Sentences with phrase «creating bike lanes»

Creating bike lanes that go through parks and wooded areas, while nice and peaceful, are not particularly helpful to the mother with the baby strapped to her bike hoping to hit the post office and supermarket before dark.

In addition to creating bike lanes and trails in all its cities, the system also often gives cyclists the advantage over motorists in right - of - way and at traffic lights.

In 2001 Toronto began a $ 73 million plan to create bike lanes, but the plan has gone awry.

It was not removed to create the bike lanes, but to improve safety)

Not exact matches

Separately, construction also will soon begin along Roosevelt Road, between State Street and Columbus Drive, to widen sidewalks and create a buffer of trees between bike and car lanes, integrating the nearby CTA station with Grant Park, Soldier Field, Northerly Island and the Museum Campus.

We're backing Cunningham for his commitment to advocate for expansion of the area's nascent bike lanes along Empire Boulevard, Brooklyn Avenue, and Kingston Avenue, along with his support for a robust proposal to create a safe pedestrian plaza at the Franklin Avenue triangle.

Through his innovative transportation commissioner, the mayor has installed hundreds of miles of bike lanes, worked to reduce pollution and increase energy efficiency in city - owned buildings, and create a solid waste disposal plan that put a cleaner face on the messy business of collecting our trash.

«This would be a great time to create separated bike and rail lanes,» said Kay Teschke, a professor in UBC's school of population and public health.

The authors argue the best way to make cities safer for cyclists in Toronto and other cities planning for light - rail is to create separated bike lanes that minimize interaction with rail tracks.

This long - awaited link is part of the larger Presidio Coastal Trail improvement project (launched in 2010), which has created multi-use segments, installed bike lanes along Lincoln Boulevard, restored native habitat along the trail corridor, and established new overlooks.

Back in 1997, the festival flirted with extravagance, tapping some 80 artists to create work, but has since dialed that back, and this year offered 35 Projekte, viewable over two relaxed days» worth of cruising the city's spacious bike lanes.

Chicago is becoming more bike friendly, and an important step in that direction will be the created of 100 miles of protected bike lanes.

Starting today, May 22 and going through June 5, Portland is creating pop - up bike and pedestrian lanes by taking over a 15 - foot, mile - long stretch of pavement normally reserved for northbound car and truck traffic.

In 2014, the city council narrowly approved plans to create a 4 - mile network of protected bike lanes on four downtown streets all at once.

For example, they do not consider alternative methods such as reducing the amount of cars circulating within the European Union or increasing the appeal of the public transportation system by upgrading the already existing facilities, creating safer and improved bike - lanes in big cities, or electrifying the transport system to slowly reduce its dependency on fossil fuels.

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.

The Green Lane Project was a five - year PeopleForBikes program helping cities build better bike lanes to create low - stress streets.

The Green Lane Project is a PeopleForBikes program that helps U.S. cities build better bike lanes to create low - stress streets.

I remember reading somewhere that on 9th Avenue where the new separated bike lane was installed, bicycle use has doubled, pedestrian injuries have been halved, vehicle crashes are down, and cyclist compliance with traffic laws is higher, all without creating more traffic congestion.

Will you join the call?Sustrans, the UK - based cycling advocacy group that we've celebrated as a powerhouse for cyclists» rights, is submitting a «Motion for Women» to local and national governments, calling on them to create safe, attractive environments for cyclists - including separated bike lanes - so that everybody, and especially women, can feel safe and confident in stepping out by bike.

But Clarence and the folks at StreetFilms are at it once again - this time creating a movie about the controversial, yet extremely effective, contraflow bike lane that runs through the heart of downtown Boulder, Colorado.

The idea is to create two - lane bike paths that facilitate both in - city travel, and connections to the suburbs surrounding each town.

For one, it actually creates a separated bike lane on the roadway, which is much more preferred than a bike lane that is simply painted on the side of the road and almost looks like a road shoulder rather than a dedicated path for bicyclists.

The video above shows a conversation between The Open Planning Project's Executive Director, Mark Gorton, and the Commissioner, and covers everything from physically separated bike lanes to reclaiming public space for people, through freeing up bus lanes for faster mass transit, and even the psychology of the street — how cues from the environment can help create cultural shift in the city's drivers.

Yet the City of Vancouver has now agreed to create yet another bike lane on Point Grey Road, which will divert 10,000 cars a day to the side streets.

Among other things, they have created a new standard for how wide bike lanes need to be (from 4 feet to 7 feet) and are working to reduce speeds on busier roadways.

One advocacy group, Transportation Alternatives, presented a plan to create more than 400 miles of bike lanes.

The hope of safety advocates is that these protected bike lanes can be created in all five city boroughs.

: The city has added new, high - quality cycling facilities, created protected bike lanes, and installed over 800 new bike racks.