Sarah Goodyear
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In Portland, Construction Can't Kill a Bike Lane
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This temporary bike lane is actually wider than the permanent one that’s being blocked by construciton. (Photo: Portlandize) Here’s an indicator of how important bike lanes are in the city of Portland. From Streetsblog Network member Portlandize comes a report on a case in which a bike lane was recently closed because of streetcar construction. […]
In Dallas, a Community Transforms a Street
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The people at Bike Friendly Oak Cliff tipped us off to this video about a truly inspirational event that happened in the Oak Cliff section of Dallas a couple of weeks ago. With about a thousand bucks and some elbow grease, neighborhood residents transformed a rundown city block for two days, creating a vibrant streetscape […]
Parking Lots Shouldn’t Take Up Prime Streetfront Real Estate
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The parking lot is behind these Boca Raton residences. (Photo: faceless b via Flickr) It might seem like a simple idea — that having an enormous parking lot in front of a business makes it unattractive to pedestrians and disrupts the fabric of a neighborhood. Unfortunately, this is the way that huge swaths of American […]
Parking Lots Shouldn't Take Up Prime Streetfront Real Estate
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The parking lot is behind these Boca Raton residences. (Photo: faceless b via Flickr) It might seem like a simple idea — that having an enormous parking lot in front of a business makes it unattractive to pedestrians and disrupts the fabric of a neighborhood. Unfortunately, this is the way that huge swaths of American […]
The Persistence of Bike Salmon
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This sign is in London. Do you think anyone got the message? (Photo: Salim Virji via Flickr) Over the weekend on CommuteOrlando Blog, Keri McCaffrey posted a video showing a bicyclist riding in the wrong direction on a Florida street. After pointing out how this might have ended badly for the rider, she poses the […]
LaTourette Backpedals on Dismissive Cycling Remarks
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Big thanks to Streetsblog Network member Iowa Bike Blog for alerting us to a post on the website of Rep. Steven LaTourette (R-OH). You may remember that LaTourette caused a bit of a stir in the bicycling community last month with some remarks he made while questioning DOT officials last month about funding for bicycle […]
Going the Last Mile by Bike
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This newer style bike rack on AC Transit in Oakland, California, can carry three bikes rather than two. (Photo: AC Transit.org via Flickr) There’s a great discussion going on over at Jarrett Walker’s Human Transit blog about how to integrate cycling with transit to solve the persistent "last mile" problem. It’s one of the biggest […]
What Do We Want from the Place We Call Home?
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In downtown Denver, walkable streets and cultural amenities like bookstores are a selling point. (Photo: Joshua G R via Flickr) What are people looking for when they search for a place to live? This morning on the Streetsblog Network, we’re featuring a couple of posts from people who have been trying to find home. Obviously, […]
How Quickly the Windshield Perspective Takes Hold
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It doesn’t take long to start thinking like a car. (Photo: Laura Conaway) Over the weekend, I went to visit family in the high desert of Nevada and had to spend quite a bit of time behind the wheel — there’s simply no other way to get around. As a matter of fact, the main […]
Using a Twitter Hashtag to Get People on the Bike
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If you are a Twitter user, you may have noticed a new hashtag in the last couple of weeks — #30daysofbiking. It’s pretty self-explanatory. People all around the country and the world have pledged to ride their bikes every day for the month of April, and they’re tweeting about it. (Around the block counts.) We […]
Families on Transit Where You Live
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We asked. You delivered. Again. This time, we were looking for photos of families on transit for one of our user-generated slide shows. You came through with pictures that show just how fun, relaxing, or even downright romantic it can be to ride buses and trains with the people you love. Enjoy. Many thanks to […]
In Charleston, a Movement to Get Cyclists Their Space
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In Charleston, bicycles are becoming ever more popular. Is the SC DOT paying attention? (Photo: gail des jardins via Flickr) Today on the Streetsblog Network, we’re featuring an impressive example of community organizing from Charleston Moves, in South Carolina. In just five days, the group collected nearly 2,000 signatures on a petition calling for bicycle […]