Category National
Davis, California – The Original US Bicycle Friendly City
When people think of a bicycle friendly city in the US, Portland is typically the place that comes to mind. If you want to see the model that Portland originally followed, you’d have to look southward to Davis, California. Progressive planners decided to make Davis a bicycle centric place as far back as the 1960’s. […]
Contraflow Bike Lanes in Boulder
Check out the video link to the Contraflow bike lanes in Boulder. What’s really impressive are the number of children you see riding on them through the heart of downtown. That was probably the most notable thing I’ve come across when visiting bike friendly cities like Portland, Boulder, and Amsterdam. Kids, and senior citizens feel […]
Lance Armstrong Loves Bike Lanes
From the Austin American Statesman 2.18.2008 “There are times I ride in Austin, and I’m afraid of cars,” Armstrong said. “Imagine what the beginner cyclist must feel like?” Lance Armstrong unveils his new commuting bike shop Cyclist hopes to encourage bike use in downtown It’s not about the bike sales. That from Tour de France […]
An interview with Tempe, Arizona’s transit planner, Eric Iwersen
First of all, congratulations on your ranking of “Silver” by the League of American Bicyclists. How long did it take for Tempe to get on the list? Our funding and dedicated staff for bicycling has been an ongoing process, but the first stages of our bicycle program really began in 1971 but stopped around 1977. […]
Blueprint America: Road to the Future
PBS released their latest documentary on the future of US transit planning titled Blueprint America: Road to the Future. In it, they profile Denver’s sprawl and contrast it with Portland’s multi-modal planning. They go through the process of federal spending which promoted car-only modes, where the US Government would give .90 cents on the dollar […]
Accident fatalities in 2008 lowest in Portland history
These two articles just released noting that Portland’s traffic fatality rates are at an all time low. Bike lane infrastructure, and multi-modal planning is considered major contributing factor. “Most other U.S. cities are not seeing the same decline. But European cities are.” Greg Raisman, with Portland’s Department of Transportation notes, “By really thinking about having […]
Streetsblog Repost: How to create a livable street
This latest streetsblog article discusses complete streets with a link to an interactive graphic outlining the elements of a successful model.
Bike Powered businesses in Portland
Just ran across this via Boing Boing: Pedaling to Profit: The Upswing of Bike Powered Business “I think the recent explosion in biking is both a return on our communities’ investments in encouragement programs and infrastructure – bike lanes, paths, bike boulevards, etc. – and a sign of increasing concern about economics, health, and the […]
NYT Article on Bicycle Touring in Portland
Another friend of BFOC forwarded us this great article from the New York Times about taking a bicycle vacation to Portland.
It’s too hot in Dallas for bike lanes, right?
On the “It’s too hot in Dallas” reference often cited by opponents of walkable initiatives like bike lanes in our area, we’d like to note that of AAA’s top 10 walkable cities in the US, two of them, Charleston and New Orleans, have similar summer temperatures as Dallas…and both have higher humidity. New Orleans restaurants […]
Bike Friendly Oak Cliff 