Bicycling Archives — Page 51 of 115

‘Heat Vision’ Traffic Lights Can Save Lives

Cities across America are telling the pedestrian "beg" button to bug off, thanks to thermal imaging technology designed to detect and protect human bodies on our roadways.

Kea Wilson

September 22, 2020

‘Heat Vision’ Traffic Lights Can Save Lives

Streetsblog NYC |Bicycling

Busiest Bike Path in North America to Be Severed for Weeks

And the Parks Department isn't doing anything to ensure the safety of cyclists beyond posting "signs" directing riders to busy, dangerous local roads.

Gersh Kuntzman

September 22, 2020

Bicycle Infrastructure

This Tech Could Stop Drivers from Double-Parking and Blocking Bike Lanes

A new pilot project that launches today could change the way American cities do on-street parking — and finally stop delivery drivers from double-parking in the bike lane to boot.

Kea Wilson

September 21, 2020

Streetsblog NYC |Bicycling

OPINION: Protecting Cyclists From Road Ragers

Our laws must do much more to deter these menaces, a bike commuter argues.

Emil Skandul

September 20, 2020

Transit

Trump’s Road Grants Favor Red, Rural Projects

Obama's signature TIGER program became just another highway fund when President Trump rechristened it BUILD — but this may be the worst year yet.

Kea Wilson

September 18, 2020

Streetsblog NYC |Bicycling

Should States Subsidize E-Bike Purchases? This New Yorker Thinks So.

Assembly Member Bobby Carroll wants the state to expand its electric car subsidy program to include electric bikes.

Gersh Kuntzman

September 18, 2020

Streetsblog Massachusetts |Amtrak

Amtrak Allows Bikes on More Trains Throughout New England

Amtrak has added new in-car luggage racks to accommodate bicycles for more passengers on its Northeast Regional, Hartford Line, Valley Flyer and Downeaster routes. Several of these routes had previously not allowed bikes on their trains at all; the Downeaster had allowed bikes on its trains, but only if passengers were both boarding and disembarking […]

Christian MilNeil

September 16, 2020

Streetsblog Chicago |Bicycling

Let’s install cheap, quick plastic curb-protected bike lanes all over Chicago

An upcoming bikeway project in Logan Square will demonstrate this fairly cheap, quick, flexible, and effective approach to installing protected lanes that should be repeated across the city.

John Greenfield

September 12, 2020

Streetsblog NYC |Accessibility

Report: We Really Need to Divert Money from Drivers to Transit Users

The federal government needs an entirely different way of funding transportation — one that would finally allocate billions of dollars that currently subsidize and encourage driving to fund and expand transit, a new report argues.

Gersh Kuntzman

September 10, 2020

Bicycle Infrastructure

Is a Federal Greenway Act What the U.S. Needs to Recover from COVID-19?

A new effort is underway to build a massive national network of connected walking and cycle infrastructure— and the organization behind it says a $10 billion federal investment in the project would help the country rebound from the economic ravages of COVID-19 in a way that highway spending never could.

Kea Wilson

September 9, 2020

Bicycling

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