Bike Planning

As ridership grows on the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) rail system, system planners are looking to a novel approach to relieve crunched station parking: bikes.

August 27, 2015 - Next City

The Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) recently released the budget that will back up the components of its first ever bike plan: the SEPTA Cycle-Transit Plan, released in April 2015.

June 7, 2015 - Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia

Just to the north of Washington D.C., Montgomery County will soon begin an update to its Bicycle Master Plan in the hopes of taking advantage of the evolving world of alternative transportation.

May 22, 2015 - Around the Corners

The capital of West Virginia has hired Alta Planning and Design to undertake a ten-month process to update the city's bike and trail plan.

March 21, 2015 - The Charleston Gazette

The St. Paul City Council approved a bike plan on March 18, 2014 that will more than double the amount of bike pathways and connections in the city. The plan will advance the goals established by the city's 2008 Comprehensive Plan.

March 19, 2015 - MinnPost

St. Paul is in the community engagement stage of a bike planning process expected to culminate early next year. Among the bike plan's proposals, none have sparked as much controversy as a downtown loop that would remove street parking.

December 13, 2014 - Minneapolis Post

Ariel Rosenstock updates San Francisco's progress in implementing the vision set forth by the 2009 San Francisco Bicycle Plan.

October 13, 2014 - The Architect's Newspaper

Despite the protestations of local advocacy groups, councilmembers, and the former director of planning, Mayor Jean Stothert is moving a head with a budget proposal that would eliminate Omaha's only planner dedicated to bike and pedestrian plans.

August 18, 2014 - Streetsblog USA

An article by Nour Aoude begins with the premise: "Leaving suburbs out of the biking conversation risks turning biking into a privilege of the few who can afford to live in dense, downtown neighbourhoods."

July 22, 2014 - Global Site Plans

Checking in on the status of Chicago's ambitious plans to add 645 miles of bike lanes by 2020, one journalist finds a number of bikers who are questioning some of the choices made by planners.

June 12, 2014 - Chicago Tribune

Portland Mayor Sam Adams has pledged to increase the amount of money dedicated to bicycle planning and bicycle infrastructure from 4% to 17% in the city's next budget.

May 18, 2011 - The Oregonian

Next American City talks with urban designer Mike Lydon about opening streets to people and closing streets to cars in this second of a two-part conversation.

November 4, 2010 - Next American City

A 4-year legal battle over whether SF's bike plan was in compliance with the state's environmental law has been settled - the city has the go-ahead to resume planning and implementing new bike facilities designed to increase bike riding.

August 9, 2010 - San Francisco Chronicle

The head of Toronto's Cycling Committee is calling on the city to shift its focus from the quantity of bike lanes it creates to the quality of connections their planned infrastructure will create in the city's existing bike network.

June 1, 2010 - The Toronto Star

This post from GOOD looks at how a street can become a bicycle corridor.

February 3, 2010 - Good

What happens when a city hires a former bike activist to become it's mobility coordinator? No surprises, the city becomes more bike friendly.

June 30, 2009 - The District