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By Clarence Eckerson

The “Cities for Cycling” Roadshow Rocks Chicago

By Elizabeth Press | Jan 25, 2012 | No Comments

“Cities for Cycling” is a project of the National Association of City Transportation Officials (NACTO) to document, promote and implement the world’s best bicycle transportation practices in American cities. As part of the Cities for Cycling program, bikeway design experts take their show on the road, using the streets of different U.S. cities as their […]

Minneapolis’s Midtown Greenway: Good for Bikes, Good for Business

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Sep 29, 2011 | No Comments

In the increasingly heated competition to see who deserves the title of America’s most bike-friendly city, Minneapolis has plenty going for it. Last year Bicycling magazine anointed the city tops in the nation, knocking Portland off its long-held perch. The Twin Cities are undergoing a steady transformation into a more bike-oriented region thanks to nearly […]

Tomorrow is Bike to Work Day! Here’s a Little Inspiration.

By Elizabeth Press | May 19, 2011 | No Comments

Friday is National Bike to Work Day, and if you’re looking for a little motivation to get on your bicycle, meet Lucette Gilbert. Lucette says she is in her “very late 70s” and biking since she was seven years old. So, by my calculations, she has been riding a bike for some 70 years! She […]

Complete Streets: It’s About More Than Bike Lanes

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | May 10, 2011 | No Comments

Over the last four years, New York City has seen a transportation renaissance on its streets, striking a better balance by providing more space for walking, biking, and transit. As with any departure from the status quo, it can take a while for everyone to grow accustomed to the changes. So Streetfilms decided to look […]

Moving Beyond the Automobile: Highway Removal

By Elizabeth Press | Mar 29, 2011 | No Comments

In this week’s episode of “Moving Beyond the Automobile,” Streetfilms takes you on a guided tour of past, present and future highway removal projects with John Norquist of the Congress for the New Urbanism.Some of the most well-known highway removals in America — like New York City’s West Side Highway and San Francisco’s Embarcadero Freeway […]

Moving Beyond the Automobile: Congestion Pricing

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Mar 15, 2011 | No Comments

In the fifth chapter of “Moving Beyond the Automobile,” we demystify the concept of congestion pricing in just five short minutes. Here you’ll learn why putting a price on scarce road space makes economic sense and how it benefits many different modes of surface transportation. In London, which successfully implemented congestion pricing in 2003, drivers […]

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