Boulder’s New Bike Lanes Work Well, But the City May Yank Them Anyway
Boulder, Colorado, is considered one of the best cities for biking in the U.S. But the car is still king on Boulder's streets, and designs like road diets and protected on-street bike lanes are still new concepts for people to digest.
September 25, 2015
Cities Won’t Mainstream Cycling By Going Halfway With Infrastructure
Like any city, Atlanta needs real bike infrastructure to make cycling an appealing option for most people. But like many other cities, a lot of times Atlanta only seems to be able to muster the will to designate leftover, marginal spaces to cyclists, putting them in potentially dangerous, or at the very least, highly uncomfortable positions.
September 24, 2015
Is Houston Serious About Becoming a Multi-Modal City?
There's been a fair amount of fanfare recently about the news that Houston is likely to surpass Chicago sometime soon as America's third largest city. You can debate whether the comparison is very useful, due to variations in land area. But there's no denying that Texas is growing fast. The Lone Star State is attracting two-and-a-half times more new households from other states than the next biggest gainer: Florida.
September 23, 2015
Advocates Prevail Over Road Diet Ban in North Carolina
Advocates for safer streets in North Carolina have beaten back an attempt to outlaw street designs that put people first.
September 22, 2015
A Misguided Fix for Traffic Congestion in Silicon Valley
According to a recent study of transit riders in Denver covered by CityLab, people who work within a 15-minute walk of a rail station are more likely to commute by train than people who live close to transit but don't work by a station.
September 22, 2015
Wisconsin Spends on Billion Dollar Interchanges While Potholes Swallow Roads
An excellent recent Politico article "Overpasses -- A Love Story" -- took a close look at the policies of Republican Presidential hopeful Scott Walker and his big, big spending on highway infrastructure in Wisconsin. It's a pretty sick dynamic.
September 21, 2015
Park(ing) Day Scenes From Coast to Coast
Today is a very fun day in cities around the U.S., when advocates for better public spaces unleash their imaginations on the dreary places where we normally store cars. Park(ing) Day is "an annual worldwide event where artists, designers and citizens transform metered parking spots into temporary public parks," according to its organizers.
September 18, 2015
Bike Commute Rate in Portland Reaches a New High
New Census data out this week shows that the bike commute rate in Portland, is higher than ever, exceeding the 7 percent threshold for the first time. Meanwhile, in the tier below Portland, about half a dozen large and mid-sized cities are neck and neck, Tom Fucoloro at Seattle Bike Blog reports:
September 18, 2015
North Carolina Lawmakers Try to Sabotage Durham-Orange Light Rail
State lawmakers in North Carolina launched a sneak attack this week on plans for light rail between Durham and Orange County -- and nobody's sure exactly who's behind it or why they did it.
September 17, 2015
Toronto Leaders Say They Hate Congestion — So Will They Support New Tolls?
Toronto fumbled on creating a more walkable, connected city when city leaders chose not to tear down the Gardiner East elevated waterfront highway. Mayor John Tory said it was important to rebuild the Gardiner "to keep congestion under control," even though experience suggests traffic would have returned to its former levels as drivers adjusted to the new situation.
September 17, 2015