Bicycling
Basics
Drivers Stole 20% of Bike/Walk Dollars Last Year; Here’s How to Stop Them
An entire fifth of the largest pot of federal money that’s explicitly promised to active transportation users was actually given to drivers last year — and advocates say it’s critical that we support a package of legislation that makes it harder for states to rob people who walk and roll to pay people who pilot automobiles, while also expanding the pie.
May 10, 2021
New Bike Safety Ranking Packs Some Surprises
A new ranking of the most dangerous states for cyclists in the U.S. based on new metrics has bumped "bike-friendly" Delaware to the dubious “top” spot and demoted perennially perilous Florida to third place. Huh?
May 6, 2021
The Southwest’s Bike Spike Was Bigger Than Europe
The American Southwest may have experienced one of the biggest bike booms in the world in 2020 — and the rest of the country wasn’t far behind, a new study finds.
April 29, 2021
COVID-19 Could End Our Dependence on Cars — If We ‘Build Back Better’
Achieving an outcome that reduces greenhouse gas emissions, while ensuring the development of safe and healthy cities, will require policy-makers and activists to act decisively. Our research on a general theory of car dependence suggests a few ways that they can do this.
April 27, 2021
OPINION: Stop the Shameful Treatment of Deliveristas
April 27, 2021
Bike-share equity in the time of coronavirus
April 20, 2021
Streetfilms Auteur Reveals How You, Too, Can Create ‘Bike Count’ Videos
April 19, 2021
Programs that Pay Residents to Give Up Cars Gain Support Worldwide
France may soon pay its residents to trade their private cars for e-bikes, vehicle-share services, and even transit passes — and the move is re-igniting the conversation about unconventional ways our governments can subsidize the greenest modes of transportation.
April 16, 2021
DOT Leader Goes off Script; Says He Favors Helmet Laws
Activists were quick to pounce on NYC DOT Commissioner Hank Gutman as ill-informed and misfocused, given that the DOT should be focused solely on making roads safer, not on individual behavior.
April 15, 2021
