Numbers from New York City should be death knell to vehicular cycling policies The New York City Department of Transportation recently released its 2009 Sustainable Streets Index report with the most definitive proof yet that good cycling infrastructure is a huge part of getting people to use bicycles as an alternative to cars. The report [...]
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Vehicular cycling versus bike lanes: why they are both right, both wrong and why bike boulevards matter
Thoughts on where we’ve been and where we are going ahead of tonight’s Bike Boulevard Open House As Austin prepares to experiment with the concept of bicycle boulevards, it is important to remember where bicycle infrastructure has been and why bike boulevards are really important in the goal of creating a city where large numbers [...]
Wanting more cyclists on the road? Look to what women want
A recent Scientific American article suggests that if we want to get serious about getting more people riding bikes for transportation we need to focus on the needs of one group in particular: women. The article quotes several reports that show cities and countries with high bicycle usage also have a near equal male/female usage [...]
From the Department of the Obvious: Study finds bike lanes, paths increase safety
BikePortland recently reported on a study published in Environmental Health that aggregated the results of 23 recent English language reports on bicycle crash data. In contrast to what some (including the [update] former Dallas Bike Coordinator) say, the report found that bicycle infrastructure such as bike lanes and bike paths were safer for cyclists than [...]
