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Cycle lane will be "clear getaway" for shoplifters and drug dealers, business owners claim
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'Demonstrably false' info contributing to Indianola bike lane backlash
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League of American Bicyclists Releases Ranking of States Based on Policies and Practices to Protect Bicyclists and Promote Bicycling:
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The Seattle Bike Blog believes Washington will return to its normal #1 ranking next year. The state's only downgrade was funding, and we just passed an extra $1.29b billion in funding for "active transportation projects" over the next 16 years. This includes $313 million for bike/pedestrian projects that aren't connected to larger work.
https://www.seattlebikeblog.com/2022...y-states-list/ https://www.seattlebikeblog.com/2022...ation-package/ |
$48M to connect brooklyn and queens bike/ped greenway trail gaps:
https://www.amny.com/transit/adams-b...ys-48-million/ |
you see these bike pens in other cities, but not so much in nyc:
Bike parking pods coming to Port Authority Bus Terminal, Hudson Square this summer By Kevin Duggan Posted on May 17, 2022 more: https://www.amny.com/transit/bike-pa...y-this-summer/ Oonee’s original pod outside Atlantic Terminal in Brooklyn. https://www.amny.com/wp-content/uplo...25-bk01_z.jpeg Oonee opened a so-called “Mini” pod at Grand Central Terminal in February with the MTA, capable of storing six bikes. https://www.amny.com/wp-content/uplo...-1536x1124.jpg |
More cyclists are being killed by cars. Advocates say U.S. streets are the problem
https://www.npr.org/2022/05/25/10995...pagetopstories One good thing that happened during the pandemic is that people got out their old bikes or bought new ones and started riding them. And across the country, cities are trying to accommodate this boom in cycling by developing more bike lanes and trails. But amid a sharp increase in fatalities and serious injuries among cyclists hit by cars and trucks, some cycling advocates say there's often a disconnect between efforts to encourage more biking and ensuring the safety of bicyclists who are using streets that are primarily designed to move cars and trucks through city neighborhoods and urban centers quickly. Our roads have not always been built to prioritize cars, because the first vehicles to use the nation's streets weren't automobiles; they were carriages and bikes. In fact, the League of American Bicyclists has been around since 1880, long before cars. "We lobbied Congress at the end of that century to get the first paved roads in the United States," says Bill Nesper, the League's executive director, who adds that it wasn't until after World War II that our streets became so car centric. "And it continues to this day, a prioritization of moving vehicles as quickly as possible through places," Nesper says. "And it's absolutely true that people moving and getting around by foot and by bike is an afterthought, you know, if thought about at all." But many cities, including Chicago, are now trying to change that. |
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The wearing of headphones has been reported, without controversy, to have markedly increased pedestrian deaths. Bicycles were spared the danger-exaggerating effect of headphones until bluetooth came along. But to suggest that the same device that makes walking more dangerous also makes bicycling more dangerous is to invite the wrath of the internet know-it-all, who talks much more about bicycling than actually doing it. |
Not sure if this is going to offend you... but the point of the article still stands. If there was better infrastructure for cyclists they would die less often, with or without bluetooth headphones.
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Most Bike Friendly:
1. Portland 2. San Francisco 3. San Jose 4. Minneapolis 5. Sacramento 6. Denver 7. Washington DC 8. Boston 9. Salt Lake City 10. Seattle 11. New York City 12. New Orleans 13. Chicago 14. San Diego 15. Tampa Least Bike Friendly: 1. Dallas 2. Birmingham 3. Atlanta 4. Nashville 5. Riverside 6. Memphis 7. Oklahoma City 8. Las Vegas 9. Detroit 10. St. Louis Quote:
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Atlanta Beltline update
The majority of the Beltline trail is completed or under construction. The Northwest section, which has progressed the least, had a finalized alignment this month. Funding is in hand to complete all trail sections - although the transit component is planned but not fully funded yet. https://beltlineorg-wpengine.netdna-...R-1024x801.jpg |
Major sections of the Atlanta trolley trail will start construction next month. Will provide good east/west route and connect a few existing off-street cycle track segments.
