Bicycling
Basics
What should drivers do to avoid blocking bikeways – especially bike-share workers?
When the person clogging the bikeway is employed by a city-owned bike-share system, an entity whose entire purpose is to make bicycling easier, this kind of blockage can feel like a betrayal.
October 22, 2021
The case for municipal sidewalk snow clearance in Chicago
Better Streets organizer and local planner, Michael Podgers, makes the case for municipal sidewalk clearance in Chicago.
October 20, 2021
Why Painted Bike Lanes are Immoral, in One Video
Leaving vulnerable road users in this kind of mortal danger is abhorrent and unacceptable. Officials who plan, approve, and install them need to do a gut check
October 19, 2021
Talking Headways Podcast: How Berlin Encourages Active Transportation
This week we’re joined by Roland Stimpel of the German Pedestrian Association Fussverkehr. Stimpel chats with us about Berlin’s new mobility laws, including the 2018 Mobility Act and 2021’s pedestrian law amendments. We also talk about SUVs, the struggle to find public servants, and Ampelmännchen, the traffic-light man.
October 7, 2021
Birmingham (England) Puts Birmingham (Alabama) to Shame
Birmingham grabbed headlines this week for its visionary new transport plan that will restrict car travel and expand sustainable transportation access throughout every inch of the city. Unfortunately, not our Birmingham.
But not that Birmingham.
October 7, 2021
DOT ‘Cycling in the City’ Report Confirms 2020 Bike Boom Really Happened
But the big question: Will it lead to massive redistribution of limited road space?
October 7, 2021
Op-Ed: What is the Federal Bike Commuter Benefit?
What is the federal bike commuter benefit, and how could it be better? Here's everything you need to know.
October 6, 2021
Op-Ed: Everything Advocates Need to Know About the Federal E-Bike Credit
What is the proposed federal e-bike credit, and how could it be better? Here's everything you need to know.
October 5, 2021
Op-Ed: The Time for More Federal Dollars for Greenways Is Now
It’s up to us in the next few days and weeks to ensure that more than a tiny portion of the next infrastructure package goes to greenways, sidewalks, and bike lanes. If we don’t stand up to give people safe networks to live a low-carbon, high-quality life, then we can be assured that the highway lobby will be ready to spend our tax dollars.
October 1, 2021
OPINION: E-bikes Could Become a Weapon Against Climate Change
Concerns about climate change have never been higher, and every year is becoming worse. Following a summer filled with devastating hurricanes in the South, deadly flooding in the Northeast and raging wildfires in the West, it’s clearer than ever that we need to do everything in our power to mitigate our country’s impact on the climate crisis.
September 30, 2021
