Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Bike/Ped

The Bikes That Last Four Months

By Nathan Proctor | Dec 29, 2021 | No Comments

While we’re all annoyed when our latest electronic gizmo conks out after just a few months, by now it’s not all that surprising. But a bike? Surely a bike should last longer, right? Here's how to spot an unfixable bike designed for the dump.

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Hulton-Deutsch Collection, Corbis, via Nat Geo, CC

Report: To Sustain the Cycling Boom, U.S. Must Build Up American Bike Manufacturing

By Kea Wilson | Dec 13, 2021 | No Comments

And as the bike shortages of the Covid-19 pandemic recently revealed, the absence of a robust domestic bike industry can itself become a barrier to getting Americans riding.

Talking Headways Podcast: The Traffic War Is Never Won

By Jeff Wood | Dec 9, 2021 | No Comments

This week we’re joined by University of Virginia Associate Professor Peter Norton, to talk about his new book "Autonorama: The Illusory Promise of High-Tech Driving." Norton discusses the false promises of automakers and technologists and the mobility solutions that are already in front of us.

People gather on NE 43rd Street to celebrate the opening of the U District light rail station. Photo: Natalie Bicknell Argerious

Seattle Strongly Supports Street Safety: Poll

By Natalie Bicknell Argerious | Nov 22, 2021 | No Comments

Pedestrian streets, protected bike lanes, and bus lanes are popular.

OPINION: How a ‘Bike Dad’ Became an Activist

By Alan Baglia | Nov 9, 2021 | No Comments

Former Sunnyside resident Alan Baglia describes his evolution from ordinary citizen to mover and shaker.

Talking Headways Podcast: How Berlin Encourages Active Transportation

By Jeff Wood | Oct 7, 2021 | No Comments

This week we’re joined by Roland Stimpel of the German Pedestrian Association Fussverkehr. Stimpel chats with us about Berlin’s new mobility laws, including the 2018 Mobility Act and 2021’s pedestrian law amendments. We also talk about SUVs, the struggle to find public servants, and Ampelmännchen, the traffic-light man.

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