by James D. Schwartz Published in Urban Country July 4, 2013 In Copenhagen, traffic signals along “green wave” routes are timed to provide a constant flow of green lights to bicycles traveling at 20km/hour. Bicyclists who ride at this speed will never hit a red light all the way to the city centre. In…
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Dover, DE – Bike MS: Bike to the Bay presented by NRG Indian River Generating Station is set for September 21 and 22, 2013. Celebrating its 30th Anniversary, Bike to the Bay is the largest and longest running bike ride in Delaware. The goal is to raise MS awareness and $1 million to support national…
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Minneapolis (named the most bicycle-friendly city in U.S. by Bicycle Times magazine). Boulder (one of just four “platinum” ranked bicycle-friendly cities in U.S) Seattle (a “gold” bicycle-friendly city in the most bicycle-friendly state in the U.S.) Portland (another “platinum” U.S. city) What do all of these bicycle-friendly places have in common? Great urban bike paths…
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by Steven Litt Published in the Cleveland Plain Dealer In ambition, aesthetics and follow-through, Indianapolis’s new $63 million Cultural Trail deserves to be mentioned alongside New York’s acclaimed High Line park, Chicago’s Millennium Park and other new paragons of urban place-making. If there were an award for an American city with the most improved public realm, Indianapolis would…
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“No person shall place, maintain or display upon or in view of any highway any unauthorized sign, signal, marking or device which purports to be or is an imitation of or resembles an official traffic-control device or railroad sign or signal, or which attempts to direct the movement of traffic or which hides from view…
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Public Workshop Pedestrian Improvements Route 1 Rehoboth Canal to North of US Route 9 Route 1A Columbia Ave/Grove St. to 5th Street Cape Henlopen High School Cafeteria 1250 Kings Highway Lewes Wednesday August 7, 2013 4:00 PM to 7:00 PM The Delaware Department of Transportation (DelDOT) is holding a Public Workshop to solicit public…
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Last year, under the leadership of key committee chairs Senator Barbara Boxer of California and Representative John Mica of Florida, Congress passed a new transportation bill, MAP-21 (an Orwellan acronym for “Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century”), that dismantled dedicated federal funding for biking and walking by combining Transportation Enhancements, Safe Routes to School…
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This two minute video is remarkable: RELATED: • Cycling for Freezing of Gait (New England Journal of Medicine)
by James D. Schwartz Published at the Urban Country It’s no coincidence that drivers are more aware and cautious on streets that have more cyclists as opposed to streets where there are very few cyclists. Furthermore, wobbly cyclists are traveling slow and have more time to react to car doors and other objects they may…
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by Josh Zisson July 9, 2013 Published at Bike Safe Boston Drivers are stuck in cages all day, so it should be no surprise that they sometimes act like animals. The good news is, animals can be trained. Being exposed to more riders on the road is one way that drivers can become accustomed to…
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