Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Bike Lanes

How Portland Lied About Bike Lanes

By Zach Katz | Apr 6, 2021 | No Comments

"The best time to build a bike lane was 20 years ago. The second best time is now."

Ask a state politician, and they'll probably tell you that their constituents are calling for more highway funding. But ask a city or county politician, and they're more likely to ask for money for transit — especially post-pandemic. Image: Laurie Skrivan/Post Dispatch, via Creative Commons

Study: Cities Want More Transit From Infra Bill

By Kea Wilson | Feb 16, 2021 | No Comments

If city and regional leaders were the ones writing next federal infrastructure bill, mass transit would be a top priority and highways would be de-emphasized, a new study suggests.

COVID-19 Bike Booms Weren't Where You Think

By Kea Wilson | Nov 25, 2020 | No Comments

American bike trips skyrocketed 26 percent at the height of the COVID-19 bicycling boom, but the surge was larger in small metros than big cities that liked to bike before, a new study finds.

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New App Makes It Easy to Report Bikeway Obstructions

By John Greenfield | Oct 29, 2020 | No Comments

This week Bike Lane Uprising released a smartphone app, available for Android and iOS devices, for filing bikeway blockage reports.

Best Practices: How Seville Became a City of Cyclists

By Manuel Calvo and Ricardo Marqués | Oct 13, 2020 | No Comments

Learn something: Seville transformed from a city with almost no cyclists and seven miles of bike lanes to a city where bikes have a central role in the urban mobility system.

Cyclists on the Black Lives Matter Plaza, created by the Government of the District of Columbia, in the wake of the murder of George Floyd. Source: Ted Eytan via Creative Commons.

What To Do When Your Vision Zero Plan Is Failing

By Kea Wilson | Sep 28, 2020 | No Comments

The nation's capital is failing to meet its Vision Zero goal — but it's not taking the loss lying down.

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