Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Bike/Ped

Talking Headways Podcast: The Annual Prediction Show with Yonah Freemark

By Jeff Wood | Mar 3, 2022 | No Comments

Yonah Freemark, a senior research associate at the Urban Institute, chats about the effects of the pandemic on office work and makes predictions about next year’s transportation policies and projects.

Using Cycling as an Indicator for Urban Quality of Life

By Cigdem Cörek Öztas and Murat Ölmez | Jan 7, 2022 | No Comments

Metropolitan areas around the world struggle with the same problem: More people means more traffic. But what if a significant portion of people living in cities relied on cycling or other modes of active transport?

The Bikes That Last Four Months

By Nathan Proctor | Dec 29, 2021 | No Comments

While we’re all annoyed when our latest electronic gizmo conks out after just a few months, by now it’s not all that surprising. But a bike? Surely a bike should last longer, right? Here's how to spot an unfixable bike designed for the dump.

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Hulton-Deutsch Collection, Corbis, via Nat Geo, CC

Report: To Sustain the Cycling Boom, U.S. Must Build Up American Bike Manufacturing

By Kea Wilson | Dec 13, 2021 | No Comments

And as the bike shortages of the Covid-19 pandemic recently revealed, the absence of a robust domestic bike industry can itself become a barrier to getting Americans riding.

Talking Headways Podcast: The Traffic War Is Never Won

By Jeff Wood | Dec 9, 2021 | No Comments

This week we’re joined by University of Virginia Associate Professor Peter Norton, to talk about his new book "Autonorama: The Illusory Promise of High-Tech Driving." Norton discusses the false promises of automakers and technologists and the mobility solutions that are already in front of us.

People gather on NE 43rd Street to celebrate the opening of the U District light rail station. Photo: Natalie Bicknell Argerious

Seattle Strongly Supports Street Safety: Poll

By Natalie Bicknell Argerious | Nov 22, 2021 | No Comments

Pedestrian streets, protected bike lanes, and bus lanes are popular.

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