Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Bike/Ped

These people should be standing further apart — but their risk of COVID-19 transmission is still probably lower than if they were doing the same thing indoors. Source: Creative Commons.

Chinese Study Finds Outdoor Activities Safe From COVID

By Kea Wilson | May 15, 2020 | No Comments

Almost no one who contracted the novel coronavirus in China during the early days of the pandemic became infected in an outdoor setting, a new study finds — which is promising news for bikers and walkers. In a study of 1,245 cases that occurred across China from January 4 to February 11, only two cases […]

Op-Ed: Here Are Some Cities Getting Open Streets Right

By TransAlt | May 1, 2020 | No Comments

Lessons from Milan, Paris, Bogota, Vilnius and even New York.

States are diverting their share of federal funding intended for walking and biking projects, and spending it on roads.

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We Need More Data on Walking During COVID-19

By Kea Wilson | Apr 28, 2020 | No Comments

The data we've got aren't painting the full picture — and we need more of it to help shape good policy.

The Saris "Wave" delineator is one of a tiny handful of road barriers that both provide meaningful protection to the vulnerable *and* aren't hideous to look at. A new contest hopes to find more options — and make them cheap, sustainable and durable enough that cities have no excuse not to deploy them. Image source: Creative Commons.

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Contest Needs You to Create Better Bike Lane Barriers

By Kea Wilson | Apr 23, 2020 | No Comments

We need something better than either bulky, expensive, and profoundly ugly concrete bollards, or shrimpy, plastic poles that drivers can plow straight over.

Free Bikes for Essential Workers During COVID-19

By Kea Wilson | Apr 15, 2020 | No Comments

From fare-free moped share to full-on bike giveways, here are the companies and organizations that are stepping up to help Americans safely get to work.

No one disagrees that these people are standing way too close for our current viral moment (unless they live together.) But the conversation over who has the "right" to the sidewalk during the COVID-19 pandemic isn't so simple. Source: Creative Commons.

COVID 'Sidewalk Wars' Think Pieces Miss the Point

By Kea Wilson | Apr 13, 2020 | No Comments

The reason people die of coronavirus is because others are breathing and coughing and sneezing near them in close quarters. But cities have lots of space — if they just took some away from cars.

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