Bike Lanes
Basics
Study: Protected Bike Lanes Reduce Injury Risk Up to 90 Percent
A study by researchers at the University of British Columbia provides compelling new evidence that bike infrastructure makes cyclists safer -- a lot safer.
October 22, 2012
DIY Urbanism: No Permits, No Red Tape, No Going Back
You have dreamed about striping your own bike lane on your most-traveled routes. You got your street closed off for a block party. Maybe you even spent the afternoon feeding the meter on Park(ing) Day.
October 12, 2012
Bike Ban Averted in Albuquerque, City Moves to Add Bike Lanes Instead
Albuquerque is a League of American Bicyclists certified "Bronze-Level" Bike Friendly Community. So everyone was a little taken aback when it looked like the city was pursuing a bike ban on a popular thoroughfare last week.
January 23, 2012
Who Knew? Memphis on Track to Add 55 Miles of Bike Lanes in Just Two Years
It seems nowadays you aren't truly a bike-friendly city until you've had your first civic dust-up over bike lanes. And by that standard, Memphis, Tennessee has arrived.
November 11, 2011
Bike-Ped Access to Cleveland’s New Bridge Picking Up Political Support
The push to add a bike-ped lane to Cleveland's planned new Cuyahoga River bridge, a replacement for the crumbling Innerbelt span, is picking up new political support this week after a local advocacy campaign.
March 12, 2010
To Tame World’s Most Dangerous Traffic, Delhi Turns to Bike Lanes
Delhi, home to over 12 million people and the seat of India's national government, is widely considered to have the most dangerous traffic in the world.
January 26, 2010
Study Provides a New Vision for Allen and Pike Street Malls
Residents of the Lower East Side and Chinatown have been fighting for improvements to the Allen and Pike Street pedestrian malls for more than a decade. Now, with the city's Parks Department set to begin a $5.4 million renovation of the malls below East Broadway, their wait for meaningful action might be nearing an end.
September 19, 2008
Is CB 8 Angling to Get Rid of Bike Lanes on 91st Street?
Almost six months after DOT installed "controversial" new cross-town bike lanes on the Upper East Side, Manhattan's Community Board 8, which opposed the city's plan for lanes on 91st Street, has formed a "91st Street Task Force."
March 26, 2008