Bicycling
Basics
Caltrans Releases 5-Year Progress Report on State Bicycle and Pedestrian Plan
The progress report is a compendium of achievements so far on the department's efforts to supporting walking and biking in California
April 3, 2023
“Carmageddon” by Chicagoan Daniel Knowles discusses how our society became car-centric
His advice for people inspired by his book to try to fix this? “I think my advice would be ‘Be louder’, because you are quite numerous. There's more of you than you think.”
March 31, 2023
New Law Would Honor Legacy of Slain Cyclist Sarah Langenkamp By Helping Cities Fill Bike Network Gaps
A new bill would encourage U.S. communities to use their federal safety dollars to fill the holes in city bike networks, and honor the legacy of an American hero who lost her life in one.
March 30, 2023
Speed round: Both candidates said they’d dismantle Chicago’s livesaving speed cam program
It's disappointing that even politicians who claim to care about public safety and transportation equity have a blind spot when it comes to automated enforcement, which protects the most vulnerable Chicagoans, simply because traffic cameras are unpopular with drivers.
March 29, 2023
New report looks at how poor infra and unfair enforcement can limit freedom of movement
The report report suggests that cities like Chicago not only need to provide equitable safety infrastructure in communities of color, they also need to rethink traffic law enforcement in order to remove barriers to mobility.
March 28, 2023
How Bike/Walk Laws ‘Arrest’ the Mobility of Black Americans
Black pedestrians, bicyclists and micromobility users are subjected to a far wider array of dangerous laws than many sustainable transportation advocates may realize, a new report finds — and repealing them alone is not enough to guarantee them the freedom of mobility they need and deserve.
March 28, 2023
Are online retail and COVID to blame for declining sales? Nah, it’s gotta be the bike lanes
Chicago magazine's Ted McClelland ran a piece looking at the issue of business owners scapegoating bike lanes for poor sales.
March 23, 2023
A Deep Dive Into Center-Running Bike Lanes, a Known Infrastructure Failure
In 2016, urban design expert Mikael Colville-Andersen, founder of the Copenhagenize blog, wrote a great post he shouldn't have had to write in the first place, explaining why center-running bike lanes are dangerous and stupid. Given the recent push to repeat this failed design on Valencia, Streetsblog decided to run it here.
March 22, 2023
Three Things To Know About the National Lithium-Ion Battery Fire ‘Epidemic’
Sustainable transportation advocates are calling for common-sense trade regulations, consumer education, and other reforms to keep prevent fires involving defective lithium-ion batteries — while simultaneously fighting misinformation that threatens to explode into a culture war against electric microbility.
March 20, 2023
You love to see it: Rte. 53 extension proposal gets turned into a greenway project instead
While it may be a few years until the greenway project gets off the ground, it's certainly a fantastic outcome that instead of being filled by cars, trucks, and pollution, the corridor will be used by pedestrians, bike riders, and wildlife.
March 16, 2023