https://atlanta.urbanize.city/sites/...?itok=InP_vteL https://atlanta.urbanize.city/sites/...?itok=PL_KKtGG |
the terrorist bikers don't dismount anyway, so whatever -- :shrug:
Advocates urge MTA to lift bike ban on Cross Bay, RFK bridges immediately more: https://www.amny.com/transit/advocat...cross-bay-rfk/ https://www.amny.com/wp-content/uplo...22/06/RFK.jpeg To cross the RFK Bridge cyclists currently need to dismount and walk their bikes over the 1.25-mile long stretch. File photo by Marisol Diaz-Gordon |
los angeles does the unthinkable and pilots closing a road!
yes its griffith park, but hey good for them: https://news.yahoo.com/l-just-banned...120009675.html |
How bike parking pods could make US cities better for cyclists
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new manhattan bike lane on the west side highway?
https://nypost.com/2022/08/02/manhat...-side-highway/ |
It doesn't look like it was posted before, but the new section of the Delaware River trail that runs from Pier 70 in South Philadelphia to Penn Treat Park in Fishtown is done and open. It's completely separated from vehicle traffic which is the most important thing. Trees and landscaping need to grow in, but it looks good imo.
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NYC uses $7M federal grant to plan more greenways in underserved communities
By Kevin Duggan Posted on August 22, 2022 Mayor Eric Adams is targeting areas with a lack of good transportation and jobs for an expansion of the city’s greenway network, using $7.25 million in federal infrastructure funding to plan for the new bike paths. The grant money comes from the U.S. Department of Transportation and pays for the city to devise a “vision plan” to fill gaps in New York City’s greenways. “All New Yorkers deserve access to our beautiful greenways, and we’re making that happen thanks to millions in federal funding,” Mayor Adams said in a Monday release. “This grant will help us do the necessary planning to make the city greener and more bike-friendly in the communities that most need that infrastructure.” more: https://www.amny.com/politics/7m-gra...d-communities/ |
Proposed bicycle-pedestrian bridge over Potomac receives $20 million in federal funding
By Jo DeVoe ARL Now Sept. 30, 2022 https://s26551.pcdn.co/wp-content/up...2-1260x840.jpg The future start of a new pedestrian and bicycle bridge into D.C. (staff photo by Jay Westcott) "A proposed bridge for bicyclists and pedestrians between Crystal City and the Southwest Waterfront area of D.C. has received $20 million in federal funding to move forward. When complete, the 16-foot-wide shared-use path will connect Long Bridge Park and East and West Potomac parks via the Mount Vernon Trail. On the Virginia side, the bridge will be located behind the Long Bridge Park Aquatics & Fitness Center (333 Long Bridge Drive), which opened last year. It will eventually provide a connection to the expanded and relocated Virginia Railway Express (VRE) station set to open in 2024..." https://www.arlnow.com/2022/09/30/pr...deral-funding/ |
The only significant gap in the trail between Columbus and Cincinnati (with the exception of the 5-mile approach to DT Cincinnati) was closed in September with the opening of a new bridge across the Little Miami River:
https://www.wcpo.com/news/local-news...g-construction So now approximately 122 of the 127 miles between Cincinnati and Columbus are complete. The wheels are finally turning to build the downtown approach, which will parallel a very lightly used railroad track (2-3 trains per week) on an almost entirely grade separated route between Lunken Airport and DT Cincinnati. This rail corridor was rebuilt in its current form as a two-track fully-grade separated route around 1912 and features a bunch of riveted overpasses, pedestrian underpasses, and other old-school stuff. It was big-time for its era. The line used to connect across Cincinnati's riverfront but that link was severed in the late 1990s. It now has just two customers and operates as a spur. The second track is still there but probably hasn't been used since that time. The bike trail is going to take the place of the disused track and will be separated from the active track with a fence. |
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A bike lane built on Queens’ Skillman Avenue significantly bolstered businesses in the area, according to a Streetsblog analysis. This comes after heavy pushback from critics who had predicted that the exact opposite would happen:
Business Grew After Controversial Bike Lane Installed, Data Show By Jesse Coburn Sep 30, 2022 *** Still, the findings provided yet more evidence that the economic argument against bike lanes is flimsy — not that it’s likely to disappear from future bike lane battles. “Most people who fight this stuff are beyond facts and to some degree are participating in a culture war,” said Orcutt, the advocacy director of Bike New York and a former DOT official. “They need to be defeated, not convinced. And it’s really up to [DOT] Commissioner [Ydanis] Rodriguez and the mayor to lead on that, not to stick a finger in the wind and listen to people saying stuff that’s not factual.” more: https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2022/09/...led-data-show/ |
very interesting conversion idea for nyc here:
A $1 million federal grant will fund the conversion of abandoned newsstands across the city into hubs where food delivery workers can recharge their electric bikes and escape from the elements, Mayor Eric Adams announced this week, according to Patch. more: https://patch.com/new-york/new-york-...livery-workers |
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^ yeah past wheeling afaik its just mountain highway. and you are definitely not in ohio anymore!
