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Copenhagenize on Winter Cycling: Right, Yet Not Entirely

The excellent Copehnagenize has an excellent post on how most posts on cycling in winter complicate the issue and emphasize subculture instead of mainstreaming the notion.

They both have a point, and miss one, in my opinion.

It’s a very good point that most of the info disseminated by bicycle advocates about cycling in the snow really orients [...]

January 6th, 2012 | Category: bicycle advocacy, bicycle clothes, bicycle commuting, bicycle facilities, bicycle gear, bicycle routes, bicyclists, europe, midtown greenway, minneapolis, minnesota, roadway design, roadway use, share the road, transportation options, winter cycling | 2 comments - (Comments are closed)

Women & Bicycles

On this International Women’s Day, I thought I’d address one of the skeletons in the room when we discuss bicycle-friendly infrastructure and the interested-but-hesitant cyclist: A pretty good portion of that 60% is female.

Data suggests that men outnumber women on bicycles in the United States by a ratio of two-to-one. In many European nations, the ratio [...]

March 8th, 2011 | Category: bicycle advocacy, bicycle facilities, bicycle routes, bicycle safety, bicyclists, bike education, bike lanes, bike trails, biking with kids, children on bikes, common sense, complete streets, distracted driving, education, encouragement, enforcement, environmentalism, europe, evaluation, health, minneapolis, minnesota, pedestrian access, roadway design, roadway use, safe routes to schools, statistics, survey, transportation options, urban planning, vehicular cycling, women | Comments are closed

Cheap Gas Encourages Dependence

Simple economic wisdom suggests that as prices for any commodity go up, price helps dictate demand. The Economist took a look at gas taxes and relative gas use, specifically in light of current rising oil prices.

Per the article:

Petrol prices in America are substantially below levels elsewhere in the rich world, and this is almost entirely due [...]

February 25th, 2011 | Category: common sense, europe, evaluation, federal funds, politics, roadway use, statistics, taxes, transportation options, urban planning | Comments are closed

Slowing Down: Embracing Lower Speed Limits For More Complete Streets

This is pretty cool. Strasbourg, France, is planning to reduce speed limits throughout the city to 30km/hour, or about 18mph, as an initiative to protect cyclists and pedestrians.

Speed limits in much of the city are already 30km, but drivers often accelerate when reaching new speed zones, causing accidents. The mayor describes the proposal thusly:

The public [...]

February 12th, 2011 | Category: bicycle advocacy, bicycle facilities, bicycle recreation, bicycle routes, bicycle safety, bicyclists, bike lanes, complete streets, encouragement, enforcement, engineering, europe, evaluation, pedestrian access, roadway design, roadway use, safe routes to schools, share the road, traffic calming, transportation options, urban planning | One comment - (Comments are closed)

Study: Cycle Tracks Safer Than Riding in Street

A new study published in the journal Injury Prevention reports that cyclists in Montreal using dedicated cycle tracks have lower incidence of injury than cyclists using the street.

Cycle tracks are fairly common in Montreal and throughout Europe, particularly in the Netherlands. These are generally segregated from the traffic in the street, but still essentially part of [...]

February 11th, 2011 | Category: bicycle facilities, bicycle routes, bicycle safety, bicyclists, bike lanes, complete streets, encouragement, engineering, europe, evaluation, netherlands, oregon, roadway design, roadway use, share the road, statistics, traffic calming, transportation options, urban planning | Comments are closed

McCain Takes Aim At Airport Bicycle Parking

Legislation often has weird clauses, but this one is super-weird. The most excellent StreetsBlog reports that Senator John McCain (R-AZ) inserted a stipulation in the federal aviation reauthorization (SB 223) that could bar airports from using passenger facility charges for bike parking facilities if it stays in the bill and the bill is passed.

The League [...]

February 9th, 2011 | Category: bicycle advocacy, bicycle facilities, bicycle laws, bicyclists, encouragement, europe, federal funds, jerks, league of american bicyclists, legislation, netherlands, oregon, politics, share the road, transportation options, urban planning | One comment - (Comments are closed)
 
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