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
Three Ways Austin Is Doubling the Rate It Builds Bike Routes
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If you want to learn how a city can start doing good street projects faster, keep an eye on Austin, Texas.
Which Bike Lanes Should Be Protected? New Guide Offers Specifics
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Most U.S. street design institutions haven’t wanted to say for sure. Until now.
Carmel, Indiana, Shows Suburbs How to Go Big on Biking
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"We do not give property tax breaks to corporations. Instead, we invest in quality of life for all citizens."
Fort Collins Just Built Five Miles of Bikeway for Less Than $1 Million – Here’s the Trick
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The Colorado city is the latest to embrace America's most underrated type of bike facility.
Bike Commuting Growth Has Leveled Off – But Not Everywhere in the U.S.
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The future of biking is already here. It's just unevenly distributed.
Study After Study Finds Latinos Have a Strong Affinity for Social Biking
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Most people find it pleasant to bike with people they know. But there's growing evidence that Latino Americans are particularly interested in social biking.
Landmark Study Tests a Bike Network’s Effects on Safety and Ridership
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Fascinating results from a city whose bike network was literally a Communist plot.
For People of Color, Barriers to Biking Go Far Beyond Infrastructure, Study Shows
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New research from New Jersey shows huge gaps in conventional wisdom.
Are Women Really More Risk-Averse on Bikes, or Just More Honest?
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A researcher raises some interesting skepticism.
Wichita Upgrades Guerrilla Plungers to Permanent Bike Lane Posts
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Two weeks after two rows of toilet plungers set up to temporarily protect a Wichita bike lane went viral, the city of Wichita has decided that come to think of it, those plungers were making a pretty good point.
The Motherland of Soul Is Getting an All-Ages Biking Network
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Even as South Memphis has left deep marks on U.S. culture, its neighborhoods themselves have suffered. Now the city is working through many channels to reverse that -- one of which is putting the district at the front of the queue to get one of the country's first connected networks of all-ages bikeways.
Austin Is Starting a Three-Year Plan to Fight Congestion With Bikes
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Its proposed biking network will increase road capacity as much as a freeway expansion.