Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Protected Bike Lanes

The Real Reasons Scooter Injuries Are Exploding

By Kea Wilson | Jan 9, 2020 | No Comments

News outlets are sounding the alarms about scooter injuries — but the real culprit is cars and cities that don't protect the most vulnerable road users.

Oslo had zero cycling and pedestrian fatalities in 2019 thanks to measures like restricting cars from its city center.

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Oslo Completely Quashes Road Deaths

By Aaron Short | Jan 3, 2020 | No Comments

Secrets from Oslo, where the zero of Vision Zero is taken seriously.

Copenhagen: This is a real bike lane because it doesn't need cars for protection.

Are Parking-Protected Bike Lanes the Best We Can Do?

By Aaron Short | Dec 3, 2019 | No Comments

We called the Danish embassy in Washington, D.C. to get more information on whether Denmark considers parking-protected bike lanes a best practice and the woman who answered the phone laughed at us.

Joe Biden released his $1.3 trillion infrastructure proposal which largely preserves car-dominated transportation systems into the 21st century. Image: Gage Skidmore

Joe Biden Doesn’t Go Far Enough On Transit

By Aaron Short | Nov 18, 2019 | No Comments

Please wake us when the Democratic 2020 candidates get serious about transit in the 21st century.

Trump Shifts Obama Transit Funding to Roads

By Aaron Short | Nov 13, 2019 | No Comments

Obama allocated 28 percent of federal grants to transit. It's 8.5 percent under Trump. And funding for bike and pedestrian projects dropped to zero.

Volunteers with Bike Durham protected a vital bike lane with pumpkins for Halloween on Thursday. Photo: Shaun King/Visual Rituals

A Pumpkin-Protected Bike Lane on All Hallows’ Eve

By Streetsblog | Nov 1, 2019 | No Comments

In a bit of tactical urbanism, a murderer’s row of cheery orange spheroids was dropped into place just before the afternoon rush hour.

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