Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Bicycling

Atlanta Looks for Options Where Bidirectional Protected Bike Lanes Intersect

By Michael Andersen | Jul 25, 2016 | No Comments

Michael Andersen blogs for The Green Lane Project, a PeopleForBikes program that helps U.S. cities connect high-comfort biking networks. Bidirectional protected bike lanes, which put both directions of bike traffic on the same side of a street, aren’t ideal. But they can be useful in a pinch. Like all protected bike lanes, well-designed bidirectionals are […]

Boston Globe Columnist Tweets Out History’s Dumbest Anti-Bike Rant

By Angie Schmitt | Jun 24, 2016 | 9 Comments

I hesitated to even respond to Boston Globe columnist Jeff Jacoby‘s odious tweetstorm against cycling in Boston, because the man is obviously just trolling for attention. But boy, Jacoby made it hard to hold back. In response to the death of Amanda Phillips, 27, who was struck and killed by a truck driver earlier this week, Jacoby went straight […]

A Hit-and-Run Driver Killed 5 People on Bikes, So the Press Lectured Cyclists

By Angie Schmitt | Jun 9, 2016 | 70 Comments

A hit-and-run driver killed five people on a group bike ride in Kalamazoo, Michigan, Tuesday. Four others were seriously injured in the horrifying crash, caused when a driver hit their training group — known as “the Chain Gang” — from behind. Police arrested 50-year-old Charlie Pickett (right), according to Mlive.com, and charged him with five counts […]

It Just Got Easier for Cities to Design Walkable, Bikeable Streets

By Angie Schmitt | May 13, 2016 | 6 Comments

We probably haven’t seen the last of engineers who insist on designing local streets like surface highways. But at least now they can’t claim their hands are tied by federal regulations. Last week, the Federal Highway Administration struck 11 of the 13 design rules for “national highways” — a 230,000-mile network of roads that includes many urban streets. The rule change eliminates […]

How Can Cities Move More People Without Wider Streets? Hint: Not With Cars

By Angie Schmitt | May 10, 2016 | 8 Comments

How can cities make more efficient use of street space, so more people can get where they want to go? This graphic from the new NACTO Transit Street Design Guide provides a great visual answer. (Hat tip to Sandy Johnston for plucking it out.) It shows how the capacity of a single lane of traffic varies according to the mode of travel […]

London’s New Mayor, Sadiq Khan, Pledges to “Accelerate” Cycling Progress

By Angie Schmitt | May 9, 2016 | 6 Comments

London bike advocates proved they were a political force to be reckoned under Mayor Boris Johnson. After cyclists demonstrated that they would not be satisfied with half-measures, Johnson started to make serious headway on safe bike infrastructure in his second term. It looks like that progress will continue even with a new mayor from a different party. Last week, Londoners chose Sadiq Khan of […]

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