Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Bicycle Infrastructure

How One-Day Plazas and Bike Lanes Can Change a City Forever

By Tanya Snyder | Jul 29, 2014 | 9 Comments

This post is part of a series featuring stories and research that will be presented at the Pro-Walk/Pro-Bike/Pro-Place conference September 8-11 in Pittsburgh. Sam Rockwell rides his bike every day from his home in Minneapolis to his office at BlueCross BlueShield of Minnesota in Eagan, 12 miles away, where he spends his days plotting ways to get other people […]

The Bayou Greenways Plan: A Game-Changer for Houston?

By Angie Schmitt | Jul 25, 2014 | 11 Comments

Houston’s Bayou Greenways plan is perhaps the largest active transportation project in the country right now — if residents can actually use it for transportation when it’s completed. Jen Powis of the Houston Parks Board has described the greenway project as a cross between the Atlanta Beltline and the Portland Bike Master Plan, which “re-envisions transportation” […]

Contraflow Bike Lanes Finally Get Nod From U.S. Engineering Establishment

By Angie Schmitt | Jul 18, 2014 | 163 Comments

Buffered bike lanes have been used in some American cities for decades now, and an increasing number of cities are implementing contraflow bike lanes. But only just now are these street designs getting official recognition from powerful standard-setters inside the U.S. engineering establishment. Late last month, the National Committee on Uniform Traffic Control Devices gave […]

What a Great Pilot Bike Lane Project Looks Like: 3 Best Practices

By Michael Andersen | Jul 3, 2014 | 6 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. From Calgary to Seattle to Memphis, the one-year pilot project is becoming the protected bike lane trend of 2014. Street designers looking to use the design have been putting down their digital […]

Memphis Turns Two Highway Lanes Into a Car-Free Oasis By the Mississippi

By Michael Andersen | Jun 17, 2014 | 13 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. Once you start thinking about new ways to use your city’s streets, you start to see opportunities everywhere. That’s exactly what’s happened last weekend in Memphis, Tennessee, where half of a separated […]

The Street Ballet of a Bike Lane Behind a Transit Stop

By Michael Andersen | Jun 12, 2014 | 15 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. Why don’t more cities escape the curse of bus-bike leap-frogging by putting bike lanes between transit platforms and sidewalks? Though “floating bus stops” and similar designs are being used in many cities, […]

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