Dude, Where’s My Bike Lane?
Here is another clever video from San Francisco; this one chronicles the case of the missing bike lane. I think it is safe to say that gas stations and bike lanes don’t mix.
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New San Francisco Bike Lanes: Feel the Ecstasy
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SF MTA Chief Nat Ford and Mayor Gavin Newsom work the green rollers. Photo: Matthew Roth. These are heady days for San Francisco cyclists. After three years that saw the addition of pretty much zero bike infrastructure, this week the city hailed the arrival of its first new bike lane since 2006 and its first-ever […]
Streetfilms: Bike-Centric Left Turn Markings on San Francisco’s “Wiggle”
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"The Wiggle" is one of San Francisco’s most beloved bike routes, guiding riders between two nasty hills. It even has its own Wikipedia entry. It’s so popular, it’s hard to stand there at any time of day and not see packs of cyclists passing through! (Note: This is a camera person’s dream.) Recently, after a […]
Green Lane Project Looking for Six New Cities With Big Bike Ambitions
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Is your city trying to take its bike infrastructure to the next level? If so, the Green Lane Project wants to help. An initiative of Bikes Belong, the bike industry-supported advocacy organization, the Green Lane Project offers technical assistance and other non-monetary support to cities that aspire to add protected bike lanes. In the first […]
An Idea That Sticks: Another Plunger-Protected Bike Lane Goes Permanent
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Tactical urbanism projects are prompting cities to improve the bike-riding environment.
The Street Ballet of a Bike Lane Behind a Transit Stop
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Michael Andersen blogs for The Green Lane Project, a PeopleForBikes program that helps U.S. cities build better bike lanes to create low-stress streets. Why don’t more cities escape the curse of bus-bike leap-frogging by putting bike lanes between transit platforms and sidewalks? Though “floating bus stops” and similar designs are being used in many cities, […]
In California Cities, Drivers Want More Bike Lanes. Here’s Why.
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Whenever street space is allocated for bicycling, someone will inevitably level the accusation that the city is waging a “war on cars.” But it turns out the people in those cars want separate space for bicycles too, according to surveys conducted in two major California metropolitan areas. Bike lanes make everyone feel safer — even […]