Transportation Alternatives’ 5th annual Tour de Staten Island showed off some of the best biking highlights in S.I.
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Streetfilms: Tour de Staten Island 2015
Wednesday, April 15th, 2015Caltrans: Building More Than Just Highways in California
Wednesday, March 25th, 2015
In this Caltrans News Flash, spokesperson Angela DaPrato interviews bike commuter Becky Garrow and Caltrans Active Transportation Plan Program Project Manager Teresa McWilliam about how the department and local communities are partnering up to increase transportation options that encourage physical activities such as bicycling and walking. Production credit: Caltrans District 10 (Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, Mariposa, […]
View this complete post...Streetfilms: Talking “Bikes Plus” at National Bike Summit 2015
Tuesday, March 17th, 2015
The theme of 2015’s National Bike Summit from the League of American Bicyclists is all about Bikes+. To stay in the spirit we decided to have some fun with that theme ourselves and ask attendees what would they add to that equation and why. The answers were all quite eclectic and showcase just how broad the topic of bicycling can be and why it is important to our communities. Bikes+ is getting us psyched for a great year of advocacy and riding!
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View this complete post...NYC: Bringing Dutch Bicycling Culture to the Big Apple
Thursday, March 12th, 2015
In the Netherlands, bicycles are fully integrated into daily life. In New York City, despite the introduction of bike lanes during the Bloomberg administration and the introduction of Citi Bike stations around the city, bike culture is still evolving.
View this complete post...Building Equity: Race, Ethnicity, Class, and Protected Bike Lanes
Monday, March 9th, 2015
PEOPLE FOR BIKES Diversity created the city. But diversity has never been easy. American urbanism has been a process through which communities—diverse in ideology, in interest, in income, in ethnic background and in racial identification—have negotiated space. Some of this evolution has been brutal. Today’s cities are, among other things, the result of generations of racism and classism and struggles in the face of […]
View this complete post...Cycling to Transit
Tuesday, January 27th, 2015UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA GEOMATICS PROGRAM
Mobility hubs are major transit access points and an integrated part of multi-modal transportation planning efforts. For the implementation of bicycle infrastructure improvements around mobility hubs a better understanding of bicycle access distances is needed. Using responses from onboard travel surveys in three US metropolitan areas this study found that median bicycle access distances to transit stations are within the buffer radii suggested for community hubs (1 mile) and gateway hubs (2 miles) in long range transportation plans.
Federal Highway Administration: Making Walking & Biking Safer
Friday, January 16th, 2015
See how FHWA and its partners collaborate to make biking and walking safer, affordable, more accessible, and an integral part of livable communities. To learn more about how FHWA works, visit http://www.fhwa.dot.gov
View this complete post...Louisville, KY: Bike Lane Confusion
Friday, January 9th, 2015
As Louisville continues to become a more bike friendly city, drivers are having a hard time coping with the new bike lanes. The mayor addresses the public on the new lanes opening up, and the traffic rules that accompany them.
View this complete post...Paying to Maintain Bicycle & Pedestrian Facilities
Friday, December 26th, 2014
Webinar from Advocacy Advance, a partnership between the League of American Bicyclists and the Alliance for Biking & Walking, presents options for communities to pay for maintenance of trails, bike lanes, and sidewalks.
View this complete post...Frederick, MD: Hood College Class Evaluates Bike Lanes
Friday, December 12th, 2014
Students in Hood College’s ENSP 101 study the effects of a bike lane in their Frederick, MD neighborhood.
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