Bike Boulevards
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What’s a ‘Bike Boulevard’? For Now, Mayor de Blasio Won’t Say, But Planners are Eager to Help
A good bike boulevard is apparently like pornography — you know it when you see it.
February 1, 2021
‘Bike Boulevards’ Will Be Key to an Equitable COVID Recovery, Mayor Says in ‘State of the City’
In Thursday night's "State of the City" address, Mayor de Blasio said he would build a "bike boulevard" in every borough by the end of the year, plus create more open streets this year than last.
January 28, 2021
It’s Time for DOT to Create ‘Bike Boulevards’ — So What’s a Bike Boulevard?
In short, it's a quick, cheap and easy way to create a network of low-stress cycling routes.
November 22, 2020
New Civic Group — CityRise — Will Push Mayor To Counter ‘Carmageddon’
CityRise will reach into tactical urbanist playbook in bid to make city streets livable post-COVID.
September 23, 2020
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
NACTO Beats the Clock With Quick Update of Bike Guide
Once again, the National Association of City Transportation Officials has proven what an agile, modern coalition of transportation agencies is capable of. It was just a year and a half ago that NACTO released its first Urban Bikeway Design Guide and today, it's released the first update to that guide.
September 6, 2012
Streetfilms: Long Beach Shifts Cycling Into High Gear
Long Beach, Los Angeles’s neighbor to the south, has started to put some serious effort into making cycling an attractive and safe mode of transportation, and it’s already paying dividends. Bicycling Magazine’s 2010 rankings for bike-friendly cities ranked Long Beach a respectable 23rd. But the city has more ambitious goals, aiming to ultimately become the … Continued
April 16, 2010
Streetfilms: The Case for Bicycle Boulevards in NYC
We've seen lots of new, innovative bikeway designs appear on New
York City streets over the past few years. But there’s one very
promising concept we haven't seen -- bicycle boulevards. Bicycle
boulevard design uses a variety of techniques to create low-traffic,
low-speed streets where cyclists mix comfortably with cars. They’re
very popular in Portland and Berkeley, two cities with high bicycle
mode-share. Here in New York, though, they don’t seem to be part of the
playbook yet. In this Streetfilm we ask: Why not?
December 3, 2009
Wiki Wednesday: Bike Boulevards
The inclusion of $825 million for Transportation Enhancements in the stimulus package should help pay for a lot of bike projects. Writing for Citiwire this week, transportation analyst Sam Seskin suggests investing a chunk of that stimulus money in bicycle boulevards, as opposed to bike lanes or cycle tracks. What are bike boulevards? This week's StreetsWiki entry explains:
February 18, 2009