Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Bicycling

Brown University Students Launch ‘Waze for Safe Bike Routes’

By Christian MilNeil | Jan 20, 2022 | No Comments

A software startup run by two seniors at Brown University aims to help more bike riders find better bike routes with a new navigation app that lets users rate streets along their way.

What Can a Mayor Do to Make a City More Livable?

By Melanie Curry | Jan 19, 2022 | No Comments

"A mayor is somebody who not just cheer-leads, but also shows people the path that’s possible, and then encourages people to get on that path – that bike path – and help move the city towards what it wants to be.”

What should we do about racial discrepancies in Chicago’s life-saving traffic cam program?

By John Greenfield | Jan 15, 2022 | No Comments

There's no question that the cams are preventing injury and fatality crashes, but Black and Latino motorists and racking up more tickets and suffering financing hardship. Should we reform or abolish it.

SEE IT: Streetfilms Shows How Cargo Bikes Are Revolutionizing Family Life

By Eve Kessler | Jan 11, 2022 | No Comments

Parents with conventional or electric bikes are loading up their kids (sometimes several kids!) and taking them everywhere.

USPS Decarbonization Plan is Weak, Say Advocates

By Kea Wilson | Jan 10, 2022 | No Comments

Sustainability leaders are furious at the United States Postal Service for dragging its feet on ditching gas-powered mail trucks and other vehicles — and the agency doesn't seem to be seriously considering non-automotive mail delivery options, either.

Who Should We Be Building Bikeways For?

By John Greenfield | Jan 10, 2022 | No Comments

A discussion of whether or not "door zone" lanes lanes are terrible yielded an essential truth: To dramatically build bike mode-share, what we need a network of 8-to-80 facilities.

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