Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Bike Lanes

Take a Look at Houston’s First On-Street Protected Bike Lane

By Angie Schmitt | Feb 9, 2015 | 12 Comments

Is that a beautiful sight or what? This two-way protected bike lane is all the more stunning because it’s in downtown Houston. This weekend, construction crews began putting down green paint on Lamar Street for the city’s first on-street protected bike lane, which is expected to be finished by March 8. The three-quarter-mile bike lane […]

Dutch Suburbs Are Like America’s, and Protected Bike Lanes Work Fine There

By Kirk Boydston | Jan 15, 2015 | 67 Comments

This post is part of The Green Lane Project, a PeopleForBikes program that helps U.S. cities build better bike lanes to create low-stress streets. This is the first in a two-post series on Dutch suburbs. People the in U.S. street design world — sometimes even people who write for this very website — regularly say […]

Three Street Design Pros on the New Golden Age of Traffic Engineering

By Michael Andersen | Jan 12, 2015 | 14 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. James Bond needs a Q. Scooby-Doo needs a Velma. Katniss Everdeen needs a Beetee. And today’s urban biking movement won’t get far without engineers, either. As the country’s civil engineers converge for […]

Vote to Decide the Best Urban Street Transformation of 2014

By Angie Schmitt | Dec 17, 2014 | 72 Comments

If you’re searching for reasons to feel positive about the future, the street transformations pictured below are a good start. Earlier this month we asked readers to send in their nominations for the best American street redesigns of 2014. These five are the finalists selected by Streetsblog staff. They include new car-free zones, substantial sidewalk […]

“Build It for Isabella”: Putting a Face on Why People Hesitate to Bike

By Michael Andersen | Sep 10, 2014 | 38 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. Eight years ago, Portland Bicycle Coordinator Roger Geller wrote one of the most influential pieces of modern American bike-planning theory when he divided the potential transportation bikers in his city into four […]

In Austin, Posts and Paint Bring a New Bike Bridge From Good to Great

By Michael Andersen | Aug 29, 2014 | 26 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. Here are a few images from Austin bikeway engineer Nathan Wilkes that show how a protected lane can cheaply add a lot of value to a larger project. The bicycle and pedestrian […]

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