Protected Bike Lanes Archives — Page 5 of 12

Streetsblog Chicago |Bicycling

Who’s protecting and maintaining Chicago’s protected bike lanes?

Sadly, it seems that many bike lane obstructions are still going unaddressed, which can put people on bikes in danger.

Courtney Cobbs

September 22, 2021

Who’s protecting and maintaining Chicago’s protected bike lanes?

Streetsblog Chicago |Bicycling

Dashed bike lanes: Better than nothing, or total trash?

Are they a pragmatic, better-than-nothing approach on streets where stripping parking is seen as a nonstarter. Or are they a depressing capitulation to car culture?

John Greenfield

August 23, 2021

Streetsblog Massachusetts |Bicycling

Research Suggests Boston’s New Protected Lanes Boosted Bikeshare Traffic 80 Percent

Bikeshare traffic across the Allston and Fenway neighborhoods more than doubled after a city project added protected bike lanes on Commonwealth Avenue. Furthermore, the fastest growth involved trips that would have been likely to use the newly-built protected bike lanes.

Christian MilNeil

July 22, 2021

Bicycling

An American Buys an E-Bike Every 52 Seconds

The two-wheeled electric vehicle revolution is taking off — but is Washington up to the task?

Kea Wilson

July 1, 2021

Streetsblog NYC |Cars

A Round and a Roundy: Fighting Over Crumbs

Car drivers are selfish. Pedestrians and cyclists are fighting over crumbs. Our roads are unsafe.

Streetsblog

May 5, 2021

Streetsblog NYC |Bicycling

Streetfilms Auteur Reveals How You, Too, Can Create ‘Bike Count’ Videos

Clarence Eckerson Jr. — the Orson Welles of the streets — shares the secrets of making a great bike count video, and how such footage can help create change in your city.

Clarence Eckerson Jr.

April 19, 2021

Streetsblog NYC |Promoted

A Round and a Roundy: Godzilla vs. Kong is Not the Real Terror on our Streets

National treasure cartoonist Bill Roundy is certainly not above glomming onto today's hottest trends.

Streetsblog

April 12, 2021

Streetsblog Massachusetts |Bicycling

New ‘Controlling Criteria’ Will Make Sidewalks, Bike Lanes a Default Feature In State Road Projects

While many state highway bureaucracies treat bike, pedestrian, and transit infrastructure as an afterthought, new MassDOT highway engineering guidelines will require traffic engineers to include sidewalks, crosswalks, bus stops, and high-quality bike facilities when they design upgrades for the Commonwealth’s major roadways. In a directive adopted in January 2020, MassDOT formally adopted three new “controlling […]