Sentences with phrase «like more bike lanes»

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.

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1) Why better lanes matter: Academic research shows that the many people who would like to bike more, but don't, are particularly concerned about safety.

The initiative also aims to grow ridership among women, whom studies have shown are more likely to ride in safer traffic environments with features like protected bike lanes and one - way streets.

I'd like to see how the bike lanes work over more time.

Now we need more safe separated bike lanes like the new one on 9th Avenue.

Now it is true that some drivers don't like having to share the road with the thousands of cyclists now commuting every day in those bike lanes which serve a lot more than delivery people and casual riders.

When we covered the solar bike lane in the Netherlands, a lot of commenters suggested that putting the solar panels on top of the bike lane like this made a lot more sense than burying it under.

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.

It's cool to see the big projects, like new bike shares being launched, or miles and miles of new separated bike lanes being built, but making the world more bike - friendly is also about lots and lots of small one - offs like this.

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.

As cities and towns across the country are bolstering their efforts to reduce traffic congestion and pollution by becoming more pedestrian - and bicycle - friendly, new initiatives and policies like city - sponsored bikes and protected bike lanes are increasingly becoming a part of a city's infrastructure.