And mass transit is essential, as it compliments
networks of bike lanes and paths, and provides transportation to those that can not afford or choose not to drive a car.
The Netherlands has everything a biker could dream of: a flat country, an extensive
network of bike lanes (within and between cities) and car drivers that are careful with bikers.
Developing countries should emulate New York City's development of an extensive
network of bike lanes and bike paths, such as the Hudson River Greenway.
In an act of public protest, cyclists took to the streets in Mexico to paint their own
network of bike lanes outside the city's congress building.
Not exact matches
She has been generally supportive
of initiatives like the expansion
of the
bike -
lane network, pedestrian plazas, and neighborhood slow zones.
A new bicycle master plan recommends 300 miles
of bike lanes throughout Buffalo — more than triple the amount that the city has now — to provide a safer, more connected
network that encourages more bicycling.
He's a strong supporter
of extending the
bike -
lane network, including dedicating a
lane for cyclists on the Pulaski Bridge.
Reynoso, who's been Chief
of Staff to Councilmember Diana Reyna for the past four years, sees truck - route calming and enforcement as well as expanding the
bike lane network for Bushwick and Ridgewood as huge opportunities to improve life in his district.
NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio announced plans to add an extra 18 miles
of protected
bikes lanes by the end
of this year, expanding the city's two - wheeled
network up to 75 miles.
If you'd rather
bike somewhere a bit less crowded, California's capital city puts most other communities across the country to shame with 67.2 miles
of bike paths and
lanes for each 100,000 people, for a whopping 313 - mile
biking network overall.
If those are the kind
of wars that happen over
bike lanes, I wonder what the fights will be like over elevated PRT
networks.
Funded in park by Clif Bar and People for
Bikes, the experiment will include, in its last three days, an extension
of the 15 - foot path for a few blocks further northward and creation
of a bi-directional
bike lane to test it as a possible fill - in to a noteworthy gap in Portland's
bike network.
Together we inaugurated 6th Avenue's brand new protected
bike lane, the latest addition to DOT's growing list
of projects that improve and expand our City's
bike network.
Because they use planters, curbs, parked cars or posts to separate
bike and auto traffic on busy streets, protected
lanes are essential to building a full
network of bike - friendly routes.
In recent years, together with our Brooklyn counterparts, we secured the protected
bike lane over the Pulaski and the Greenpoint Avenue Bridge
bike lane, Phase One and Two
of the Queens Boulevard Redesign, and the beginnings
of a great bicycle
network surrounding Astoria Park.
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.
The most advanced Bicycle Friendly Communities and Bicycle Friendly Universities have a well - connected bicycling
networks, consisting
of quiet neighborhood streets, conventional and protected
bike lanes, shared use trails, and policies to ensure connectivity and maintenance
of these facilities.
In Seville, an 80 - mile
network of protected
bike lanes boosted
biking from 0.6 percent to 7 percent
of trips in six years.
«As we launch BIKETOWN, we do so knowing that we have built a strong foundation for a successful system: a large
network of high - quality
bike lanes,» said Leah Treat, Commissioner
of the Portland Bureau
of Transportation.
Until you've seen with your own eyes a full
network of protected
bike lanes, Green Lane Project Program Manager Zach Vanderkooy sometimes says, a city where
bikes are the vehicle
of choice for most short trips sounds like «something out
of science fiction.»
This Minneapolis crew actually wants to use its pop - up protected
bike lane to inspire a citywide
network of permanent protected
bike lanes — like what you see all over the Netherlands.
Those
of us who try to ride
bikes in the winter often wonder why cars get their own big right -
of - way, transit riders get expensive underground subways, pedestrians get an elaborate
network of underground walkways, and we, if lucky, get a white line on pavement marking a so - called
bike lane filled with snow or cars.
The city counts 128 kilometres
of bike lanes in its urban
network.
Caroline has directed campaigns that address all areas
of bicycling, from developing new neighborhood
bike lane networks, encouraging growth in the number
of daily
bike commuters, to leading national roundtables
of experts on public
bike share systems.
As Toronto strives to build a
network of separated
bike lanes throughout the city, some local business owners continue to raise objections.
Mayoral candidate Rahm Emanuel has a plan to expand Chicago's bicycle
network that would reduce the number
of Chicago bicycle accidents and give the city 100 miles
of protected
bike lanes by the end
of his first term, the Sun - Times reported.