Bike lanes are hot right now in cities all over the country. As more and more cities build more and more miles of bike infrastructure, which projects are exemplary?
Writing for People for Bikes, Michael Andersen lists the ten best bike lane projects of the year from around the country. As noted by Andersen, this year "saw protected lanes pop up in Tempe, Arizona; in Athens, Georgia; in Pentagon City, Virginia." Moreover, "[last] year, half of the new mileage of protected bike lanes nationwide was in the Green Lane Project's six focus cities. This year, protected bike lanes grew twice as fast, and our six focus cities accounted for less than a quarter of the new growth."
At the top of the list is the Polk Street separated bike lane. It’s only one-third of a mile long, "but no one who rides it will ever fail to realize how nice a bike lane can get," according to Andersen. Lanes in Seattle and Memphis follow on the list.
For posterity and/or comparison, also see the 2013 list.
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