Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Protected Bike Lanes

A judge is the only thing standing between Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh and her mission to remove this protected bike lane. Image: WMAR-TV

Judge Issues Restraining Order to Keep Baltimore Mayor From Erasing Protected Bike Lane

By Stephen Miller | Jun 13, 2017 | 29 Comments

Pandering to NIMBYs, Catherine Pugh wants to rip out a protected bike lane that has been in the works for years and cost hundreds of thousands of dollars to design and build.

The original plan for the Potomac Street protected bike lane (above) is gone after Baltimore's mayor decided to give in to NIMBYs.

Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh Caves to NIMBYs, Hacks Away at Protected Bike Lane

By Stephen Miller | Jun 5, 2017 | 32 Comments

Pugh altered a bikeway as it was being constructed, endangering the physical safety of people on bikes to appease parking-obsessed complainers.

Comic characters in Boston's bike lanes remind drivers (and the mayor) that more can be done to improve safety. Photo: Jonathan Fertig

After Boston’s Mayor Blames Crash Victims, Pop-Up Comics Push for Better Bike Lanes

By Stephen Miller | May 22, 2017 | 108 Comments

Boston's latest do-it-yourself bike lane intervention might seem a bit sketchy -- because it uses comics to prod City Hall for needed safety improvements.

A riddle: Why does this street in Manchester seem to have two sidewalks? All images: Google Street View

Britain’s Forgotten Protected Bike Lane Network

By Michael Andersen | May 17, 2017 | 4 Comments

A U.K. historian is on a quest to find and reclaim hundreds of miles of protected bike lanes built across his country in the early 20th century and then abandoned.

A row of plungers now keeps cars out of this bike lane in downtown Providence. Photo: WJAR-TV

Providence Will Keep DIY Plungers in Place to Prevent Cars From Clogging Bike Lane

By Stephen Miller | May 12, 2017 | 3 Comments

Keeping cars out of bike lanes can seem like a Sisyphean task, particularly when a street design makes it easy for drivers to go where they shouldn't. But do-it-yourself attempts to stop automobile incursions have proven to be invaluable demonstrations of how simple steps can make a real impact -- from flowers in Boston to traffic cones in Brooklyn to human barriers in San Francisco.

If he can't drive his car on it, it's of little use to Atlanta Journal-Constitution columnist Bill Torpy. Image: City of Decatur

Popular Support for Bike Lanes Is Precisely the Problem for Atlanta Columnist Bill Torpy

By Stephen Miller | Apr 25, 2017 | 5 Comments

A plan to put an extra-wide suburban Atlanta thoroughfare on a road diet, adding protected bike lanes in the process, has come under fire from a local columnist with an unhealthy vendetta against people who ride bikes.

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