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- How protected bike lanes helped Denmark win its war on inequality
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The recently completed Brooklyn Waterfront Greenway couldn't have been finished without their help, and the two off - street protected bike lane on Sands Street was built from their blueprint.
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.
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.
To help bicyclists feel safer, building many more protected bike lanes is a start, as well as addressing the aforementioned social safety factors to bicycling.
«NACTO's analysis confirms our experiences helping cities build protected bike lanes through our Green Lane Project,» said Martha Roskowski, Vice President of Local Innovation at PeopleForBikes.