Sentences with phrase «protected bike lanes»

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.

They grew the bike network from 7.5 miles of protected bike lanes in 2006 to 94 miles in 2013.

The average protected bike lane sees bike counts increase 75 percent in its first year alone.

Elements such as protected bike lanes and off - street bike paths were associated with fewer collisions and falls.

96 percent of people using protected bike lanes believe they increased safety on the street.

The amazing thing is, if you're looking for videos about protected bike lanes, well we got»em.

And compared to other cities, we don't have nearly as many protected bike lanes.

What made this ride so pleasurable and surprising is a well - connected grid of safe and comfortable bike routes featuring protected bike lanes on busy avenues and painted lanes on quieter streets.

If you live in one of these cities, expect to see some good, protected bike lanes popping up soon.

The video then goes on to highlight how special and helpful protected bike lanes are.

This study might have implications for road safety, and provides more ammunition to those pushing for separate protected bike lanes.

It is also planning to build 72 miles of protected bike lanes, more than double of what the city offers now.

Since coming to work at the League in 2012 I had learned about Davis - the city with the highest rates of bike use in the United States; Davis - the city that began experimenting with protected bike lanes in the 1970s; Davis - the university that is closed to most car traffic; Davis - the community where a Bicycle Hall of Fame anchors a town square.

There are plenty of beautiful clips on protected bike lanes in place across the US that I think help us to see that there are places in the US that are actually getting quite bike friendly.

DOT will present a plan for a two - way protected bike lane on Clinton Avenue between Flushing Avenue and Gates Avenue, which would create shorter pedestrian crossings and serve as a useful spur in the bike network for people heading to / from the Brooklyn Waterfront Greenway.

A more effective sidewalk riding deterrent is coming to the Upper East Side this year: the new protected bike lane on First Avenue.

As the City of Albany contemplates whether to spend a little extra money to install and maintain its first protected bike lane on Madison Avenue, new data from the NYS Department of Health (NYSDOH) brings home the...

By shifting traffic from cars to bikes and making it easier to reach transit stops, Austin's planned protected bike lane network is projected to increase the city's traffic capacity by about 25,000 trips per day at about the same cost ratio as a single expressway widening.

Eighty - three percent of surveyed residents around the 15th Street protected bike lane in Washington, D.C. say the lane is a valuable neighborhood asset.

To date, Reid and Dales have discovered more than 90 protected bike lane plans (mapped below) covering more than 300 miles.

He's committed to advocating for more protected bike lanes, including on Skillman and 43rd Avenues, and for better bike - network connectivity, and he'll push the Departments of Transportation and Design and Construction for speedier implementation of critical Vision Zero infrastructure.

She's been a staunch advocate for protected bike lanes on First and Second Avenues, Select Bus Service and congestion pricing.

The redesign would add a two - way parking protected bike lane on Clinton between Flushing Avenue and Gates Avenue, converting the street from two - way motor vehicle flow to one - way northbound.

We call on the Department of Transportation to study the feasibility of installing protected bike lanes and pedestrian safety improvements.

DOT plans to add protected bike lanes on 26th Street and 29th Street in Manhattan, with other crosstown routes in the works for Midtown.

While protected bike lanes have worked well in places like Denmark and the Netherlands for many decades, they have only recently arrived on U.S. shores.

On D.C.'s Pennsylvania Avenue protected bike lane, bicycle volumes increased 200 percent after the facilities were installed.

It's where bus riders board and disembark, for instance, or where protected bike lanes typically make the most sense.

The Green Lane Project told the story of protected lanes» successes, hosted hands - on workshops and study tours for city leaders, provided technical and strategic assistance, and delivered targeted grants designed to get protected bike lanes on the ground.

In Seville, an 80 - mile network of protected bike lanes boosted biking from 0.6 percent to 7 percent of trips in six years.

- How protected bike lanes helped Denmark win its war on inequality

Some interesting data about how protected bike lanes in NYC dramatically increased retail sales of local businesses.

Lloyd wrote up a great article yesterday summarizing the epic bike protected bike lane study that just came out from the National Institute for Transportation and Communities.

it's beyond debate that building a strong network of protected bike lanes creates a safer environment for people on bikes.

It seems that some folks in Minneapolis have built off of that idea (no pun intended) and created a pop - up protected bike lane — a type of bicycle infrastructure even one level above colored bike lanes.

The «widespread abuses» included unmarked police cars cutting through protected bike lanes, wrong - way bicycle traffic, and pedestrians and parked cars blocking cycling lanes.

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.

Another phase of the wonderful Green Lane Project has just been announced, and PeopleForBikes has taken the opportunity to highlight biking and protected bike lane growth in the US through a new video.

The result was the Plan de la Bicicleta de Sevilla, mapping the fully connected protected bike lane network that would make Sevilla's success possible.

On Salt Lake City's Broadway, replacing parking with protected bike lanes increased retail sales.

Protected bike lanes bring predictability and order to busy streets: drivers like knowing where to expect riders, and pedestrians report fewer bikes on the sidewalk.

Lloyd wrote up a great article yesterday summarizing the epic bike protected bike lane study that just came out.

A survey of Toronto residents found that 72 percent support protected bike lanes.

Because they shorten crossing distances, control turning conflicts and reduce traffic weaving, New York City's protected bike lanes reduced injury rates for people walking on their streets by 12 to 52 percent.

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.

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For example, while riding down the 9th Ave protected bike lane at a relatively slow pace, we hit red lights at almost every intersection.