Urban Cycling Movement Is ‘About To Be Taught A Lesson’
Bruce Rauner On Unions Rauner anti-union? That’s ‘horse manure,’ he says in Elgin Those who object to his proposal to halve municipalities’ share of state income taxes fail to understand his full plan,...
View ArticleBicycle Licensing Seldom Works?
Background Reading Why Bicycle Licensing (Almost) Never Works | Chicago magazine | Politics & City Life March 2015 (PDF) Summary The idea is almost always a money-losing, ineffective mess. Only...
View ArticleGreat Britain ‘On The Move’
Background Reading Six reasons London is going big for biking, and how Portland could follow (OnLine) Summary Despite the bad raps leveled at projects in London from the Pope of Urban Cycling folks in...
View ArticleStop Treating Cyclists Like Black Inmates In A Carolina Prison
Background Reading City removes portion of N Rosa Parks bike lane to allow right turns – BikePortland.org (PDF) Summary The City of Portland Bureau of Transportation is trying out a new bike lane...
View ArticleTransportation Infrastructure Revenue Streams 101
Background Reading Do Roads Pay for Themselves? (PDF) Don’t Raise the Gas Tax, Just Let States Handle Transportation Funding – US News (PDF) Get the Facts – Faster Better Safer (PDF) Infrastructure...
View ArticleBike Infrastructure Design Verification
Questions We Need Answers To When you create a design for your infrastructure, how do you know whether it will actually work BEFORE going to the expense? When your infrastructure has been installed,...
View ArticleNorth Branch Trail Extension?
Background Reading New North Branch Trail Segment Will Soar Over the Chicago River – Roscoe Village – DNAinfo.com Chicago (PDF) Summary TakeAways Like the plans for London this sort of infrastructure...
View ArticleSuppose We Invested Our Retirement Funds Like This?
Summary Let’s do a bit of a ‘thought experiment‘. Ask yourself if there are any streets where bike lanes have been installed that you still think are ‘too dangerous‘? In fact is there more than one...
View ArticleWith Bicycle Infrastructure You Get What You ‘Pay’ For
Background Reading Pretend infrastructure | The Alternative Department for Transport (PDF) Summary Bicycle streets! Don’t you just love them? Put up a few signs, a bit of paint, and voilà – instant...
View ArticleThe Philadelphia Bike Story
Background Reading Streetfilms | The Philadelphia Bike Story (PDF) Summary The Philadelphia Bike Story from STREETFILMS on Vimeo. Of U.S. cities with more than a million residents, the one where people...
View ArticleThe Reality of City Living and Winter Bicycle Commuting
Background Reading The following thread erupted on the Chainlink Forum: i love how certain bike lanes in certain neighborhoods are the first casualty of winter Posted by V W on February 16, 2015 at...
View ArticleBicycle Licensing Seldom Works?
Background Reading Why Bicycle Licensing (Almost) Never Works | Chicago magazine | Politics & City Life March 2015 (PDF) Summary The idea is almost always a money-losing, ineffective mess. Only...
View ArticleGreat Britain ‘On The Move’
Background Reading Six reasons London is going big for biking, and how Portland could follow (OnLine) Summary Despite the bad raps leveled at projects in London from the Pope of Urban Cycling folks in...
View ArticleStop Treating Cyclists Like Black Inmates In A Carolina Prison
Background Reading City removes portion of N Rosa Parks bike lane to allow right turns – BikePortland.org (PDF) Summary The City of Portland Bureau of Transportation is trying out a new bike lane...
View ArticleTransportation Infrastructure Revenue Streams 101
Background Reading Do Roads Pay for Themselves? (PDF) Don’t Raise the Gas Tax, Just Let States Handle Transportation Funding – US News (PDF) Get the Facts – Faster Better Safer (PDF) Infrastructure...
View ArticleBike Infrastructure Design Verification
Questions We Need Answers To When you create a design for your infrastructure, how do you know whether it will actually work BEFORE going to the expense? When your infrastructure has been installed,...
View ArticleNorth Branch Trail Extension?
Background Reading New North Branch Trail Segment Will Soar Over the Chicago River – Roscoe Village – DNAinfo.com Chicago (PDF) Summary TakeAways Like the plans for London this sort of infrastructure...
View ArticleSuppose We Invested Our Retirement Funds Like This?
Summary Let’s do a bit of a ‘thought experiment‘. Ask yourself if there are any streets where bike lanes have been installed that you still think are ‘too dangerous‘? In fact is there more than one...
View ArticleWith Bicycle Infrastructure You Get What You ‘Pay’ For
Background Reading Pretend infrastructure | The Alternative Department for Transport (PDF) Summary Bicycle streets! Don’t you just love them? Put up a few signs, a bit of paint, and voilà – instant...
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