Bicycle Infrastructure
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Gawk at the Great New Bike Access to the Williamsburg Bridge From Brooklyn
What's great is not only the safety of the protected lanes, but that the city took into account all the ways people on bikes approach the bridge.
November 22, 2017
Queens CB 11 Plans Secret Meeting to Delay Northern Blvd Safety Fixes [Updated]
Earlier this year, Queens Community Board 11 voted for a DOT project to create several miles of protected bike lanes linking to the Joe Michaels Mile bike path. There were multiple public meetings about the redesign, but now members of the board are planning a closed meeting on Monday to hear objections to it.
July 14, 2017
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Milwaukee Forges Ahead With Its First Bike Boulevards
Milwaukee will be getting its first bike boulevards, the city announced this week, the beginning of what should eventually be a citywide network of low-traffic, low-stress streets for cycling.
July 13, 2017
After Cyclist Deaths, Manhattan CB 4 Presses DOT for Protected Crosstown Bikeways
After drivers killed two cyclists in the district last month, Manhattan Community Board 4 is reiterating its request for DOT to install protected bike lanes on crosstown streets in Chelsea and Hell's Kitchen.
July 11, 2017
A Tour of Dutch Bicycle Streets and Intersections
The 2017 Velo-city conference in the Netherlands this June was full of excitement, information, and enlightenment. And the pinnacle was seeing Dutch bike infrastructure first-hand, with guides who know it inside and out.
June 27, 2017
An Idea That Sticks: Another Plunger-Protected Bike Lane Goes Permanent
Tactical urbanism projects are prompting cities to improve the bike-riding environment.
June 16, 2017
There’s a Great New Entryway to NYC’s Most Uncomfortable Bike-Ped Path
The new and improved entry path to the Brooklyn Bridge Promenade from Downtown Brooklyn is finally rideable. If the rest of the bridge path ever gets a widening and makeover to match this one, it will become one of the great walking and biking connections in New York.
May 22, 2017
Connecting Cities’ Scattered Bikeways Is Going to Be Harder, But Worth It
For 20 to 30 years now, many cities have been laying down bike infrastructure where it's cheap and easy. This catch-as-catch-can method has left cities with bike networks that look like so many pick-up sticks. Is it any wonder that bike transportation, though growing, remains fairly unusual?
May 22, 2017
Street by Street, DC Builds Out a Center-City Protected Bikeway Network
Bike advocates from all over the country are in Washington right now for the League of American Bicyclists' annual Bike Summit. Among other things, it's a chance for out-of-towners like Jonathan Maus at Bike Portland to appreciate the city's progress on bike infrastructure. There are now nearly 16 miles of protected bike lanes in Washington, DC.
March 8, 2017
The ‘Peanutabout’ Concept Could Be a Breakthrough for Diagonal Streets
Wickedly good biking ideas continue to pop up in Massachusetts.
December 1, 2016
