Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Bicycling

Why Bike Lanes With Lots of Bike Traffic Can Still Appear “Empty”

By Angie Schmitt | Apr 1, 2016 | 17 Comments

Wherever there is a bike lane, there is probably an angry driver complaining that it is always empty. That tends to be the case even when plenty of people do use the bike lane. And there are reasons for that, writes University of Minnesota professor David Levinson. Mathematical, geometrical reasons. Like the fact that free-flowing bike traffic will look […]

Can We Bike Our Way to a Stable Climate?

By Tony Dutzik | Mar 28, 2016 | 1 Comment

Crossposted from the Frontier Group. Earlier this week, I had the chance to talk about the role of bicycling in addressing climate change at the National Bike Summit in Washington, D.C., sponsored by the League of American Bicyclists. The conversation was framed around the Paris climate agreement – the pact signed by 195 nations in December […]

Explore National Transportation Change Trends by Age Group

By Daniel Hertz | Mar 4, 2016 | 4 Comments

Cross-posted from City Observatory In some ways, the urban renaissance of the last decade or two has been quite dramatic. Downtown or downtown-adjacent neighborhoods in cities around the country have seen rapid investments, demographic change, and growth in amenities and jobs. Even mayors in places with a reputation for car dependence, like Nashville and Indianapolis, are […]

Bike Counts Rising Fast at Automated Counters Around the World

By Michael Andersen | Mar 2, 2016 | 4 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 battle to make biking a viable transportation or recreation choice for more people is fought mostly at the local level: a protected bike lane here, a BMX course there, a new […]

Chattanooga’s Custom-Built De-Icer for Protected Bike Lanes Is Adorable

By Michael Andersen | Feb 24, 2016 | 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. As we wrote the other day, clearing snow and ice from protected bike lanes isn’t hard. It just requires some effort. Fortunately for Chattanooga, Tennessee, that’s no problem. This winter, to keep […]

Study: Sharrows Don’t Make Streets Safer for Cycling

By Angie Schmitt | Jan 14, 2016 | 145 Comments

Sharrows are the dregs of bike infrastructure — the scraps cities hand out when they can’t muster the will to implement exclusive space for bicycling. They may help with wayfinding, but do sharrows improve the safety of cycling at all? New research presented at the Transportation Review Board Annual Meeting suggests they don’t. A study by University […]

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