Sentences with phrase «number of bike lanes»

Portland is expanding its number of bike lanes by installing a combination of lanes separated by floating parking or buffered by a several - foot - wide painted strip of pavement between bike and auto lanes.

Protected Bike Lanes — The number of bike lanes where riders are physically separated from motor vehicles has skyrocketed in the US since 2009.

We've implemented a large number of bike lanes in Boston, now we're working to make them better.

In recent months, bicyclists and communities have clashed over the number of bike lanes across the city.

Not exact matches

Six years later with the growing number of bikes on our roads, more and more cycle lanes being introduced and the introduction of excellent schemes which I take advantage of such as the cycle hire scheme in London.

Definitely take advantage of their free bike rentals as there are a number of fantastic bike lanes and trails in the area.

The City of Sacramento is implementing a plan to reduce the number of one - way streets, and turn them into two - way streets with added bike lanes.

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.

It's why we need infrastructure, bike lanes, lower speed limits, safer roads, and more cyclists on the road for safety in numbers, instead of scaring cyclists off the roads by making them afraid to go out unless they are suited up in neon.

Over four days, I probably could count the number of cars I saw blocking a bike lane on one hand.

It certainly doesn't include the number of cyclists who use the protected bike lanes on First, Second, Eighth, Ninth avenues and Broadway.

Where protected lanes were installed in New York and Washington D.C., the number of bikes on sidewalks immediately fell by an average of 56 percent.

After buffered bike lanes were installed on Philadelphia's Spruce and Pine streets, bike traffic increased 95 percent and the number of people biking on the sidewalks fell 22 percent.

Over the past decade, sections of First and Second Avenue without pedestrian islands and bike lanes have shown six times the number of serious traffic crashes than the rest of the avenues.

However, it took me months to realize that it was such a huge number, because there were only ever a few cars driving along the road; the road was a very narrow, two - lane road; and the only sounds that really stood out to me were the clicks of old bikes with warped fenders and the dings from the bike bells of «faster» bicyclists passing slower ones (of course, none of the Dutch bicyclists race down the road, but some casually bike a little faster than others).

In a confused article on PSFK, Ido Lechner channels Dorothy Rabinowitz and suggests that a) New York drivers are frustrated by bike lanes that are stealing parking spaces and driving lanes for the benefit of take - out delivery people and casual riders, and b) «the growing number of people encouraged to abandon their cars or the subway in favor of a more health - minded and eco-friendly pursuit inevitably spikes the number of biker - related casualties.»

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.

Whether it's making certain roads bike boulevards during rush hour or designating a full lane to bikes during peak commuting times, something needs to be done as the price of gas and the number of cyclists rise.

Perhaps in the light of the increasing numbers of pedestrians and cyclists in the roads, the increasing number of fatalities, and the newfound popularity of trucks as weapons, it is time to reconsider our urban road designs and make protected bike lanes the new normal on busy streets.

Three times as many people thought that bike lanes increased the desirability of their neighbourhoods as those who thought it decreased it; a large number of cyclists thought they would shop more in the area now that the protected bike lanes were built.

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.

A City of Vancouver report released July 20, 2011 found that the total number of collisions reported to ICBC on Dunsmuir Street is down since the introduction of the bike lanes.

This latest incident inOttawawill once again open a number of issues: The prevention of drinking and driving and reviewing increased penalties, the safety of all cyclists and the need for more bike lanes and the importance of legal representation, compensation and resources for the victims.

During the 9 months following the installation of separated bike lanes on Dunsmuir Street, the number of collisions is reduced when compared to the 5 - year average of same 9 - month period of previous years.

The City of Sacramento is implementing a plan to reduce the number of one - way streets, and turn them into two - way streets with added bike lanes.