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Michael Andersen

Michael Andersen writes about housing and transportation for the Sightline Institute. He previously covered bike infrastructure for PeopleForBikes, a national bicycling advocacy organization.

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Study: Yes, More Parking Does Put More Cars on the Road

By Michael Andersen | Feb 11, 2021 | No Comments
A new study finds something transportation reformers have long suspected, but never proven.
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Six Secrets From the Planner of Sevilla’s Lightning Bike Network

By Michael Andersen | May 7, 2018 | No Comments
Here's one way to understand the story of biking in Sevilla, Spain: It went from having about as much biking as Oklahoma City to having about as much biking as Portland, Oregon. It did this over the course of four years.
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What We Can Learn From the Runaway Success of UT-Austin Bike-Share

By Michael Andersen | Apr 6, 2018 | No Comments
In the program's first 40 days, the campus bikes averaged 12 checkouts per bike per day. Why exactly did it work?
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Bike to the Future: Portland Uses Bikes to Rethink 70 Years of Strip Malls

By Michael Andersen | Mar 8, 2018 | No Comments
Portland built its fame as a U.S. bike capital on one crucial discovery: It is fairly cheap and easy to make biking desirable in neighborhoods that were originally built for horses and streetcars. This year, Oregon's largest city will begin a new challenge: making biking desirable in a neighborhood that was originally built for cars.
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London’s Protected Bike Lanes Move People 5 Times More Efficiently Than Car Lanes

By Michael Andersen | Nov 29, 2017 | No Comments
London's new protected bike lane network has made Upper Thames Street much, much more efficient -- because it gave more Londoners a way to comfortably move through their city in a way that requires less public space.
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Three Ways Austin Is Doubling the Rate It Builds Bike Routes

By Michael Andersen | Nov 22, 2017 | No Comments
If you want to learn how a city can start doing good street projects faster, keep an eye on Austin, Texas.
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Bike Commuting Growth Has Leveled Off – But Not Everywhere in the U.S.

By Michael Andersen and Ken McLeod, League of American Bicyclists | Sep 14, 2017 | No Comments
The handful of cities that led the rebound of U.S. bike commuting a decade ago seem to have slowed down — but continuing growth elsewhere suggests that progress can still happen if cities want it to.
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Want People to Bike? Skip the Sweet Talk and Build

By Michael Andersen | Jul 21, 2017 | No Comments
People don't start biking because they like bicycles. They start to like bicycles because they bike.
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An Idea That Sticks: Another Plunger-Protected Bike Lane Goes Permanent

By Michael Andersen | Jun 16, 2017 | No Comments
Tactical urbanism projects are prompting cities to improve the bike-riding environment.
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Here’s a New Street-Level Analysis of the Biking Networks in 299 U.S. Cities

By Michael Andersen | Jun 8, 2017 | No Comments
PeopleForBikes has just made the first attempt to measure and compare local bike networks on a nationwide scale.
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Landmark Study Tests a Bike Network’s Effects on Safety and Ridership

By Michael Andersen | May 31, 2017 | No Comments
Which is more important to making a city great for biking: the number of high-quality bikeways, or whether they're connected to each other? A new study from Spain offers an unexpected answer.
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Connecting Cities’ Scattered Bikeways Is Going to Be Harder, But Worth It

By Michael Andersen | May 22, 2017 | No Comments
For 20 to 30 years now, many cities have been laying down bike infrastructure where it's cheap and easy. This catch-as-catch-can method has left cities with bike networks that look like so many pick-up sticks. Is it any wonder that bike transportation, though growing, remains fairly unusual?
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