Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Bicycle Infrastructure

Research Bolsters Case for Cycle Tracks While AASHTO Updates Guide

By Adam Voiland | Apr 27, 2011 | 52 Comments

For decades, dueling camps of cycling advocates have feuded about how to best accommodate riders. Some have pushed for the construction of Dutch-style cycle tracks, arguing that separated lanes make bicycling safer and less intimidating, while others have insisted such infrastructure isolates riders and makes cycling more dangerous than simply remaining within the flow of […]

Houston Planners Will Spend All Their Federal Air Quality Funding on Cars

By Angie Schmitt | Mar 31, 2011 | No Comments

It looks like the Houston region still has a long way to go in balancing the needs of cyclists and pedestrians with those of drivers. The region’s Transportation Policy Council came down largely on the side of auto infrastructure Friday in deciding how to allocate tens of millions of dollars in federal funding. On the […]

On Eve of National Bike Summit, A Renewed Push for Separated Bike Lanes

By Angie Schmitt | Mar 7, 2011 | 28 Comments

The National Bike Summit begins tomorrow, bringing together an estimated 750 cycling advocates. They’ll hear from NYCDOT Chief Janette Sadik-Khan, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, and Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, and they’ll descend on Congress in droves, plastic bike pins fastened to their lapels, to deliver a message about safe cycling access. We’ll be covering the […]

Bike Trail Funding Survives 583 Amendments

By Tanya Snyder | Feb 18, 2011 | 15 Comments

Bet you weren’t expecting to hear any good news from the floor of the House today, were you? Turns out not everyone in Congress is as axe-happy as some high-profile Republicans. For example, Amtrak survived one attempt to cut all its funding and another to cut $447 million. (Amtrak funding does stand to lose $224 […]

Biggest TRB Meeting Ever Highlights Visionary Bicycle Research

By Tanya Snyder | Jan 31, 2011 | 3 Comments

If you attended last week’s annual meeting of the Transportation Research Board, you were one of 10,900 people presenting 2,200 papers and 2,500 slide presentations on everything from the conspicuity of pavement markings to complete streets for blind pedestrians. TRB changed in 1976 from a highway research board to a multimodal focus, and now “TRB […]

New T&I Rep. Richard Hanna: A Little Bit Upstate NY, A Little Bit Portland

By Tanya Snyder | Jan 27, 2011 | 9 Comments

Rep. Richard Hanna, recently named the vice chair of the Highways and Transit Subcommittee, is one of 19 freshmen Republicans on the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. (Duncan Hunter is the 20th new Republican on the committee, but he’s not a freshman.) He represents New York’s 24th District, which includes Cooperstown, Utica, Norwich and the […]

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