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
Unless US DOT Changes Course, Building Protected Bikeways May Get Tougher
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Seattle, Washington.
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 government has [...]
Room to Breathe: The Feds Just Made It Easier to Fit Bike Lanes on Streets
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Photo: Adam Coppola.
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.
A large car is less than seven feet wide. But thanks in part to an obscure federal rule, millions of miles of traffic lanes on local streets around the country are [...]
Fast Changes to City Streets: A 9-Step Guide for Creative Bureaucrats
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Marshall Avenue and Monroe Avenue, Memphis, Tenn. Photo: John Paul Shaffer
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 [...]
Cities Are Reinventing Transportation Planning for the Age of the Public Beta
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A three-day test of a protected bike lane on SW 3rd Avenue in Portland, Oregon. Photo: Greg Raisman
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 protected bike lanes and other new-to-North-America designs have spread, they’ve created an exciting new era [...]
Newark Clears Bike Lane of Cars, Solves Parking Problem With Meters Instead
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Newark’s stopgap solution to a parking crunch was to allow parking in the bike lane (see upper right). Since then it’s found a more sensible option: meters. Photo: WalkBikeJersey
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.
Three months after Newark drew national [...]
Four Cities Race to Finish the Country’s First Protected Intersection
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A protected intersection under construction at Manor and Tilley in Austin, fall 2014. Photo: City of Austin.
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.
Sometimes, change builds up for years. And sometimes, it bursts.
Fifteen months after American bikeway designer Nick Falbo [...]
10 Tips for Cities Ready to Replace Car Parking With Safe Space for Biking
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Former parking spaces in Boulevard de Maissonneuve, Montreal. Photo: JasonParis
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.
A curbside parking spot is just 182 square feet of urban space. But for advocates of better American bike infrastructure, few obstacles loom larger.
Right [...]