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It’s a Good Week to be a Bicyclist

May 16, 2012 by Project for Public Spaces
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If you’re one of the millions of Americans who prefers to travel around on two wheels, this is a very good week to be you! No matter your reason for riding, there’s something interesting happening in the next few days. Biking is a great way to experience great places: it gets us out in the open air, moving at a speed that allows us to... [read more]

New Poll Indicates National Support for Complete Streets [Infographic]

May 10, 2012 by Stefanie Seskin
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A new poll released by America Bikes yesterday is a telling indicator that Americans are already thinking in terms of Complete Streets.Eighty-three percent of those polled would like to see federal funding for bicycling and walking maintained or increased — and this high percentage is consistent across demographics and political... [read more]

Three Reasons That Bikeshare Stations Are Ideal Triangulators

May 9, 2012 by Project for Public Spaces
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People chatting at their local bike share station in Melbourne, Australia / Photo: Planetgordon.com via FlickrWith yesterday’s big announcement from the NYC DOT, bike shares are in the news again. Here in New York, we’re getting excited about the possibilities on the horizon as hundreds of bike share stations start popping up all over... [read more]

Londoners Come Out To Support Safe Cycling

April 30, 2012 by Mark K Ames
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The skies were grey, a cold wind blew and the rain came down all day. And yet some 10,000 people joined "The Big Ride" by the London Cycling Campaign - the culmination of their Go Dutch campaign - to demand that London's streets are made as safe for cycling as those in Holland.The view from the starting stage - truly... [read more]

Ten Ideas from #citytalk for Boosting Cycling in Cities

April 25, 2012 by This Big City
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By Rashiq FataarThe fourth edition of #citytalk entitled “Cycling and Cities” took place last week and was a great success, reaching close to 30,000 people. We were honoured to be joined by the European Cyclist’s Federation and Iván De la Lanza from Ecobici, who helped set the scene for a fast paced discussion and debate... [read more]

Friday Funny: In Texas, Repurposing Old Bicycles

April 20, 2012 by Rashiq Fataar
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It can be said that we Texans definitely like to find creative new uses for old bikes.So far, I’ve come across four fences — that’s four in the state of Texas alone — made from bicycles.1. A bicycle-embellished fence in the town of Salado, located between Austin and Waco, is a destination for visitors. Of course, there are other things... [read more]

Audio Archive: Leveraging Bikes to Build a Better City

April 18, 2012 by Henry Spethmann
with 551 views

Leveraging Bikes to Build a Better City: Best Practices from Around the Globe In the past decade, bicycling has grown enormously in popularity as a green and active transportation alternative in many cities and metropolitan areas. Cities worldwide have developed strategies like dedicated cycling infrastructure, cycle-only days, car-free... [read more]

Copenhagen Economics: Cars are a Net Loss, Bikes a Benefit

March 29, 2012 by Patrick Lydon
with 570 views

A study commissioned in 2010 by Bo Asmus Kjeldgaard, Mayor of Copenhagen found that driving cars offers up a $0.20 net loss for each mile driven.But the major form of transportation in this city of 1.2 million is not the car, but the bicycle. This leads us to what is perhaps the more amazing fact from this study… bicycles offer... [read more]

TOD: Incentivising Time over Dollars

March 15, 2012 by Rachel May
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“No matter the cost of gas we need to get to work and each minute shaved off the commute is a minute-golden and fat and glowing- added to our real lives, the life that begins after work, at home, in the bars and restaurants, with the children and the bills and the dog.” T. C. Boyle, The New York Times.My ideal self-narrative goes like... [read more]

Envisioning a Havana Bike Culture

March 12, 2012 by Natalie Gualy
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In a rare opportunity for an American, I spent 4 weeks this past summer in Havana documenting the infrastructure of the El Vedado neighborhood for my Master of Architecture thesis. While there, I became very interested in Havana’s transit. [read more]

Participatory Maps for Inclusive Cities

March 8, 2012 by TheCityFix - produced by EMBARQ
with 326 views

With the multi-dimensional complex challenges facing the world today, participatory maps provide a unique way of engaging citizens. Photo by Lee Shaver. Urban planners, designers and architects have their work cut out for them. The rate of urbanization around the world means that we have to reconfigure the way we think, design and plan... [read more]

Bringing Urbanism Back to the Alamo

March 6, 2012 by Project for Public Spaces
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San Antonio's iconic Alamo Plaza / Credit: Flickr user Blondie5000 Downtown San Antonio is probably best-known for its public spaces: the RiverWalk, the Alamo, and Main Plaza chief among them. But the local perception has long been that the city’s core is for tourists, not residents. Luckily, there is a considerable amount of energy... [read more]