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Talking Headways Podcast: The Transportation Innovation Revolution

By Jeff Wood | Sep 21, 2015 | No Comments

Shin-pei Tsay of Transit Center joins me this week to delve into her new report, A People’s History of Recent Urban Transportation Innovation, which examines how advocacy and political leadership have combined in several American cities to produce a more multi-modal transportation network. We discuss the cycle of change, why mayors and local activists (who Transit Center calls “the […]

Protected Bike Lanes Even More Useful in Snowy Cities Than in Warm Ones

By Annie van Cleve | Sep 21, 2015 | No Comments

Annie van Cleve is a guest writer for The Green Lane Project, a PeopleForBikes program that helps U.S. cities build better bike lanes to create low-stress streets. Here’s the best argument not enough people are making for protected bike lanes: Winter. Hear me out. If you have ridden your bike through snow or ice, you know […]

Awesome 11-Year-Old Defends Road Diet, Calls Out LA’s “Bullying” Drivers

By Joe Linton | Sep 21, 2015 | No Comments

In case you need a reason to feel confident about the next generation of livable streets advocates, check out this viral video of 11-year old Matlock Grossman, standing up for a road diet in his Los Angeles neighborhood. Grossman has been bike commuting since he was seven, and now commutes five miles each way to school. […]

Park(ing) Day Scenes From Coast to Coast

By Angie Schmitt | Sep 18, 2015 | No Comments

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. Below we are showcasing […]

Cleveland Traffic Engineer Puts Buffer on the Wrong Side of the Bike Lane

By Angie Schmitt | Sep 18, 2015 | No Comments

Cleveland is finally installing buffered bike lanes along some major streets, but with the buffer between the bike lane and the curb, not between the bike lane and traffic. At first, many people thought this design was a mistake. But it has now been painted on two streets at the behest of Cleveland’s traffic engineer, Andy Cross. Local blog GreenCityBlueLake reports that […]

Americans Applaud as Cities Build Protected Car Lanes

By Michael Andersen | Sep 16, 2015 | No Comments

Michael Andersen blogs for The Green Lane Project, a PeopleForBikes program that helps U.S. cities build better bike lanes to create low-stress streets. Driving is a dangerous activity. As a result, many Americans find it stressful and unpleasant. “I’m interested in driving but it doesn’t really seem safe,” said Bekka Wright of Boston. “I mean, […]

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