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Via RecreActiva: A Transformative Ciclovia for Guadalajara

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Jan 12, 2012 | No Comments

Guadalajara, Mexico is showing how amazingly transformative a ciclovia-style road closure can be for its citizens. In seven years, their inaugural Sunday event Via RecreActiva has grown from just seven miles with 35,000 participants to 41 miles with 400,000 users every Sunday. It goes from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., and covers six municipalities.

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Making Streets Safer With On-Street Bike Parking

By Elizabeth Press | Jan 4, 2012 | No Comments

The corner of Smith Street and Sackett Street in Brooklyn had a problem. Drivers approaching the intersection from Sackett couldn’t get a clear view of Smith because of the parked cars blocking their line of sight. Crashes kept happening and local residents started pushing for safety improvements. After experimenting with a few options, NYC DOT […]

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Kinzie Street: The First of Many Protected Bike Lanes for Chicago

By Elizabeth Press | Dec 2, 2011 | No Comments

In his campaign for mayor, Rahm Emanuel pledged to make Chicago a more bike-friendly city. And in office, he set his sights high, aiming to construct 100 miles of protected bike lanes in his first term. His team wasted no time. Chicago DOT installed the city’s first protected bike lane on Kinzie Street before Emanuel’s […]

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Critical Mass is Alive and Well: Guadalajara’s Paseo de Todos

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Nov 18, 2011 | No Comments

Walking and bicycling in Guadalajara can be dangerous in many parts of the city, but there’s a big movement among many citizens to alter that. GDL en Bici is a group of wonderful citizens and bicycle advocates who have been organizing multiple weekly bike rides for years, and nothing is more impressive then their first Thursday of the […]

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Self-Reliance Grows in the Utrecht Traffic Garden

By Elizabeth Press | Nov 4, 2011 | No Comments

In the Dutch city of Utrecht, kids start learning about traffic safety long before they prepare for a driver’s license. And they pick up a lot more than just “look both ways before you cross the street.” The school curriculum includes regular field trips to the local “traffic garden.” The City of Utrecht has used […]

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An American in Amsterdam on Dutch Cycling Policy

By Elizabeth Press | Oct 28, 2011 | No Comments

In many US cities, Departments of Transportation are thinking about how biking fits in as a viable mode of transportation. In this second video from the Bikes Belong delegation to the Netherlands, Streetfilms was able to talk one-on-one with US Consul General, Julie A. Ruterbories. This American in Amsterdam learned to use a bicycle to commute in Amsterdam. She […]

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