Bicycling
Streetsblog California
Bike to the Future: Portland Uses Bikes to Rethink 70 Years of Strip Malls
Portland's Halsey Street carries five bikes in a normal rush hour. The city thinks dramatic upgrades can make it a model for suburban retrofits.
March 8, 2018
A Brief History of How American Transportation Engineers Resisted Bike Lanes
A new paper looks at what led the American engineering establishment to fall decades behind other countries on the development of bike infrastructure.
March 2, 2018
Two Pedestrian Safety Campaigns That Make Some Sense
The “Drive Like Your Kids Died Here” and “[Insert Loved One Here]” campaigns drive home a point about safety that is frequently missed in other public service messaging: Drivers need to be more cautious, no matter what a pedestrian may be doing.
March 1, 2018
Merced Bicycle Coalition Launches Pedicab Rides for Seniors
The Merced Bicycle Coalition, in partnership with two senior residential facilities, has launched a fun program that gets seniors out and about via pedicabs.
February 28, 2018
Lightning Fast, Dirt Cheap: Five Tips From SF’s Protected Bike Lane Projects
How to cut the project time of a new protected bike lane by 90 percent and the cost by 75 percent.
February 28, 2018
BikeSGV Tests Idea of E-Bike Rebates
BikeSGV was able to help community members buy 100 electric bikes, which they can use to replace car trips along the busy I-10 corridor.
February 14, 2018
Webinar on Policing and Mobility Underscores Struggle of Urban Planning to Center Justice
There is no way forward without a genuine reckoning with the costs that structures empowered to hold blackness at bay continue to exact from people of color.
February 12, 2018
Measuring the Risk to Bike Riders of Breathing Pollution
Bike riders are vulnerable road users, exposed to a variety of dangers, but the dangers imposed by pollution are not usually taken into account when planning bike routes.
February 7, 2018
Marin IJ Editors Join Push to Abort Bridge Bike and Pedestrian Path
San Rafael bike and ped path pilot isn't even open yet, but newspaper wants it "studied" for use by cars.
February 6, 2018
Making Space for E-Bikes on the Streets and in the Law
In Washington state, advocates are working with state legislators to clarify the rules for e-bike operation on streets and trails.
January 31, 2018
