Michael Andersen
Michael Andersen writes about housing and transportation for the Sightline Institute. He previously covered bike infrastructure for PeopleForBikes, a national bicycling advocacy organization.
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Edmonton’s Quick-Build Bike Lane Grid: “A New Model” for Change
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Michael Andersen blogs for The Green Lane Project, a PeopleForBikes program that helps U.S. cities connect high-comfort biking networks.
The most interesting thing about this week’s best bike infrastructure news isn’t what’s being built. It’s how it’s being built.
Two years ago, the sprawling Canadian prairie metropolis of Calgary decided to buck tradition and test an entire [...]
AASHTO’s Draft Bikeway Guide Includes Protected Bike Lanes and More
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Bike guide contractor Jennifer Toole speaks last month at the annual meeting of the AASHTO Subcommittee on Design.
Michael Andersen blogs for The Green Lane Project, a PeopleForBikes program that helps U.S. cities connect high-comfort biking networks.
As the most influential U.S. transportation engineering organization rewrites its bike guide, there seems to be general agreement that protected [...]
Room to Breathe: The Feds Just Made It Easier to Fit Bike Lanes on Streets
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Photo: Adam Coppola.
Michael Andersen blogs for The Green Lane Project, a PeopleForBikes program that helps U.S. cities build better bike lanes to create low-stress streets.
A large car is less than seven feet wide. But thanks in part to an obscure federal rule, millions of miles of traffic lanes on local streets around the country are [...]
Bike Counts Rising Fast at Automated Counters Around the World
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Medellín, Columbia. The country has two Eco-Counters.
Michael Andersen blogs for The Green Lane Project, a PeopleForBikes program that helps U.S. cities build better bike lanes to create low-stress streets.
The battle to make biking a viable transportation or recreation choice for more people is fought mostly at the local level: a protected bike lane here, a [...]
What Other Cities Say About Cleveland’s Unusual Bike Lane Buffer
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Cleveland’s seemingly backwards buffered bike lane on W. 25th Street. Photo: Satinder Puri.
Michael Andersen blogs for The Green Lane Project, a PeopleForBikes program that helps U.S. cities build better bike lanes to create low-stress streets.
For all their benefits, protected bike lanes can be complicated. Between maintaining barriers, keeping them clear of snow and preserving intersection [...]
Newark Clears Bike Lane of Cars, Solves Parking Problem With Meters Instead
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Newark’s stopgap solution to a parking crunch was to allow parking in the bike lane (see upper right). Since then it’s found a more sensible option: meters. Photo: WalkBikeJersey
Michael Andersen blogs for The Green Lane Project, a PeopleForBikes program that helps U.S. cities build better bike lanes to create low-stress streets.
Three months after Newark drew national [...]
Avoid Bikelash By Building More Bike Lanes
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Market Street, San Francisco.
Michael Andersen blogs for The Green Lane Project, a PeopleForBikes program that helps U.S. cities build better bike lanes to create low-stress streets.
Here’s one reason the modern biking boom is great for everyone: more bicycle trips mean fewer car trips, which can mean less congestion for people in cars and buses.
But there’s [...]