean, […]
Protected Bike Lanes 7 Times More Effective Than Painted Ones, Survey Says
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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. We all know that if your goal is to get meaningful numbers of people to ride bicycles, protected bike lanes are better than conventional ones painted into a door zone. But how […]
A Major Bike Lane Upgrade, Brought to You by Portland’s Transit Agency
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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. It’s safe to say Portland has found a way to solve the problem of people confusing a sidewalk with a sidewalk-level bike lane. The answer: lots and lots of green. Here are some pictures of […]
It Just Works: Davis Quietly Debuts America’s First Protected Intersection
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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. The city that brought America the bike lane 48 years ago this summer has done it again. Davis, California — population 66,000, bike commuting rate 20 percent — finished work last week […]
Modern Road Design in 7 Words: Cities Aren’t the Hoses, They’re the Gardens
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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. Every bike lane believer has heard a variation on this concern: Won’t our cities grind to a halt if we redesign our streets to have fewer passing lanes for cars? Last week, […]
Cities Are Reinventing Transportation Planning for the Age of the Public Beta
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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. As protected bike lanes and other new-to-North-America designs have spread, they’ve created an exciting new era for American traffic engineers, who are once again getting the chance to solve new and interesting […]
Newark Clears Bike Lane of Cars, Solves Parking Problem With Meters Instead
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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. Three months after Newark drew national attention for considering removal of New Jersey’s only protected bike lane in order to allow illegal double-parking, the city has found a different solution. Instead of […]
Calgary Opens a Downtown Protected Bike Lane Network All at Once
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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. One of North America’s unlikeliest and most ambitious protected bike lane projects is now on the ground. Calgary, the arid Alberta prairie town and natural gas capital, agreed last year on a […]
To Improve Biking and Walking, Seattle Uses Posts That Can Take a Punch
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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. As American cities have looked for simple, cheap ways to get physical barriers between bikes and cars, they’ve been reminded of a sad truth: You get what you pay for. Cheap and […]
Four Cities Race to Finish the Country’s First Protected Intersection
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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. Sometimes, change builds up for years. And sometimes, it bursts. Fifteen months after American bikeway designer Nick Falbo coined the phrase “protected intersection” to refer to a Dutch-style intersection between two streets […]
New Federal Guide Will Show More Cities the Way on Protected Bike Lanes
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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. Protected bike lanes are now officially star-spangled. Eight years after New York City created a trailblazing protected bikeway on 9th Avenue, designs once perceived as unfit for American streets have now been detailed in a new […]
Honolulu’s First Protected Bike Lane Cuts Sidewalk Biking 65 Percent
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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. A few months after Honolulu opened its first protected bike lane, it’s the latest to demonstrate a very consistent trend across the country: Almost every protected bike lane immediately cuts sidewalk biking […]