Michael Andersen
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Good Transit Is Pointless When People Can’t Live Near It
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A good Oregon bill would hold high-capacity transit lines to a very basic standard.
Study: Yes, More Parking Does Put More Cars on the Road
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A new study finds something transportation reformers have long suspected, but never proven.
Believe it or Not, Trump put a Huge Tax on Parking Lots – Maybe by Mistake
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But the IRS might let big companies wriggle out of it. You can comment until Feb. 22.
Six Secrets From the Planner of Sevilla’s Lightning Bike Network
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Here's one way to understand the story of biking in Sevilla, Spain: It went from having about as much biking as Oklahoma City to having about as much biking as Portland, Oregon. It did this over the course of four years.
The Main Street of Latino Culture in Providence Will Get a Bike-Walk Upgrade
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Broad Street sees more biking and walking collisions than any other street in the city.
For People of Color, Barriers to Biking Go Far Beyond Infrastructure, Study Shows
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New research from New Jersey shows huge gaps in conventional wisdom.
Memphis’s Spectacular Street Experiments Moving Toward Permanence
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It's taken a few years, but Memphians' hands-on experimentation with their streets is starting to pay off in permanent improvements.
Are Women Really More Risk-Averse on Bikes, or Just More Honest?
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A researcher raises some interesting skepticism.
The ‘Peanutabout’ Concept Could Be a Breakthrough for Diagonal Streets
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Wickedly good biking ideas continue to pop up in Massachusetts.
Bikes Belong on Main Streets Because Bikes Are Not Mainly for Commuting
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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. Trivia question 1: Of all the trips taken by U.S. adults, how many lead to or from somewhere other than work? The answer is 78 percent. Trivia question 2: Of all the […]
Edmonton’s Quick-Build Protected Bike Lane Grid: ‘A New Model’ for Change
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Michael Andersen blogs for The Green Lane Project, a PeopleForBikes program that helps U.S. cities connect high-comfort biking networks. The most interesting thing about this week’s best bike infrastructure news isn’t what’s being built. It’s how it’s being built. Two years ago, the sprawling Canadian prairie metropolis of Calgary decided to buck tradition and test […]
Atlanta Looks for Options Where Bidirectional Protected Bike Lanes Intersect
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Michael Andersen blogs for The Green Lane Project, a PeopleForBikes program that helps U.S. cities connect high-comfort biking networks. Bidirectional protected bike lanes, which put both directions of bike traffic on the same side of a street, aren’t ideal. But they can be useful in a pinch. Like all protected bike lanes, well-designed bidirectionals are […]