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Philadelphia Cyclists Demand Safer Bike Lanes — Now
About 75 demonstrators took to the streets yesterday after a garbage truck driver struck and killed 24-year-old Emily Fredricks.
November 30, 2017
Eyes on the Street: Chestnut/Cypress Bike Lane Connects Trail to Downtown Santa Ana
New bike lanes are making it easier to bike into downtown Santa Ana.
August 31, 2017
A Victory for Bike and Safety Activism on Upper Market Protected Bike Lanes
Safe street advocates fended off another attempt to delay the Upper Market parking protected bike lane project. Yesterday afternoon, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors unanimously voted to deny a procedural appeal that would have resulted in long delays.
July 13, 2017
Bike Lane Pop-up in Macon, Georgia, Wins Over County Engineer, Goes Permanent
Resident-led, temporary demonstrations of protected bike lanes just keep working.
July 13, 2017
Bike Lane Gap in Menlo Park Bay Trail Route
Designers somehow weren’t able to find any space to install bike lanes nearest to Marsh Road, where the street is a massive 80 feet wide. City planners instead hope to lure bicyclists onto the new sidewalks with signs reading “Bicycles OK to Use Sidewalk.”
June 23, 2017
LADOT and Film Industry Agree to Compromise on Green Bike Lanes
LADOT and film industry representatives have agreed on terms for the next batch of green bike lanes in the city of L.A.
June 14, 2017
Side-Street Bikeways Only Pay Off If You Have Protected Bike Lanes Too
Building bikeways only on quiet streets might actually be the worst option, one study says.
January 9, 2017
New Road Diet Bike Lanes Striped on Northeast L.A.’s Fletcher Drive
The city of L.A. has nearly completed 0.8 miles of new road diet bike lane on Fletcher Drive, extending from San Fernando Road to Eagle Rock Boulevard. The lanes contribute to fairly strong bikeway network in northeast L.A.
December 19, 2016
South Bay Area Cities Start Building Separated Bike Lanes
New on-street bike lanes separated from auto traffic are nearing completion in Palo Alto and Menlo Park, and a handful of neighboring cities have plans to install them too. Separated bike infrastructure gained traction among local planners after Caltrans approved Class IV Separated Bikeway design standards [PDF] in December 2015. The first protected intersections were built last year in a handful of North American cities.
September 2, 2016
Homeless on the Hairball Follow Up
On Tuesday, Streetsblog followed up on a report from Dan Crosby, a bike commuter who rides the hairball, about how the westbound bike bridge had become almost completely obstructed by the homeless. Streetsblog reached out to several agencies and the mayor about it.
August 26, 2016