Category National
Portland’s density comparable to Dallas
Here’s another interesting find forwarded to us from a BFOC fan: Portland, Oregon Population (2008) – City 575,930 (30th) – Density 4,199.17/sq mi (1,640.30/km2) – Metro 2,159,720 Dallas, Texas Population (2008) – City 1,240,499 (9th largest)1,300,350 NCTCOG Est. 2,008 – Density 3,605.08/sq mi (1,391.9/km2) – Metro 6,145,037 (4th largest)6,538,850 NCTCOG Est. 2,008 What does this […]
Fact Check: Population Density
We noticed on the anti-bike lane website, Cycle Dallas, authored by Dallas bike coordinator PM Summer, a continual reference to the following: “it’s important to remember that the Dallas area has the lowest population density of any statistical metropolitan area in the world.” This is a point PM has made on multiple occasions to defend […]
BFOC’s Exclusive Interview with Boston’s Bike Coordinator, Nicole Freedman
(Photograph by Yoon S. Byun) We recently profiled Boston’s new bike coordinator, Nicole Freedman, after reading the impressive Boston Globe article spotlighting the city’s recent transformation into a bike haven. As we noted in our article, Boston was the former title holder of “Worst City in the US for Bicycling”, by Bicycle Magazine. Since Dallas […]
Boston enjoying new bicycle renaissance
(Nicole Freedman, Boston’s new Bike Czar) Two years ago, Boston faced the same doldrums Dallas currently does in regards to bicycle facilities. There was little movement from city officials advocating bike infrastructure, anti-bike lane groups were shouting their misguided and biased “Bike lanes are death traps” argument, and ridership levels were the same that we […]
Bicycle Crazed Portland Fuels $125 Million Industry
The January 2009 issue of “Oregon Business”, wrote a cover story on the highly successful bicycle industry which has grown throughout Portland since the advent of bicycle infrastructure. As we noted from a past interview with Portland’s bike coordinator, Roger Geller, cycling as a main form of a transit has risen to 8% modal share […]
PSU Professor Straps GPS Units on Bike Commuters to Study Bike Habits
Jennifer Dill, an Associate Professor in the Nohad A. Toulan School of Urban Studies (PSU), strapped GPS units to 164 bike commuters to study ride behavior for seven days between April and November of 2007. Collectively, the riders took over 1,700 trips. After studying the data, Dill has found that “bike infrastructure” such as bike […]
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 […]
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. – […]
Bike Friendly Oak Cliff 