Protected Bike Lanes
Basics
Cyclists are Using Red Cups to Protest Unsafe Bike Lanes
How easy would it be to add some bollards to your neighborhood bike lane? A national demonstration aims to point that out.
April 26, 2019
Miami Hosted ‘Safe Streets Summit’ — Yet Hasn’t Fixed Its Unsafe Streets
More people are killed in Miami-Dade every year by car crashes than murdered. Biscayne Boulevard helps explain why.
February 26, 2019
Portland Plans to Make Protected Bike Lanes Standard Street Infrastructure
The city is on the verge of releasing a design guide that will expedite implementation of protected bike lanes on 450 miles of streets.
May 25, 2018
“Buffalo Is Missing Out”: When Good Bike Cities Improve, It Helps Everyone
The need for better streets is global, but the fight is local.
March 13, 2018
Which Bike Lanes Should Be Protected? New Guide Offers Specifics
Most U.S. street design institutions haven’t wanted to say for sure. Until now.
November 1, 2017
Judge Issues Restraining Order to Keep Baltimore Mayor From Erasing Protected Bike Lane
Pandering to NIMBYs, Catherine Pugh wants to rip out a protected bike lane that has been in the works for years and cost hundreds of thousands of dollars to design and build.
June 13, 2017
Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh Caves to NIMBYs, Hacks Away at Protected Bike Lane
Pugh altered a bikeway as it was being constructed, endangering the physical safety of people on bikes to appease parking-obsessed complainers.
June 5, 2017
After Boston’s Mayor Blames Crash Victims, Pop-Up Comics Push for Better Bike Lanes
Boston's latest do-it-yourself bike lane intervention might seem a bit sketchy -- because it uses comics to prod City Hall for needed safety improvements.
May 22, 2017
Britain’s Forgotten Protected Bike Lane Network
A U.K. historian is on a quest to find and reclaim hundreds of miles of protected bike lanes built across his country in the early 20th century and then abandoned.
May 17, 2017
Providence Will Keep DIY Plungers in Place to Prevent Cars From Clogging Bike Lane
Keeping cars out of bike lanes can seem like a Sisyphean task, particularly when a street design makes it easy for drivers to go where they shouldn't. But do-it-yourself attempts to stop automobile incursions have proven to be invaluable demonstrations of how simple steps can make a real impact -- from flowers in Boston to traffic cones in Brooklyn to human barriers in San Francisco.
May 12, 2017
