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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 |
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