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Archive for the ‘Biking’ Category

ACCESS Magazine: Issue 39

Wednesday, January 11th, 2012
Retrofitting the Suburbs to Increase Walking

TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
During the last half of the 20th century, cities and towns across America were built primarily for one transportation mode: the automobile. Much of this development occurred on the urban periphery, creating the suburbs that are now home to more Americans than either traditional central cities or small towns. Today, while federal transportation policies and urban planners have shifted toward promoting a more multi-modal form of development, the legacy of the postwar era remains: thousands of suburban neighborhoods poorly served by any mode of transportation other than the automobile.

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“Ghost Bikes” – In A Brooklyn Minute (Week 85) [HD]

Friday, December 30th, 2011

Uploaded by GNYBerlin on Youtube

Ghost Bikes can be found all over Brooklyn, New York City and most of the world. They are memorials to bicyclists who have been killed on the street.

A bike painted white is locked to a permanent fixture at the nearest location to the actual crash – oftentimes there is a plague with the cyclist’s name. It is a somber reminder of that individual person who died and a call to make our streets safer for everyone.

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“Brooklyn Bridge Ride” – In A Brooklyn Minute

Tuesday, December 27th, 2011

On Monday late afternoon I rode my bike across the Brooklyn Bridge and filmed it with a GoPro for you.

The result is nothing like I expected. So I let frustrations and happy accidents fall where they may and bring you a ride that almost looks like an “impressionist painting stop-animation” of biking across the Brooklyn Bridge.

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Chicago, IL: 18th Street – Before & After the Bike Lane

Friday, December 9th, 2011

Check out the new cycle track on 18th Street in Chicago, starting in Pilsen on the west and leading to Chinatown/South Loop on the east. Get a view of the situation before the new bike lanes were installed. Uploaded by jamesbondsv on Youtube.

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Seattle, WA: Interstate-90 Bike Tunnel

Thursday, December 8th, 2011

Tunnel at the very edge of the city of Seattle that connects to a bunch of trails on both sides, including the path along the side of the I-90 floating bridge to Mercer Island. – alexwarrior1 on Youtube

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NYC DOT Gets Creative to Promote Road Safety

Friday, December 2nd, 2011
Curbside Haiku

The New York City Department of Transportation’s campaign, “Curbside Haiku,” combines safety education and public art. 12 ‘signs,’ featuring haiku and artwork by John Morse, are posted in strategic points throughout the 5 boroughs.

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Santa Monica Bike Action Plan

Tuesday, November 29th, 2011
Santa Monica Bike Plan

SANTA MONICA BIKE CENTER
The Bike Action Plan is guided and supported by Santa Monica’s award-winning 2010 Land Use and Circulation Element (LUCE) which lays out a bold vision for the city’s future, one that protects and enhances the city’s beautiful neighborhoods, creates new community benefits in complete neighborhoods around the new light rail stations, supports community character through good design, and minimizes traffic through a “No Net New Vehicle Trips” policy. This Bike Action Plan strives to be equally bold and practical. On the one hand, this plan envisions a future Santa Monica in which it is attractive and fun for Santa Monicans of all ages and abilities to use a bike to get everywhere in the city and to meet all the needs of daily life. On the other hand, it is also a detailed five-year implementation strategy for moving toward that vision.

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Chicago, IL: New Bike Lane

Tuesday, November 22nd, 2011

Pan of New Bike Lane in Chicago by  Steven Vance on Flickr.

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DC-Capital Bikeshare (NACTO)

Tuesday, August 2nd, 2011

“The Phenomenal Success of Capital Bikeshare” is a Streetfilm produced in association with the National Association of City Transportation Officials (NACTO). It takes a look at how amazing the system is and talks to users, business folks, and government officials on how it is going. – NACTOfilms on YouTube

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The Great Bicycle Protest of 1896

Friday, July 22nd, 2011
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By: Hank Chapot The 1890s popular movement for Good Roads, pushed most ardently by bicyclists,is of note for several reasons. Primarily the fight for better conditions for bicycling unknowingly set the stage for the rise of the private automobile. Within a decade of the big demonstrations detailed here, better roads and improved tire technology combined […]

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