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Airport Bike

Study Finds People Tend to Overestimate How Long It Takes to Walk and Bike

Ninety percent of respondents to a recent survey overestimated the time it would take to walk or bike to work, and those with parking permits were the worst at guessing their commute times.

May 7, 2018 - The New York Times

Tilikum Crossing

Portland Bike Lanes and the Danger of Half-Measures

Willamette's new bike lanes make for an important link in Portland's bike infrastructure, but building unprotected bike lanes on a high-speed street carries risk.

December 19, 2017 - Bike Portland

Traffic and Skyline

Travel Trends: Are They Changing?

Recently released travel data show Americans returning to their cars as the economic recovery deepens. Alternative forms of transportation are not attracting new users.

October 4, 2017 - Steven Polzin

Washington D.C.

D.C. Could Offer Cash for Walking and Biking to Work

Washington, D.C. already has the highest percentage of commuters in the country walking and biking to work; a new bill aims to provide even more incentives to leave the car at home.

September 23, 2017 - Greater Greater Washington

A Rap Song About Bike Safety? Yes Please.

Activist politician and rapper, Rhymefest, partners with Blackstone Bicycle Works and Donda's House to attempt the impossible: a compelling song about bike safety.

June 19, 2017 - YouTube

Deliveries Truck

Explosion of Deliveries Disrupts Streets

E-commerce and its delivery trucks are a big problem for narrow streets, homes, and retailers that don't have loading docks.

June 15, 2017 - The Philadelphia Inquirer

Plunger

Providence the Latest City to Get Toilet-Plunger Bike Lane

Bike advocates are plumbing new depths, with a growing trend toward placing plungers to act as separators for bike lanes.

June 14, 2017 - Bicycling

Prospect Park Bike Lane

Safety Should Be Just Half the Goal of Vision Zero

A Streetsblog NYC article argues that New York misses an opportunity to make itself more vibrant and accessible by focusing only on safety and not also on active transit infrastructure.

June 9, 2017 - StreetsBlog NYC

orlando, Florida

Finding a Way to Bike in Orlando

Improvements in street design and bike infrastructure make life easier on bikers in car-centric Orlando, but employers and politicians could do more in the city to get commuters out of their cars.

May 11, 2017 - Orlando Sentinel

Washington D.C.

The Other Cyclists

In arguments about how to construct transit and infrastructure, the voice of the poverty-stricken cyclist is rarely heard.

May 9, 2017 - Strong Towns

Millennial Bike

Friday Funny: Only the Onion Would Offer These 'Tips for Urban Biking'

The satirical site The Onion produces a set of totally invented, not-to-be-rusted safety tips for riding a bike in cities. We're not sure whether to laugh or cry.

March 24, 2017 - The Onion

Queen-Spadina

The Wisdom of Engaging Nervous Cyclists

It was clear to the City of Toronto that engaging less confident cyclists that make up 60% of the population, yet seldom come to community meetings, might be the key to dramatic mode shifts in the city. Here's how it happened.

March 13, 2017 - Dave Biggs

Tour of California

Urban Cycling Revolution Under Threat by 'Shights' Epidemic (Satire)

Researchers have detected a disease threatening cycling infrastructure investment. Although city administrators continue to invest in living streets, until cyclists becomes self-aware, the automobile will continue to dominate cities.

January 21, 2017 - Steven Snell

Street Snow

Untouched Snow Reveals Street Usage

Those who promote safe streets often complain of streets that are too wide, wasting space and promoting reckless speeds. In chilly Calgary, undisturbed snow shows just how much street area is completely unused.

December 14, 2016 - Sneckdown Calgary

Milwaukee

Remaking the Streets of Milwaukee for Bikes and a Changing Population

The city of Milwaukee is repairing its streets and making them more bike and pedestrian friendly in the process.

November 9, 2016 - Urban Milwaukee

Cicyclist

Study Finds a Way to Make Biking Less Environmentally Friendly Than Driving

Momentum Mag picks up the news of a study out of Harvard University that will produce more than one double take.

June 17, 2016 - Momentum Magazine

Mountain Bike

Environmentalists Disagree On Bikes in the Wild

Environmental groups are split over legislation that would remove the nationwide ban on bicycles in the wild.

April 13, 2016 - The Oregonian

Rainy Biker

Report Ranks the Cities With the Most Active Commuters

A benchmarking report by the Alliance for Biking and Walking reveals Boston as the nation's leader in active commutes.

March 9, 2016 - Fast Co.Exist

Study: Resurgent in the U.S., Bike Ownership Stagnates Worldwide

Of the 7.3 billion people living on the planet, one in every 12 owns a bike. Despite appearances, however, that number has not increased much in recent years.

December 6, 2015 - Fusion

Bike Commuter

U.S. Still Lags Behind in Bike Commuting

Triple Pundit takes a step back to gather some perspective, asking why the U.S. commuters are still so resistant to getting on bikes.

November 24, 2015 - Triple Pundit

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