Recent Streetsblog DENVER posts about Bicycle Safety

Is it Time for the U.S. to Try the ‘Madrid Model’ of Vehicular Cycling Infrastructure?

By Kea Wilson | Aug 10, 2020 | No Comments

The Madrid Model of "slow" lanes in the middle of roads could rival the Scandinavian model of protected lanes that separate cyclists from traffic altogether — if Americans will have it.

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Protected Bike Lanes that Any City Can Afford

By Kea Wilson | Jul 29, 2020 | No Comments

You don't need to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars to protect cyclists, scooter riders, and other vulnerable road users from car traffic.

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On the ADA’s 30th Anniversary, Remember: Bikes are a Mobility Assistive Device, too

By Kea Wilson | Jul 27, 2020 | No Comments

On the 30th anniversary of the Americans with Disability Act, a Seattle-based group reminds the world how essential cycling can be for Americans with non-normative bodies.

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Contest Needs You to Create Better Bike Lane Barriers

By Kea Wilson | Apr 23, 2020 | No Comments

We need something better than either bulky, expensive, and profoundly ugly concrete bollards, or shrimpy, plastic poles that drivers can plow straight over.

Photo bike wheels and seam in road pavement

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Want Action? Here’s How to Photograph a Pothole

By Kea Wilson | Feb 7, 2020 | No Comments

If your city won't build a protected bike lane, the least it can do is fix the streets you've got. Here's how to help make that happen.

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America’s Next Major Car-Free Street Will Be In San Francisco

By Roger Rudick | Jan 27, 2020 | No Comments

San Francisco is making history this week by doing something that every city across America should consider: taking cars off its single busiest street for pedestrians, cyclists, and transit-users. Banning cars on Market Street will make life safer for the 500,000 San Franciscans who walk the road every day.

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