Imagine if the headline after former Mayor Richard M. Daley announced plans to
add more bike lanes and bike racks had been: «Truck and bus drivers get nervous as bicycles proliferate.»
Not exact matches
Car - centric Los Angeles has recently
added 40 miles of
bike lanes all over town and has plans for an ambitious 200
more miles in the next five years.
They are
adding more lanes, growing their
bike share program, and actively encouraging
more people to take up cycling.
Regardless, the increase in riders points to the fact that when a city improves awareness of and infrastructure for cycling — New York has
added 140 miles of
bike lanes since 2007 —
more people will get on their
bikes.
Jersey City has
added 22 new miles of
bike lanes over the past two years and
bike share represents the next big step in creating a
more bike - friendly city.
Boulder has also installed a pilot protected
bike lane, allowed electric
bikes on paths to accommodate an aging population, and will nearly double its
bike - share system by
adding 16
more stations.
Vision Zero proposes
more bike paths, new left turn
lanes,
added crosswalks and
more speed bumps.
That cuts costs, of course, and also makes it easier to implement test projects that could
more quickly get separated
bikes lanes added to your neighborhood, similar to the pop - up
bike lanes I wrote about in February.
Since 2011, Chicago has
added more than 100 miles of
bike lanes that are protected with barriers like bollards and concrete curbs, or extra space that provides a buffer between the parked cars and
bike pathway.