Sentences with phrase «better bike infrastructure»

However there is a definitive guide to building better bike infrastructure, the just - released second edition of the Urban Bikeway Design Guide from the National Association of City Transportation Officials (NACTO), published by Island Press.

In Chapter 7, titled Where it's easy to bike and drive, Brits and Americans drive, Reid tells the story of planned communities in both Britain and America where good bike infrastructure was built but it didn't mean it got used.

One way is to add good bike infrastructure to neighborhoods without it.

In a city like London or even Toronto, without good bike infrastructure and where everyone is fighting for their share of the road, it is easy to see why everyone gets aggressive.

Not exact matches

The government needs to show leadership by helping local authorities fund and deliver better cycling and walking infrastructure so that every child is able to travel on foot or by bike to school in safety and with confidence.

Be it breathtaking natural beauty; hundreds of restaurants serving excellent local as well as international cuisine; a rich history worth learning about; amazing places to hang out at night; excellent transportation infrastructure; multiple markets selling a number of worthwhile items; or activities including golf, biking, cruises, Hangzhou has everything.

A short film explains why, against all odds and a distinct lack of biking infrastructure, cycling works so well in Tokyo.

But it doesn't seem to be because the infrastructure is better; in fact, while things have been improving, the number of well protected bike lanes is relatively low and while they now have a bike share, that's a new thing that didn't make a difference in the 2012 census.

When it comes to commuting and two - wheeled urban transport, the Dutch know a thing or two about making city bikes (and about making good city bike infrastructure), and from Royal Dutch Gazelle, which has been making quality city bikes since 1892, comes a new e-bike entry in the daily rider category.

Obviously this is only a small step, but combined with ambitious infrastructure projects like more bike lanes, expansions in bike sharing, transit improvements, pedestrian zones, maybe some congestion pricing and better management of parking spaces, this can make a difference.

When I wrote that my city was getting several «dockless» bike share operators, I wondered out loud how well they'd do in a city with a relatively nascent bike culture, and a definite lack of infrastructure.

With an infrastructure designed for bikes as well as cars, with appropriate traffic signals, cyclists are rarely gelatinous smears.

I have lived in countries with much better cycling infrastructure - with bikes and motorists kept separate wherever possible.

Desire for more bike lanes was the clearest preference, but factors such as off - street bicycle paths, secure bicycle parking, and bicycling events — human infrastructure, in a sense — were important those surveyed as well.

For years, focus groups have shown that individuals of all backgrounds would use bike share more with better infrastructure.

By connecting the dots between better infrastructure, bike share, safety, and better communities, NACTO has created a valuable resource for cities and supporters everywhere.»

«Not only is building better bike lanes and supporting them with long - term community engagement essential for safety, it's also an important step on the path to a more equitable bike infrastructure,» said Tamika Butler, Executive Director of the Los Angeles Coalition.

«From New York to Portland and in between, the cities where we operate have invested in building more safe bike infrastructure and we are glad that our bike share systems can help contribute to safety in numbers as well.»

He really wants to put the helmet issue to bed and to get people onto bikes, and the facts are that city cycling where there is good infrastructure is not dangerous.

It's so true what she says about how you only really know an area if you've walked and biked around it, and how - if there's a good enough bike infrastructure - cycling can be the most convenient way to get around.

While the shutdown of Pronto is a sad end to a system that could have been a great addition to Seattle, the city seems uninterested in making significant changes to the struggling Pronto system — such as better station placements near more major transit hubs, major destinations and quality bike infrastructure or offering lower entry - level prices.

Studies show that the best way to keep cyclists safe on the road is to have better bike lanes and related infrastructure, but until those protected bike lanes are built, inventors and researchers are trying to come up with technology that protects cyclists like better, smarter bike helmets and, in this case, an app that warns drivers of nearby cyclists to keep those collisions from happening in the first place.

What we need is a change in our transportation infrastructure, so that we have significantly fewer individual cars on the roads (replaced by modern mass transit like light - rail, bus rapid transit, separated bike paths, walkable neighborhoods, etc), and so that those that are there have much cleaner tailpipe emissions (hybrids like the AT - PZEV Prius are a step in the right direction, but we can do better).

To better visualize how the PUMA fits into the existing traffic infrastructure, check out the video below from GM showing how PUMA moves along bike paths and city streets, with speeds up to 35 mph, and pirouettes around its own axis.

Advocating for better bike and pedestrian infrastructure is also key for this Bicycle Friendly Business.

Over the last three years, the cities of Vancouver and Surrey have been building an infrastructure that enables a much better road system for bikes, pedestrians and cars.