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Building a Better Bike and Pedestrian Network in Brickell

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Brickell, Miami

The City of Miami recently built a protected bike lane network downtown which provides needed access for the increasing number of people on scooters, e-bikes and traditional bikes. Unfortunately, this network mostly ends at the Miami River, with Brickell riders having to fend for themselves as they […]

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Bikes, Complete Streets

The Benefits of Building Complete Bike Lane Networks In One Fell Swoop

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I’ve helped design quite a few bike routes during my career. Some were as simple as a few traffic calming devices. Others involved fully protected bike lanes. They all had these things in common: They were all part of a slow, incremental buildout and part […]

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FDOT Should Stop Putting Unprotected Bike Lanes On Arterial Roads

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A dangerous bike lane in Ft. Lauderdale

I rented a car recently and took a road trip from Miami to Tampa and then Orlando. Driving is fun in limited amounts, with no traffic and open roads, but I wouldn’t want to make a daily habit of it. I was very impressed with […]

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Bikes, Car Free, Street Films

Interview with Streetfilm’s Clarence Eckerson

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Streetfilm's Clarence Eckerson

Clarence Eckerson has spent more than a decade documenting complete street best practices all over the world with Streetfilms. Produced by OpenPlans, a 501c3 non-profit organization, Streetfilms produces educational videos about sustainable mobility and interviews the policy makers, planners, and engineers responsible for creating these […]

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On Why Dockless Bike Share Systems are the Future

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Bike share station

Baltimore’s new bike share system was long awaited. Discussions between the city and various vendors had been ongoing for several years, and recently built  downtown cycle tracks indicated political will and ridership momentum for a successful roll out. While ridership had been solid since the […]

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Bikes, Traffic Safety

Cycling Safety and Protected Bicycle Facilities

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The University of Westminster recently released a cycling safety study which used travel surveys to predict future cycling crash hot spots. By recording rider information on near misses, non-injury incidents and qualitative perceptions of safety, Rachel Aldred and Sian Crosweller showed that slower cyclists experience roadways […]

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Bikes, Street Films

Oslo, Norway: Maximum Standards for Bikes, Minimum Standards for Cars

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As always, Clarence Eckerson Jr. comes through with another great video showing us what is possible with a little bit of imagination.  It’s amazing how a street and neighborhood can be transformed just by shifting curb lines a few feet or narrowing traffic lanes to […]

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Bikes, Sustainability

Fashion & Sustainability – Bruce Mae’s Vision

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An essay by Kasey Klimes which he kindly contributed to my blog. He is an urban data specialist at Gehl Architects. A few years ago I had the pleasure of attending a lecture by legendary designer Bruce Mau. I’ll spare the accolades – the long […]

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Bicycle Culture by Design: Mikael Colville-Andersen

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Mikael Colville-Anderson, author of Cycle Chic and urban mobility expert with Copenhagenize Consulting. Engineers are brilliant problem solvers. They just need to be told which problems to solve. They are the Can Do team. If we design a city properly, they will make it work. […]

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