Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Vehicular Cycling

This 30 km per hour "slow" lane in Madrid is sandwiched squarely between high-speed driving lanes on a 7 lane arterial — and cyclists are required by law to ride in the middle of it. Source: Google Maps via Cycling Savvy.

Should the U.S. Try Madrid's Cycling Approach?

By Kea Wilson | Aug 11, 2020 | No Comments

The Madrid Model of "slow" lanes in the middle of roads could rival the Scandinavian model of protected lanes that separate cyclists from traffic altogether — if Americans will have it.

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R.I.P. Bike Lane Hater John Forester, a Worthy Adversary

By John Greenfield | Apr 24, 2020 | No Comments

While Forester's anti-bike lane credo ran contrary to much of what Streetsblog stands for, you still have to respect his tenacity.

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The Dinosaur: John Forester Defends Anti-Bike Lane Credo

By John Greenfield | Oct 3, 2019 | No Comments

The author of "Effective Cycling" and founder of the vehicular cycling movement still insists, despite all evidence to the contrary, that bikeways makes cyclists less safe.