Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Studies & Reports

Protected Bike Lanes Make the “Interested But Concerned” Feel Safer Biking

By Michael Andersen | Jun 5, 2014 | 21 Comments

If you like painted bike lanes, you’ll probably love protected bike lanes. That’s a key finding from the first academic study of U.S. protected lanes, released this week, which surveyed 1,111 users of eight protected lanes in five cities around the country and 2,301 people who live near them. Among people whose most important reason for […]

Get Ready for a Landmark Study of America’s Protected Bike Lanes

By Michael Andersen | Jun 2, 2014 | 1 Comment

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. It’s a sign of how new the modern protected bike lane is to the United States that we haven’t actually known very much about them, scientifically speaking. Until now. Most academic studies […]

8 Takeaways From the Bike League’s Study of Cyclist Fatalities

By Angie Schmitt | May 22, 2014 | 61 Comments

When someone is killed while riding a bike in the United States, the most follow-up you’ll usually see is a newspaper article or two. There’s rarely a trial or a detailed examination of what went wrong. The federal government tracks bike fatalities, but only to a limited extent. We don’t have great data about the […]

State DOTs Let Roads Fall Apart While Splurging on Highway Expansion

By Angie Schmitt | Mar 12, 2014 | 8 Comments

Even though 33 percent of its roads are in “poor” condition, West Virginia spends about 73 percent of its road budget building new roads and adding lanes. Mississippi spends 97 percent of its road money on expansion. Texas, 82 percent. Smart Growth America reports that the 50 states and the District of Columbia, combined, devote 55 […]

“Really, Dude? Opposition Is So 70s”: Local Officials Talk Bike Policy

By Carolyn Szczepanski | Mar 7, 2014 | 3 Comments

Carolyn Szczepanski is the Bike League’s communications director. A version of this post was originally published on the Bike League Blog. Last year, at the National Bike Summit, Douglas Meyer from Bernuth & Williamson unveiled new research on the perceptions of bicycling on Capitol Hill. Tuesday morning, at the 2014 Summit, Meyer was back with intel from […]

Study: All Across America, Car Commuting Is Dropping

By Tanya Snyder | Dec 4, 2013 | 15 Comments

U.S. PIRG and the Frontier Group are on a mission to explore the downward trend in driving. In a series of reports, they point to evidence that it isn’t just a temporary blip, but a long-term shift in how Americans get around. Today, the two organizations released a new report, “Transportation in Transition: A Look at Changing Travel Patterns in […]

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