Tag: people for bikes
Action alert from People For Bikes: Treat e-bikes like pedal bikes in National Parks
People For Bikes, the national advocacy organization, has put out an action alert urging people to support a rule change that would give superintendents of National Parks “greater authority to allow the use of e-bikes wherever traditional bicycles are currently allowed.” Many National Parks are typically already rather restrictive about bicycle access, so this rule…
Seattle scores 62/100 in bike-friendly ranking, good enough for 3rd place among big U.S. cities
Bike-friendly city rankings are a bit silly, but there’s usually some interesting things we can learn from them. There are so many variables that make places different and might impact a person’s experience riding a bike in them that distilling an entire city’s bikeability down to a number is impossible. For example, I’m guessing someone…
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Seattle and Bellevue both make it on America’s Best New Bikeways of 2018
Seattle and Bellevue both turned heads nationally with protected bike lanes that opened this year, making People For Bikes’ list of “America’s 10 Best New Bikeways of 2018.” Seattle’s entry, the fantastic 2nd Ave bike lane extension in Belltown, made the 2018 list on a technicality: It was a 2017 project that ran overtime and…
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SDOT and PeopleForBikes make a video about 2nd Ave that’s … well, just watch it
There are a couple ways to encourage and teach people to use a new piece of bike infrastructure. In the first handful of days after the 2nd Ave protected bike lane opened, for example, volunteers and SDOT staff were out telling people face-to-face how to use it. Then the police focused enforcement on the bike…
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Seattle one of six new cities selected for the Green Lane Project
Seattle has been chosen to be part of the second round of Green Lane Project cities, PeopleForBikes announced Monday. A project of the national non-profit bike advocacy organization, the Green Lane Project provides financial and technical assistance to cities to help speed up the installation and adaptation of protected bike lanes on city streets. Cities…
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