Study: Yes, More Parking Does Put More Cars on the Road
A new study finds something transportation reformers have long suspected, but never proven.
February 11, 2021
Six Secrets From the Planner of Sevilla’s Lightning Bike Network
Here's one way to understand the story of biking in Sevilla, Spain: It went from having about as much biking as Oklahoma City to having about as much biking as Portland, Oregon. It did this over the course of four years.
May 7, 2018
What We Can Learn From the Runaway Success of UT-Austin Bike-Share
In the program's first 40 days, the campus bikes averaged 12 checkouts per bike per day. Why exactly did it work?
April 6, 2018
Bike to the Future: Portland Uses Bikes to Rethink 70 Years of Strip Malls
Portland built its fame as a U.S. bike capital on one crucial discovery: It is fairly cheap and easy to make biking desirable in neighborhoods that were originally built for horses and streetcars. This year, Oregon's largest city will begin a new challenge: making biking desirable in a neighborhood that was originally built for cars.
March 8, 2018
London’s Protected Bike Lanes Move People 5 Times More Efficiently Than Car Lanes
London's new protected bike lane network has made Upper Thames Street much, much more efficient -- because it gave more Londoners a way to comfortably move through their city in a way that requires less public space.
November 29, 2017
Three Ways Austin Is Doubling the Rate It Builds Bike Routes
If you want to learn how a city can start doing good street projects faster, keep an eye on Austin, Texas.
November 22, 2017
Bike Commuting Growth Has Leveled Off – But Not Everywhere in the U.S.
The handful of cities that led the rebound of U.S. bike commuting a decade ago seem to have slowed down — but continuing growth elsewhere suggests that progress can still happen if cities want it to.
September 14, 2017
Want People to Bike? Skip the Sweet Talk and Build
People don't start biking because they like bicycles. They start to like bicycles because they bike.
July 21, 2017
An Idea That Sticks: Another Plunger-Protected Bike Lane Goes Permanent
Tactical urbanism projects are prompting cities to improve the bike-riding environment.
June 16, 2017
Here’s a New Street-Level Analysis of the Biking Networks in 299 U.S. Cities
PeopleForBikes has just made the first attempt to measure and compare local bike networks on a nationwide scale.
June 8, 2017