*** downtown brooklyn gets a new bike lane — DOT cuts ribbon on newly fortified Schermerhorn Street bike lane By Ben Brachfeld Posted on October 12, 2022 Even if you can’t pronounce the name, cyclists can breathe a sigh of relief on the newly fortified Schermerhorn Street bike lane following a major overhaul of the Downtown Brooklyn thoroughfare. Officials cut the ribbon on the new, two-way protected bike lane along Schermerhorn Street Wednesday morning following several months of work. more: https://www.amny.com/new-york/brookl...ane-fortified/ |
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Believe it or not, but they consider this to be a bike route. I've only ridden it once: https://www.google.com/maps/@38.9620...7i16384!8i8192 A bikeway along one side of the river or the other would be difficult to build cheaply because of all of the private ownership, driveways, railroad tracks, etc. There would be a temptation to simply wide the existing roads with a protected bike path but to create a pleasant ride experience you'd want a dedicated parallel path some distance away from the traffic. |
Atlanta's Westside trail 1.2 mile extension opens.
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Atlanta to add 1.7 miles of LIT lanes in downtown. Fast-tracked construction starts Nov 19th.
Martin Luther King Jr Drive Addition of 2-way cycle track along the south side of street Memorial Drive Buffered bi-directional bike lanes Central Avenue Parking-protected buffered Northbound bike lane Washington Street Two-Way Cycle Track on the east side of the street Capitol Square and Capitol Avenue Bike lane (from Capitol Square to MLK) and shared lane markings along Capitol Square |
happy new year -- nyc citibikes are now 11% more expensive! :hell:
more: https://www.amny.com/transit/citi-bi...-the-new-year/ Citi Bike prices are going up as parent company Lyft wrestles with inflation. NYCDOT https://www.amny.com/wp-content/uplo...497b9495_k.jpg |
Inflation or that Lyft’s stock has been absolute shit this past year?
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BeltLine: Long-awaited Southside Trail construction to start in March
Atlanta - The unpaved Southside Trail section between Glenwood Avenue and Boulevard—Segments 4 and 5—is scheduled to officially close and be under construction sometime in March 2023. The scope of the 1.2-mile project includes rebuilding the United Avenue bridge. Once Segments 4 and 5 open, BeltLine users will be able to travel from Piedmont Park down to Boulevard, south of Zoo Atlanta, on a contiguously paved and protected multi-use trail. Once the next Southside Trail piece opens, it will create roughly five miles of uninterrupted BeltLine on the east and south sides of town, with only a half-dozen at-grade street crossings along the route. https://atlanta.urbanize.city/sites/...?itok=2UIT46mq |
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This stretch of bikepath on the western side of Stockholm's Old Town is getting widened. It is one of the main 3 bikelanes/paths connecting the northern half with the southern half of the inner city (of the whole metro area, really!).
Construction is planned to start in 2024. https://vaxer.stockholm/projekt/cyke...rholmskanalen/ https://www.skyscrapercity.com/cdn-c...7-png.3779846/ Still a bit narrow, yes, but this looks about twice as wide as the current situation (which is scary at times). https://www.skyscrapercity.com/cdn-c...7-png.3779848/ google maps: https://www.google.com/maps/@59.3247...7i16384!8i8192 |
Atlanta awarded $30,000,000 for bike/ped connection from downtown to the Southside Beltline trail.
