Sentences with phrase «of bike lanes by»

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.

But removing cars isn't enough if you don't boost the alternatives, so the city council also wants to build 60 kilometers (37 miles) of bike lanes by 2019, and will provide what it calls a «massive boost» to mass transit.

Not exact matches

The project also would feature Americans With Disabilities Act - related improvements including an elevator at Lakeview Center, as well as safety improvements for pedestrians and bicyclists by way of sidewalks and bike lanes, officials said.

Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer released the results of a survey by his office Friday, which found that the city's push to install new bike lanes throughout Manhattan hasn't made much of a dent in bad behavior by drivers and pedestrians — and even rogue cyclists who the lanes were intended to help.

MANHATTAN — Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer is calling for greater enforcement of bike lane rules, after a study by his office found an abundance of law - breaking behavior — including by the city's own law enforcement officers.

«Bike lanes are loved by some neighborhoods and not so much by others,» Council Speaker Christine Quinn said, adding she hoped the bill «would calm some of the bike lane debate.»

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.

The petition, signed by almost 800 people as of Saturday, asks the city to consider a two - way protected bike lane — similar to the one on Prospect Park West — from Grand Army Plaza to Empire Boulevard.

To see it like a local, rent a bicycle and roll by using one of the readily available bike lanes.

D.C. has 100 miles of bike paths and lanes, which come to almost 17 per 100,000 residents, and its Walk Score is seventh highest in the country, at 73.2, although only 0.6 percent of workers here commute by bike.

A full 2.2 percent of commuters get to and from work by bike, and the city features more than 44 miles of bike lanes and bike paths for every 100,000 people — 251 miles altogether.

The multi-use trail and associated in - road bike lanes travel along the plateau above Crissy Field, passing by some of the Presidio's most historic areas: Letterman Hospital (now the Thoreau Center for Sustainability), the Main Post, National Cemetery, Cavalry Stables, and Battery East.

See the beautiful city of Nassau by bike — cruise along the waterfront, through the hotel district and through downtown — and yes, there are bike lanes!

The medieval streets and squares of Utrecht are a delight to explore on foot or by bike, while Delft lays claim to being one of the prettiest towns in the Netherlands, famous for its blue - and - white porcelain and charming canal - lined lanes.

Of course, there's always the bicycle and with segregated bike lanes people won't have to worry about getting hit by polluting cars:

I don't know if I should be happy or sad that the Egg Farmers of Canada have determined that there are enough cyclists in London, Ontario that they want to pay to advertise to them by painting ads onto bike lanes.

In Tokyo, 14 percent of all trips are done by bike, every single day — all on a meager 10 kilometers (6.2 miles) of dedicated bike lanes.

I saw my own reservations about commuting by bike in Portland: I wish there were more compassionate drivers, I wish the bike lanes felt safer, I wish I knew the rules of the road as it relates to biking.

As the above video highlights, Washington, D.C. recently implemented a bike - share program known as Smart Bike D.C. And much as cities like New York and Mexico City have been doing, D.C. has been busy adding miles of new bike lanes and cycling infrastructure to accommodate the rise in cycling caused in part by high gas prices.Bike - sharing programs, which have truly gone global the last few years, appear to be putting cycling on the radar of politicians, planning professionals, and commuters.

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.

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.

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.

«With nine new Hubway stations and an additional two miles of protected, low - stress bike lanes on the way this year, residents will have a better opportunity to travel by bike throughout Somerville — and beyond.

Even the design of Sevilla's protected bike lanes was shaped by the looming risk of a backlash.

One of the most dramatic changes the Queens Activist Committee has wrought, seen by every person coming into Queens: a protected, safe approach to and from the Queensboro Bridge, with off - street, greenway - style bike lanes on Queens Plaza North and traffic calming at Columbus Triangle.

Numerous studies document that protected bike lanes increase the rate of bicycling by an average of 75 percent, reduce bicycle and pedestrian injuries, relieve stress on the streets for drivers and spur economic growth in the neighborhoods where they are constructed.

But they went from 0.6 percent of trips by bike to almost seven percent in three years by building a connected grid of 100 miles of protected bike lanes.»

