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Michael Andersen

Michael Andersen writes about housing and transportation for the Sightline Institute. He previously covered bike infrastructure for PeopleForBikes, a national bicycling advocacy organization.

Recent Posts

Photo: Claudio Olivares Medina

Landmark Study Tests a Bike Network’s Effects on Safety and Ridership

By Michael Andersen | May 31, 2017 | No Comments
Fascinating results from a city whose bike network was literally a Communist plot.
A map of Cambridge, Massachusetts, with streets categorized by how comfortable it is to ride a bike. Source: FHWA Bike Network Planning Idea Book

Connecting Cities’ Scattered Bikeways Is Going to Be Harder, But Worth It

By Michael Andersen | May 22, 2017 | No Comments
When the low-hanging fruit has all been eaten, there's only one thing to do: climb higher.
A riddle: Why does this street in Manchester seem to have two sidewalks? All images: Google Street View

Britain’s Forgotten Protected Bike Lane Network

By Michael Andersen | May 17, 2017 | No Comments
A U.K. historian is on a quest to find and reclaim hundreds of miles of protected bike lanes built across his country in the early 20th century and then abandoned.
Indianapolis.

Grassy Storm Drainage Can Be a Transportation Twofer, New Guide Shows

By Michael Andersen | May 16, 2017 | No Comments
If your city's transportation department and its stormwater management department were to team up to put storm drainage in just the right places, it could be a very cost-efficient way to manage runoff while creating permanent, attractive separation between bike and car traffic.
Photo: Gwynne Hogan

Hot Take: People Sometimes Bump Into Bike Lane Separators, and That’s OK

By Michael Andersen | Apr 24, 2017 | No Comments
People do it in cars and on bikes. It's a tradeoff worth taking.
Broad Street at Thurbers Avenue. Image: Google Street View.

The Main Street of Latino Culture in Providence Will Get a Bike-Walk Upgrade

By Michael Andersen | Apr 20, 2017 | No Comments
Broad Street sees more biking and walking collisions than any other street in the city.
A survey of Black and Latino residents in New Jersey reveals barriers to biking that are not discussed very often by bike-promotion pros. Photo: New Jersey Bicycle and Pedestrian Resource Center.

For People of Color, Barriers to Biking Go Far Beyond Infrastructure, Study Shows

By Michael Andersen | Apr 19, 2017 | No Comments
New research from New Jersey shows huge gaps in conventional wisdom.
Marshall Avenue and Monroe Avenue, Memphis. Photo: Chris Porter for Downtown Memphis Commission.

Memphis’s Spectacular Street Experiments Moving Toward Permanence

By Michael Andersen | Apr 4, 2017 | No Comments
It's taken a few years, but Memphians' hands-on experimentation with their streets is starting to pay off in permanent improvements.
Photo: Thomas Hawk

The Country’s Newest Biking Boomtown Looks to the Next Level

By Michael Andersen | Apr 3, 2017 | No Comments
Bike transportation in New Orleans has doubled in the last few years.
Providence's Jewelry District before the I-195 removal. Photo: Runaway Jim

Providence Is Using Bikes to Build a Future on a Freeway’s Footprint

By Michael Andersen | Mar 30, 2017 | No Comments
Fifty years ago, almost every city in the country discovered the effects a freeway has on the neighborhoods nearby. Now, one of the country's oldest cities is about to learn what happens when you move a freeway out.
Chicago, Illinois.

Are Women Really More Risk-Averse on Bikes, or Just More Honest?

By Michael Andersen | Mar 21, 2017 | No Comments
A researcher raises some interesting skepticism.
Cause --> effect. Before and after at First and Washington in Wichita. Photos: Yellowbrick Street Team

Wichita Upgrades Guerrilla Plungers to Permanent Bike Lane Posts

By Michael Andersen | Mar 15, 2017 | No Comments
Two weeks after two rows of toilet plungers set up to temporarily protect a Wichita bike lane went viral, the city of Wichita has decided that come to think of it, those plungers were making a pretty good point.
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