Author Archives: Jason Roberts
Cycling Safety on Bikeways vs. Roads
[Reprinted from the Archives of Transportation Alternatives] Cycling Safety on Bikeways vs. Roads by John Pucher The following article by John Pucher appears in the autumn 2001 issue of Transportation Quarterly, vol. 55, no. 4. It is Pucher’s reply to John Forester’s spring 2001 TQ article “The Bikeway Controversy,” where he opposes separate rights of […]
Top 10 US Cities by Population, and their respective On-Street Bike Lanes
1. New York City, NY: 490 Miles of On-Street Bike Lanes 2. Los Angeles, CA: 481 Miles of On-Street Bike Lanes 3. Chicago, IL: 100+ Miles of On-Street Bike Lanes 4. Houston, Texas: 70+ Miles of On-Street Bike Lanes 5. Philadelphia, PA: 270 Miles of On-Street Bike Lanes 6. Phoenix, Arizona: 222 Miles of On-street […]
Copenhagen, Bike Capitol of Europe
[reposted from the Oak Cliff Transit Authority Blog] This incredible film clip, from the documentary Contested Streets, outlines how Copenhagen took on the challenge of introducing multi-modal transit options into their downtown. It’s particularly interesting to see entire streets that were once filled with parked cars being transformed into pedestrian only markets. Also, take note […]
The Worldwide Bikelane Conspiracy?
Dallas Bike Coordinator, PM Summer, claims that there’s a mass conspiracy going on in regards to On-Street Bike Lane studies throughout the world. Each year, the figures come in showing monumental growth in ridership levels, and staggering decreases in accident rates, yet somehow, this data is “dubious”. Hundreds of cities are now adopting on-street bike […]
Building the Cause for Change
Portland (ie. BFOC’s “Magic Kingdom“) Bike Lane. While interviewing area cycling advocates, BFOC spoke to shop owner, Beth Farrell, of B&B Bicycles in Cedar Hill. In a sad revelation, Beth noted a conversation with Dallas Bike Co-Ordinator PM Summer, where he stated, “As long as I’m the Bike Coordinator for the city, Dallas will never […]
Portland’s Bike Coordinator, Roger Geller, responds to Dallas’ coordinator’s claims
In our article titled Portland: Doing it Right!, Dallas Bike Coordinator, PM Summers, objected to Portland bike coordinator, Roger Geller’s, data as being unscientific, and collected by dubious means. We have noted that this a common response from bike lane opponents. First off, a recap of Summer’s charge: Oddly, Geller doesn’t mention the rash of […]
Dallas’ Bike Coordinator’s response to the recent BFOC article
Dallas’ Bike Coordinator and bike lane antagonist, PM Summer, responded to our recent posting on Oak Cliff’s bikelane effort with a “those crazy hipster kids are drinkin’ the kool-aid”post of his own. Quote: The neo-urban hipsters, on the other hand, are at once proud of Oak Cliff and desirous that it be something else. That […]
Why doesn’t Dallas have bike lanes?
Image from Gunnisal on Flickr So you’ve probably been on vacation in some uber-cool city like Portland or Boulder, and/or overseas to Amsterdam or London, and noticed hundreds of residents, young and old, on bicycles meandering slowly around bike lanes built through the heart of their respective downtown’s. Then you hopped on a plane, landed […]
Portland: Doing it Right!
Bike lanes and other bicycle facilities have been absolutely instrumental to the success we’ve had in increasing ridership. Our city auditor now reports that 8% of Portlanders identify the bicycle as their primary commute vehicle and another 10% identify it as their secondary commute vehicle. That’s up from 6% and 10%, respectively last year. – […]
Houston Street Viaduct Initiative
Houston Street Viaduct Initiative Originally uploaded by Jason Eric Roberts Several of us involved with BFOC are on the board of the Alternative Transportation Committee at the Oak Cliff Chamber of Commerce, and are advocating making the Houston Street Viaduct a major multi-modal transit bridge linking Downtown Dallas to North Oak Cliff. Right now, if […]
Bike Friendly Oak Cliff 