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.
Recent Posts
Britain’s Forgotten Protected Bike Lane Network
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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.
For People of Color, Barriers to Biking Go Far Beyond Infrastructure, Study Shows
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When most cities try to make biking a bigger part of their transportation systems, they use a standard checklist: comfortable biking networks, how-to-ride classes, traffic-law enforcement. The full list is sometimes called the “Five E’s.”
A first-of-its-kind survey conducted by Rutgers academics Charles Brown and James Sinclair shows that when you look at biking from the perspective of a Black or Latino American, the Five E’s are missing a lot.
The ‘Peanutabout’ Concept Could Be a Breakthrough for Diagonal Streets
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Wickedly good biking ideas continue to pop up in Massachusetts.
Bikes Belong on Main Streets Because Bikes Are Not Mainly for Commuting
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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. Trivia question 1: Of all the trips taken by U.S. adults, how many lead to or from somewhere other than work? The answer is 78 percent. Trivia question 2: Of all the […]
Edmonton’s Quick-Build Protected Bike Lane Grid: “A New Model” for Change
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Michael Andersen blogs for The Green Lane Project, a PeopleForBikes program that helps U.S. cities connect high-comfort biking networks. The most interesting thing about this week’s best bike infrastructure news isn’t what’s being built. It’s how it’s being built. Two years ago, the sprawling Canadian prairie metropolis of Calgary decided to buck tradition and test […]
AASHTO’s Draft Bikeway Guide Includes Protected Bike Lanes and More
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Michael Andersen blogs for The Green Lane Project, a PeopleForBikes program that helps U.S. cities connect high-comfort biking networks. As the most influential U.S. transportation engineering organization rewrites its bike guide, there seems to be general agreement that protected bike lanes should be included for the first time. A review panel appointed by the American […]
Unless US DOT Changes Course, Building Protected Bikeways May Get Tougher
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Michael Andersen blogs for The Green Lane Project, a PeopleForBikes program that helps U.S. cities connect high-comfort biking networks. “Hey, how long does it take you to get to work?” “Well, on average my car is usually traveling at 36 mph.” No actual human makes transportation decisions this way. But for some reason, the federal […]
The Calgary Model: Connect Protected Bike Lanes Fast, Watch Riders Pour In
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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. Last week, we shared a new report about the best practices for cities that want to make faster, cheaper changes to their streets. Today, let’s take a moment to recognize the North American […]
When to Use Protected Intersections? Academic Study Will Offer Advice
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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. If 2015 was the year protected intersections arrived in the United States, 2016 is the year the country’s bikeway pros are starting to really figure them out. Inspired by Dutch streets, protected […]
Fast Changes to City Streets: A 9-Step Guide for Creative Bureaucrats
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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. For most of the 20th century, cities answered transportation problems by adding more pavement. More freeways. More lanes. More parking lots. More things that couldn’t be reversed or revised. So it made […]
Bike Counts Rising Fast at Automated Counters Around the World
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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. The battle to make biking a viable transportation or recreation choice for more people is fought mostly at the local level: a protected bike lane here, a BMX course there, a new […]
Chattanooga’s Custom-Built De-Icer for Protected Bike Lanes Is Adorable
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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. As we wrote the other day, clearing snow and ice from protected bike lanes isn’t hard. It just requires some effort. Fortunately for Chattanooga, Tennessee, that’s no problem. This winter, to keep […]