With the support of hundreds of Brooklynites, the Brooklyn Activist Committee members hosted a street rally and a family bike parade in support of the two - way protected bike lane on Prospect Park West, which they helped secure by being an active force in the local community.

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.

As cities work to address decades - long issues of equity in street design (low - income people in particular have a disproportionate risk of death or injury caused by traffic crashes), effective bike share station placement and planning can help close the gap by increasing pedestrian visibility at intersections, providing pedestrian refuge areas, protecting bike lanes and pedestrian plazas, and extending the reach of transit.

Contrail leaves an impression based on the cumulative movements of many cyclists over time (a more lasting variation on the BYO bike lane concept employed by the laser - projected LightLane).

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.

Further, disparage my alleged logical fallacies all you please, but your fallacious choice of Avoiding The Argument by trying to impress us with your erudition with differentials purposefully avoids addressing my point: Only 1,994 more cyclist over last year, despite all the bike lanes and hoopla.

On my first ride, as I rode in an exceptionally wide bicycle lane while sipping iced coffee before entering one of many bicycle roundabouts on the UC Davis campus, it was immediately apparent why close to 25 % of people in Davis choose to commute by bike and close to 50 % of students choose to arrive at campus by bike: it's safe, it's easy and there's no reason not to.

In the end, it wasn't even close, as Toronto City Council approved the controversial Bloor Street bike lane by a vote of 36 to 6.

It only takes five minutes in the city of Copenhagen (especially when arriving by train) to wonder why all cities aren't developing in this same mold - plenty of open streets with wide pedestrian and bike lanes, bikes to easily

With the success of pilot projects such as the cycle tracks of Richmond & Adelaide, the contra - flow lane on Shaw Street, the Bloor Street bike lanes; the popular Bike Share program run by the City through the Toronto Parking Authority and with the success of organizations such as Cycle Toronto, Bike Sauce, Bike Pirates, Bike Chain and Charlie's Freewheels, CBN can finally go to rest knowing that cycling advocacy and services are in good hands.

He befriended Orduño and shared his story online, posting two videos of him coasting down the bike lanes, propped up by his self - installed blue velvet backrest.

On Streetsblog, Angie Schmitt describes research by Raymond Ziemba at Toronto's Ryerson University, studying the impact of installing a separated bike lane, in this case the Sherbourne Street bike lane in Toronto.

Musing about what it would take to get more people in other cities to hop on bikes, Notaras mentions some of the many initiatives in Japan to promote cycling, including the Green Pedal Map, which provides information in English and Japanese «on bike lanes, danger zones, rental locations, bike parks and so on,» as well as the leadership role that needs to be played by government and businesses.

A study by New York's Department of Transportation showed that bike lanes improved retail sales by 49 %.

It took serious political will and investment; in America, bike lanes are being stripped out of infrastructure investments by the government.

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.»

But there is a thriving bike culture, helped by nearly 400 miles of cycle lanes, about 150 miles of which are separated from motor traffic.

We had to ride south on Avenue Road, keeping as close to the curb as possible on one of the busiest streets in town in the middle of rush hour, wondering what kind of governments hypocritically promote cycling and then neglect to provide any decent routes; that refuse to demand sideguards on trucks like they do in the UK; that refuse to enforce the few rules about parking or driving in bike lanes; and that refuse to ban cell phone use while driving when 80 % of accidents are caused by inattention of drivers.

New lanes AND access to parking A study by the Department of City Planning found that lack of secure bike parking was one of the main hurdles to getting more bike commuters to ride to and from work.

The Speakeasy Tattoo establishment is on one of Toronto's busiest bike lanes, right next door to the Sam James Coffee Bar, said by many to be the best in town.

Here is a fun two minute tour of Toronto's bike lane system by someone named City Cyclist.

The study, by Portland University for the National Institute for Transportation and Communities, looked at five bike lanes in Portland, San Francisco, Austin, Chicago and Washington, and found that within a year of installation, ridership increased between +21 % to +171 %.

And while cities are making efforts to protect their bikers by adding signals to their bike lanes, there are no surefire safeguards in place to guarantee the safety of riders across the county.