Posts Tagged ‘bicycle infrastructure’

Dallas moves forward with bike lanes as part of  $375,000 “Complete Streets” Grant
Thanks to MtbLawGirl for alerting us to a story reported by TV 33 in Dallas about how the City of Dallas is moving forward on building bike lanes as part of a “Complete Streets” program. The City will be receiving a $375, 000 [...]

“New mobility aims towards a human system. Old mobility aims at a car system.” Eric Britton, New Mobility Agenda
Streetsblog posted a great video at the end of last week that covers many of the innovative things being done in Paris (France, not Texas) to make streets safer and more accessible to cyclists and pedestrians alike.
The City [...]

Speculation abounds: who will be Barack Obama’s Transportation Secretary Choice? It’s far too early to really know, but we’re hoping here at Austin Bike Blog that the next Secretary of Transportation has a much better view of transit, pedestrian, and bicycle infrastructure than our current one.
The current Secretary of Transportation in the Bush Administration, Mary [...]

This article is part of our AustinBikeBlog becomes PortlandBikeBlog series I’m writing on my recent trip to Portland and my exposure to its bike culture.
Well, now that I’m back in Austin and have had a decent night’s sleep, I thought I’d follow up to my article last week about bike culture in Portland with [...]

I’m writing this on an iPhone so I’ll be brief. I spent the afternoon walking around downtown Portland, and everthing about this city is set up to support cycling and encourage people to use bikes for transportation.
From bike paths to the airport, to hooks and space for bikes on trains, to bike boxes and covered [...]