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Cycling Is Getting a Lot Safer in American Cities Adding a Lot of Bike Lanes

By Angie Schmitt | Nov 17, 2016 | No Comments

American cities still have a long way to go before they’re considered safe for people of all ages and abilities to bike. But many of them have made a lot of progress recently, especially the ones building protected bike lanes.

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When Will Mayor Turner Let the Houston Bike Plan Move Forward?

By Jay Blazek Crossley | Oct 28, 2016 | No Comments

Earlier this week, BikeHouston held a traveling pep rally to call on Mayor Sylvester Turner to move forward with the Houston Bike Plan. After the rally, Turner said he would proceed with the bike plan but did not provide a timetable. The bike plan maps out an ambitious citywide network of safe, comfortable bikeways, including integration with the off-street bike trails in the Bayou […]

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TTI Built a “Dutch Junction” With Glow-in-the-Dark Bike Lanes

By Angie Schmitt | Oct 7, 2016 | No Comments

The Texas Transportation Institute built this Dutch Junction on the Texas A&M campus in College Station. Photo: TTI It’s America’s first unsignalized “Dutch Junction” — a type of intersection with protected space for cycling. It even has solar luminescent bike lanes. And here’s the kicker — it’s in the heart of Texas. The Texas Transportation Institute at Texas A&M led the design and [...]

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El Paso’s Bid to Create a Regional Active Transportation Network

By Angie Schmitt | Sep 6, 2016 | No Comments

A lot of regional transportation agencies talk a good game when it comes to improving biking and walking, but El Paso’s Metropolitan Planning Organization is actually doing something about it. The El Paso Metropolitan Planning Organization wants to complete more trails like this one, along the Rio Grande, throughout the region. Photo: El Paso Southwest The organization passed a [...]

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Report: As Cities Add Bike Lanes, More People Bike and Biking Gets Safer

By Angie Schmitt | Jul 20, 2016 | No Comments

Cities adding bike infrastructure are seeing a “safety in numbers” — more people on bikes plus lower risk of severe or fatal injury. Graphs: NACTO The more people bike on the streets, the safer the streets are for everyone who bikes. This phenomenon, originally identified by researcher Peter Jacobsen, is known as “safety in numbers.” And that’s [...]

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Fast Changes to City Streets: A 9-Step Guide for Creative Bureaucrats

By Michael Andersen | Mar 28, 2016 | No Comments

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 [...]

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