Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Bicycle Infrastructure

Boulder Cyclists Ride to Protest Bike Lane Removal

By Angie Schmitt | Oct 1, 2015 | No Comments

Cyclists in Boulder took to the streets yesterday to protest the City Council’s unanimous decision Tuesday night to undo a large chunk of the Folsom Street protected bike lane. A four-to-three-lane road diet and flexible posts to separate the bike lane from traffic had been installed on a 12- to 18-month trial basis, part of what the city called […]

State Engineers Warm to Protected Bike Lanes for Next AASHTO Bike Guide

By Michael Andersen | Sep 23, 2015 | 5 Comments

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 professional transportation engineers’ association that writes the book on U.S. street design is meeting this week in Seattle — and talking quite a bit about protected bike lanes. As we reported in […]

Massachusetts’ Bikeway Design Guide Will Be Nation’s Most Advanced Yet

By Michael Andersen | Sep 22, 2015 | 47 Comments

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. Bikeway design in this country keeps rocketing forward. The design guide that Massachusetts is planning to unveil in November shows it. The new guide, ordered up by MassDOT and prepared by Toole […]

Tactical Urbanism Win: Cyclist Protects Boston Bike Lane With Flowers

By Angie Schmitt | Sep 11, 2015 | 3 Comments

Even the most delicate barrier between bikes and auto traffic can change the behavior of drivers and make cycling a lot more appealing. Case in point: An ingenious bit of tactical urbanism in Boston this week resulted in a bike lane protected by $6 pots of hardware store mums. Jonathan Fertig told Streetsblog he was upset the city had […]

Feds to Traffic Engineers: Use Our Money to Build Protected Bike Lanes

By Angie Schmitt | Aug 24, 2015 | 30 Comments

The Federal Highway Administration wants to clear the air: Yes, state and local transportation agencies should use federal money to construct high-quality biking and walking infrastructure. State and local DOTs deploy an array of excuses to avoid building designs like protected bike lanes. “It’s not in the manual” is a favorite. So is “the feds won’t fund that.” Whether […]

North Carolina: Tell State Lawmakers Not to Outlaw Road Diets — Today

By Angie Schmitt | Aug 14, 2015 | 3 Comments

The language of a bill being hashed out right now in Raleigh could determine whether North Carolina cities have the freedom to redesign streets to improve safety and promote a healthier range of transportation options. A provision of House Bill 44 — specifically Section 7 — would prohibit reducing the width of state-managed roads to add bike lanes […]

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