Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Bike/Ped

Bike-Ped Access to Cleveland’s New Bridge Picking Up Political Support

By Elana Schor | Mar 12, 2010 | No Comments

The push to add a bike-ped lane to Cleveland’s planned new Cuyahoga River bridge, a replacement for the crumbling Innerbelt span, is picking up new political support this week after a local advocacy campaign. The existing Innerbelt Bridge is in line for a $450 million replacement. (Photo: Cleveland.com) The Plain Dealer newspaper reported earlier this […]

Is 2010 the Year for Federal Bike Aid? The Answer: A Big ‘Maybe’

By Elana Schor | Mar 12, 2010 | 2 Comments

This week’s National Bike Summit culminated in an ambitious new campaign to recruit a million bike advocates and the unveiling of a new Google Maps bike feature. But in a Wednesday session dedicated to the outlook for federal bike investments, cycling advocates hesitated to declare that they could secure new commitments from Washington. Rep. Earl […]

First Lady Launches Childhood Obesity Push With Nod to Biking & Walking

By Elana Schor | Feb 9, 2010 | 1 Comment

First Lady Michelle Obama took to the mikes this afternoon to kick off a national campaign to combat childhood obesity, emphasizing new initiatives to promote biking and walking alongside a strong focus on healthier food options in schools. The first lady visited "Sesame Street" last fall as part of her push to fight childhood obesity. […]

Times Square, Then and Now: A Streetfilms Retrospective

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Feb 5, 2010 | No Comments

In New York City, Mayor Mike Bloomberg is expected to announce his verdict on Times Square’s new pedestrian spaces very soon. Will the changes be permanent? This morning Bloomberg told radio host John Gambling that we’ll find out sometime next week. In the meantime, the media has focused on rumors that Midtown traffic speeds may […]

A Bike-Ped State of the Union: 9.6% of Trips, 1.2% of Federal Funding

By Elana Schor | Jan 28, 2010 | No Comments

With the nation still digesting the State of the Union address, the Alliance for Biking & Walking picked an auspicious day to release their biennial Benchmarking report on America’s bike-ped behavior. The group’s bottom-line conclusion: federal transportation funding continues to disproportionately shortchange travelers powered by their own two feet. (Chart: Alliance for Biking & Walking) […]

To Tame World’s Most Dangerous Traffic, Delhi Turns to Bike Lanes

By Noah Kazis | Jan 26, 2010 | No Comments

(Photo: DaveBleasdale via Flickr) Delhi, home to over 12 million people and the seat of India’s national government, is widely considered to have the most dangerous traffic in the world. As The Guardian wrote recently, traffic safety in Delhi basically consists of "good horns, good brakes, good luck." Nationally, crashes in India killed more than […]

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