"Safety upgrades along that route call for bike lanes, crosswalk lighting, roadway reconfigurations, medians, safer speed limits, and rectangular rapid-flashing beacons, among other changes." https://atlanta.urbanize.city/sites/...?itok=ocLjPUbK |
The Atlanta project is part of the 37 implementation Safe Streets and Roads for All grants announced yesterday.
The Department is awarding 473 action plan grants and 37 grants for implementation projects in this first round of the program. Here is a snapshot of the types of communities being funded through these awards:
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road diet, bike lanes and more for dangerous delancey street --
Gillibrand, local pols unveil $18M federal grant to redesign dangerous stretch of Delancey Street By Ethan Stark-Miller Posted on February 6, 2023 A roughly $18 million federal grant will fund long sought-after traffic safety improvements to a dangerous stretch of Delancey Street near the foot of the Williamsburg Bridge on Manhattan’s Lower East Side, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand and a cadre of local pols announced Monday. The grant will pay for the city Department of Transportation’s (DOT) implementation of a so-called “road diet” along the dangerous stretch of Delancey, the senator said during a news conference at the corner of Delancey and Norfolk Streets Monday morning. The road diet consists of reducing traffic lanes, building protected bike paths and adding accessibility improvements to the busy thoroughfare between Clinton and Bowery Streets. more: https://www.amny.com/transit/gillibr...lancey-street/ |
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^ Seen that shot before. Ahhh...what a time to be alive. I mean you could die of TB or a simple infection, but other than that...
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If anyone is interested, the National Center for Sustainable Transportation (NCST) is hosting a webinar titled "The Role of Micromobility in Public Transit Planning" on March 8th at 1pm Eastern Time. Register at this link:
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ok — nyc is slow on the draw with these:
Oonee unveils new free bike parking pod at Port Authority Bus Terminal By Ben Brachfeld Posted on March 15, 2023 Local micromobility startup Oonee on Wednesday opened up its newest hub for bike parking at the Port Authority Bus Terminal, part of what the company hopes is ultimately a network of secure storage for two-wheelers throughout the five boroughs. The Oonee “pod” on 42nd Street outside the bus terminal can securely hold 20 bikes, and is completely free to use with a membership, allowing access via a keycard or phone app. Spots on the vertical, “smart-locked” racks are available on a first-come-first-served basis, and can be held for 72 hours before the app sends a notification about inactivity. more: https://www.amny.com/transit/oonee-u...-bus-terminal/ https://www.amny.com/wp-content/uplo...5-1200x900.jpg The new Oonee Pod outside Port Authority Bus Terminal. Photo by Ben Brachfeld |
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5 Reasons Why Cargo Bikes Are the Future of Urban Transportation
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Couple of new protected bike lanes on 10th street and 14th street in Midtown Atlanta. These lanes were already here, but the posts and green paint were added this month.
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not so good —
New Yorkers give low marks to city’s bike infrastructure in new ‘Cycling Census’ By Ben Brachfeld Posted on May 1, 2023 The city’s bicycling infrastructure has plenty of room for improvement, according to thousands of cyclists who responded to the first-ever New York Cycling Census. more: https://www.amny.com/transit/new-yor...ycling-census/ |
new improvements for biking over the bayonne and goethals bridges —
Delayed Staten Island bike lanes near Bayonne, Goethals bridges expected to be completed this year Published: May. 02, 2023 By Erik Bascome | tbascome@siadvance.com STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- New bike lanes that were expected to be completed last summer will be implemented on Staten Island this year barring any additional delays. Last May, the Department of Transportation (DOT) announced two projects to redesign the streets near the entrance points for the shared-use paths on the Bayonne and Goethals bridges, adding new bike lanes that will make it easier and safer for cyclists to enter and exit the bridges. more: https://www.silive.com/news/2023/05/...this-year.html https://www.silive.com/resizer/2PE3E...GGQYTXKGY.jpeg The Department of Transportation is expected to complete two projects in 2023 to redesign the streets near the shared-use paths on the Bayonne and Goethals bridges. (Staten Island Advance/Erik Bascome)Erik Bascome/Staten Island Advan |
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